Featured Swimwear

Unfortunately, this man died when he attempted to jump on a diving board, was struck in the head by his medallion, fell in the pool and drowned. Life guards attempted to save him, but could not pull him to the surface.

 

Maybe the necklace acted as an anchor...or they couldn't see him through the grease and oil film on the pool...or his body hair acted as a sponge?

 

Too late for disinfectant for me. My retinas have been burned. >.<

 

So thong bikini's are "modest apparel"? Surely you jest!

 

Ha, Ha, Ha..... I have dogs with less hair! Hope he doesnt work in the food industry LOL :laugh:

 

Ma-am! You are reading what you want into the Scripture I posted.

1 Timothy 2:7-12
7. Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.
8. I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
9. In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
10. But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
11. Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection.
12. But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.

The Apostle Paul is talking about how women should dress: that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; That is obvious in the latter part of the sentence: not with.....But with good works.[/i]

Now consider the Apostle Peter:

1 Peter 3:1-7
1. Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives;
2. While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear.
3. Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;
4. But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
5. For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
6. Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement.
7. Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.

Note please: Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel;

Ma-am! What Peter and Paul are saying is really very straightforward! And you can't tell me that thong bikinis or bikinis are modest apparel, whether worn by men or women! Those stretch shorts that some men wear [Note the picture of the man posted.] are a disgrace!

I asked the question earlier: What has changed in the last 100 years? Women and men did not think they had to go to the beach, not semi nude but 90+% nude back then. Again note the picture of the man posted.

 

Absolutely amazing the twists and turns of these "debates".

From what I've read, nothing in Scarlet's posts indicated that she approved, endorced, condoned (whatever word best fits) the absolute minimum amount of fabric that can legally be worn on most beaches by either men or women.

A FWIW.......................

Going back a 100 years (approx) yields this:
http://www.victoriana.com/library/Beach/image/1915_swimsuits.jpg

or this:
http://www.victoriana.com/library/Beach/image/1900_swimsuits.jpg

History of the Bathing Suit
http://www.victoriana.com/library/Beach/FashionableBathingSuits.htm

 

That swimwear on the original post is ridiculously hideous.

There's a difference between teaching your kids modesty and making them targets for their peers. :BangHead:

If you don't like the current swimwear, have the kids/spouse go in cutoffs and a dark t-shirt. Much better than that 1920's era swimwear.

 

I have asked the question several times: What has changed in the last 100 years ago? At that time the swim suits referenced in the OP may well have been considered indecent!

 

Did you look at the links I posted on swim suits that were worn approximately 100 years ago?

You have to go back further in time to the Victorian era to see what I believe you are suggesting that women should wear while wading in the water. That's because with all that wool and bloomers, there's no way they could actually swim more than a few strokes.

Another FWIW.......

At the ocean beach, river sandbar, farm pond, or other swimming hole, it's easy to tell the difference between women who are modestly dressed for swimming and those who's interest lies in attracting attention of others. That's no different from any other situation where people gather, whether it's the grocery store or Sunday morning worship.

 

Unfortunately, some Christians try to put an unnecessary burden on believers with excessive do's and don't's. Peter tried that by telling the Gentiles that they had to be circumcised, but Paul let Peter know that it wasn't necessary.

I knew a man who thought any game that used cards was a sin. A female cousin back in the 60's thought that drinking coffee, watching TV, or her kids reading comic books were sinful. Today I might agree with some of that, but that was 50 years ago!

Did the Christians in Jesus' day go swimming, and what did they wear when clothes were scarce? How about when they were baptized? Did they wear their only set of clothes to be baptized and then wear those wet clothes?

The commandment in scripture about women dressing modestly had little to do with how much they wore as much as WHAT they wore. Specifically mentioned is how they wore their hair, and the wearing of jewelry to entice men. Yes, some types of clothing are very immodest and meant for the purpose of enticing and arousing men. I believe that wearing such clothing would be sinful. There are even clothes for little girls with things like "Hotty" on them. What parent with a functioning brain would put something like that on their little girl. Pedophiles don't need any encouragement to single out your little girl for their perverted desires.

A lot of women's swimwear these days leave little to the imagination. It seems that guys have returned to long, heavy shorts that hold at least 10 pounds of water and must be very uncomfortable to wear. The more clothing you wear in the water, the more water it will hold.