Posted on 08/16/2005 10:49:42 AM PDT by gopwinsin04
Sisters Jessica and Ashlee Simpson got into trouble when they were younger-- for wearing skimpy bikinis to church.
While other churchgoers were decked out in their Sunday best, the singing siblings--whose father Joe used to be pastor--showed up in swimsuits and tiny shorts.
Joe is quoted by MSNBC.com's The Scoop as saying, 'When we were in church my daughters wore bikins and short shorts.'
'People in the church got mad at me for it then, but we believe what is in the heart is more important than what is in the outside.'
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I have three daughters, 9,6,2 and Its amazing to me that they will not want to wear things that show thier bellies or lower backs "Because people don't need to see that" they say.
I and my wife have been teaching them modesty for a while. I pray it pays off for thier future husbands, and my grandkids as well.
I have a close friend with a 14 year old daughter. The other day she was wearing shorts that had the word "DANCE" writtren accross the butt of the shorts. I told my friend "I just looked at your daughters butt". I thought he was gonna slug me. Then he looked at her butt and got the point. She has never worn those shorts since.
Thanks for your kind words.
RB<><
I learned about men and "the flesh" when I was a 21 - 25 yr old lady trucker. Honestly it didn't matter what I wore (mostly jeans and a western style, long sleeved shirt), those truckers looked at me like I was a piece of meat, and they were ready to take a bite out of me!
At first I liked the attention I got, until I got to see the "lot lizards" (hookers) in action working the parking lots. The girls would be in and out of the truck-sleepers in about 10 minutes, and on to the next....it was disgusting! I never wanted to be thought of in THAT way.
Long story short...(1)those men were perverted, it didn't really matter what I did. (2)I was responsible for my own actions and God would judge me accordingly. (3)Lust was in their hearts and it was their sin...I did what I could do to avoid it, but ultimatley it was on their heads. (4)Ladies if you advertise, don't be surprised if you attract some "buyers."
There is a lady driver that tries to (and from a distance does) look a tight and fancy 25, but up close she looks her real 51. She lives not far from me, and I've known her family for some time. Us drivers tend to show up at the quarries/job sites a few minutes early, like responsible people do. She gets cornered by the flirty guys, and then heads my way to talk to me, since she knows me, and it's an excuse to shed herself of them for at least the moment.
I honestly don't think she realizes that she dresses provocatively. I think she just wants to look young (who doesn't) and pretty. My wife says, that before becoming a Christian, she didn't think she dressed provocatively either. But in the eyes of men, she was very much so.
**Ladies if you advertise, don't be surprised if you attract some "buyers."**
My wife agrees, and has offered her input, for me to type here (she doesn't like to 'deal with' the computer).
Trouble is, the way the majority of women have dressed themselves for the last 50 years is vastly different than the majority did centuries before that. They've become so used to it, most don't think that they are dressing provocatively. I suppose TV caused that to happen more than anything else. The glamor, the ads, the celebrity influence, keeping up with the Jones's, etc., has been an avalanche of mind programming.
Thanks for responding,
Zuriel
BTW, I haul local construction 8-9 months out of the year, and therefore (thankfully) don't have to deal with sleeping at truck stops very often.
Yes, the shorts with words on the back are really tacky. Too bad there aren't more parents with a 'backbone'.
double standards abound
LOL
dress us wimmin up in burkas ping
My wife (a few days ago) looks at the clothing ads in the Sunday paper, and says: "these girl teen clothes make them look like streetwalkers. No wonder boys just take(or at least try to take) advantage of them. It's sad and degrading."
When are men going to be responsible for their own actions! Sheesh. What separates us from the animals is our ability to control ourselves.
**dress us wimmin up in burkas ping**
LOL, now don't get paranoid!
I must admit, I have the best of both worlds: A very feminine, 'old school' wife, that likes nearly everything I like.
