tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228005.post110762341160262574..comments2023-10-26T01:54:35.116-07:00Comments on Guerilla Orthodoxy: Modesty and powerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228005.post-1141977740910953632006-03-10T00:02:00.000-08:002006-03-10T00:02:00.000-08:00Hey, blog owner,Appreciate you letting me post to ...Hey, blog owner,<BR/><BR/>Appreciate you letting me post to your site. It's a nice blog with some good content. I have a few blogs myself. Perhaps you'll run across some of them.<BR/><BR/> See you again!<BR/><BR/> <A HREF="www.cartfullofdeals.com" REL="nofollow">clickbank affiliate</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228005.post-1107656345281694422005-02-05T18:19:00.000-08:002005-02-05T18:19:00.000-08:00Dear Alana,
I think that a much more fruitful med...Dear Alana,<br /><br />I think that a much more fruitful medium for discussing these issues is that of "respect" rather than "modesty." Respect for one's own body, and respect for the bodies of others.<br /><br />Oftentimes, however, religious people steer away from the language of respect, and some even actively mock the whole concept as overly PC. I think the reason is pretty clear: respect is much less easily adaptable as a means of controlling other people's behavior. Modesty is a social norm that is imposed from without, while respect can only come from within. It is much more difficult to tell people what to do in the name of respect.<br /><br />Thanks for your comments, Victoria. I was in Crete a few years ago and visited Knossos, the palace of the Minoans, which includes a dark opening cordoned off with ropes that is supposed to mark the entrance to the Minotaur's lair. What exactly does that mean, "the modesty of the bull ring," within the story you are reading? Would you say that the modesty of the bull ring constitutes a virtue elsewhere?<br /><br />And a final note: some years ago, E., myself and the kids were at the coast looking for a beach to go swimming. We found a beautiful beach, but after parking and approaching the entrance, we discovered it was marked, "clothing optional." As we were turning around to go, trying to explain to our kids that we'd have to find somewhere else to swim, our five year old daughter wailed, "But we don't have to take <I>our</I> clothes off!"Paul4peacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17821389305503938933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8228005.post-1107632153514322172005-02-05T11:35:00.000-08:002005-02-05T11:35:00.000-08:00When the "vice" is not so much the action as beari...When the "vice" is not so much the action as bearing the consequences, as you point out, it is always the poor who will be seen as the perpetuators of vice in society. <br /> I think you are right on with these thoughts, but given the current time and place (21st century USA) can Christians talk about modesty and lack of ostentation in ways that DON'T play into the judgment and suppression of the lower classes?Alanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02169732072381476940noreply@blogger.com