Did he?Originally posted by Frenchy:
bapmom, why do we have to look at today's mission field to answer my question? the same principle applies yesterday today and tomorrow.
the real issue was this preacher Sanderson's idea that nakedness was considered showing ones thigh, mens chest and the obvious? he made a big deal out of NOTHING!
Rather I think that some on this board are making a big deal out of nothing by their needless speculation of what goes on in other countries of which they have no concern for and don't really care about. If you really cared about the tribal areas of either South America and/or Africa then you would prepare to be a missionary to those nations and learn how to handle those situations instead of speculating about them here. Love your neighbor as yourself. If you truly loved your neighbor as yourself you would do something about and go and reach those people for Christ insread of complaining about it.
The fact is that when people from countries like India, Pakistan, and the middle east come over here they are often shocked at the immodesty and indecency that they do see in America.
A small girl born and brought up in India with her missionary parents was accustomed only to seeing the modest dress of the Saris and the other dress of the Indian people which cover the women totally. The only exception were the "Savage" people, generally demon-possessed wild men that would even eat human flesh and go around half naked.
Upon entering America and seeing a scantily clad woman working in her garden she asked her father: "Is that a half-naked savage?"
The morals and mores of America are indeed degenerate. Going to a beach is no different than going to a public place and watching women gad about in their lingere. People have no sense of shame any longer. They have been accustomed to sin. Perhaps Sanderson was making a good point that people don't want to own up to because they would rather justify their own sin.
DHK