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To: swain_forkbeard
Please. Did God fail to give this "gift" to the children in cultures where full or partial nudity prevails?

Shyness and modesty are learned behaviors for adaptation to a cultural norm.

You make no argument in support or in opposition to God's "gift" in this regard. You simply argue that children in such cultures are conditioned to accept full or partial nudity as the norm.

If you suggest that children running around our society nude is okay then you are incorrect...

35 posted on 03/10/2006 12:11:35 PM PST by DBeers (†)
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To: DBeers

"If you suggest that children running around our society nude is okay then you are incorrect..."

In fact he said the opposite. The point was that we are conditioned by society to either be clothed or be nude, and that shyness is not "natural," so as to say, innate or immutable.

Not sure whether I agree, but it seems possible.


36 posted on 03/10/2006 12:38:48 PM PST by ivyleaguebrat
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To: DBeers

"You simply argue that children in such cultures are conditioned to accept full or partial nudity as the norm."

Actually, you have it backwards. What I asserted is that children are conditioned to be modest. One might infer that I would also assert that in other cultures children are conditioned not to be modest. And that inference would be correct.

In case you disagree with my main point - that modesty and clothing customs are learned behaviors that vary by culture - and instead believe that the need to be covered is a universal human trait and mandated by God, review my original post and answer the question.

I really don't think God cares if we run around nekkid. We care.


38 posted on 03/10/2006 12:47:41 PM PST by swain_forkbeard (Rationality may not be sufficient, but it is necessary.)
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