My wife is godly woman that believes (her words)"a woman should look like a woman, talk like a woman, walk like a woman, not like a man; love the Lord, be an excellent cook (she IS!), a nurturing mother (raised 2 well rounded, athletic sons; the oldest is 'entertaining' guests at 'Club G'itmo'), a loving wife (in every way), and a good citizen." She has a great ability to find bargain dresses, and look elegant in them.
She can drive a car in city traffic or handle gravel roads with equal skill, is an excellent sharpshooter, recently got an 'A' in her Anatomy/physiology class, has pulled calves from birthing heifers.
I took her to a friends wedding years ago, in a small plane (her first ride). The turbulance was bad enough, so I sure wasn't going to do any stunts. She was unfazed by it. Enough? I'll stop.
In short, she makes it easy for me to love her.
Sometimes when I read these threads that's the impression I get. I'm a modest dressing woman myself BUT how about MEN taking up their end of the task? I'm so sick of reading what we women have to do in order to 'protect men's eyes' from men. Just for once I'd love to read what men are doing to keep their minds pure,etc.
BTW, your wife sounds like a true Proverbs 31 woman. That's not the kind of woman this society appreciates OR many christians for that matter.
Thanks for your kind words.
I'm supposed to be 'turning in', but she's in the shower, so I can tap out a reply.
I do agree that men need to 'hold up their end'. My wife and I left the bars/night clubs for good 23 yrs ago. The only swimming (pool, river, pond) I've done in the last 14 yrs, with a woman present, is with my wife. I haven't worn shorts or 'muscle shirts' in public for probably 23 yrs. I don't, and never have had, any shady magazines. I try to be as blameless as possible, for nothing can be hid from God.
I'm, in my wife words (she's biased), "a very handsome 51". I'm just glad I'm good enough for the girl I go out with. :)
And most of all, that God has been so good to me.
Wow just a minute cyborg. I didn't say a thing about men not being in control, but about the women coming into those groups out of control. If you are wearing clothes to church functions that let folks know what color thong you have on, or whether or not you shaved your public hair and how, then you are completely out of line.
These slutty girls that think it is ok to dress however are just harming themselves. Do you think it is pleasing to God that someone would come into a church situation like that?
All i hear about all this is that women think they ought to be able to do whatever they want without their being any consequences. I guess that you subscribe to the rest of the liberal agenda too?
Amazing how cyborg lectures us on issues of dress when cyborg has what used to be called porn, now called soft porn on cyborgs website. Or are we supposed not to notice? Cyborg your a moron. You are obviously part of the problem.
Another, "I should be able to show every bit of my body and no one should be able to tell me what to do," idiot.
Cyborg you claim to be modest? How bout that pic of the woman with the wierd thong thing down to her vagina you got on your site? i guess that is what you mean by modest.
Give me a break before you lecture on how you are out there doing your part. Your a joke. You got that pic which mocks every word you say about doing your part to "protect men's eyes."
We don't need your protection, but then don't expect us to respect you when you dress with all of it hanging out. There are so few women who aren't wearing bathing suits that show their entire a%% to the crack, and their vagina to the crack. It amazes me that any woman expects to be respected when she dresses that way.
You cannot even begin to understand how little respect you command. You become totally common and debased when you dress like that. You claim it is men that have the problem, but there are a lot of things written on people that are exihibitionists, you obviously are one and resent anyone from telling it like it is.
:Sometimes when I read these threads that's the impression I get. I'm a modest dressing woman myself BUT how about MEN taking up their end of the task? I'm so sick of reading what we women have to do in order to 'protect men's eyes' from men. Just for once I'd love to read what men are doing to keep their minds pure,etc.:
Cyborg, we are reading your profile page and ogling your cyborg pic to keep our eyes pure. That is what you intended in that pic right? or do you merely act and expect no consequences?
LOL! Those are not my pictures. Do ask my future husband what I wear though before you assume how I dress. Thanks.
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