"All of your verses requires me to presuppose that toplessness is evil. I do not accept your view; thus, I do not accept that I've taught any false doctrine."
It is a good lesson for all reading the thread of the OP & his response to my post & others along a similar line. I have given websites of some of the most respected Bible teachers & scholars concerning God's view of nakedness directly contrary to what the OP is trying to convince all of us. The title says prove me wrong. I have sought to do so on various levels.
Then I listed a number of verses myself that had nothing to do with nakedness but with seeking to bring controversy, strife, wrangling of words that is meaningless, empty of content & should be avoided for those who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus.
We are to preach the gospel & further God's kingdom & not get caught up in these meaningless, divisive discussions. That was why I listed the verses I did & that is why I listed godly internationally known Bible teachers & scholars to present the case for the shame of nakedness EXCEPT for the intimacy of a husband & wife in a marriage covenant with God. There is no shame in nakedness there, as God designed it & it relates to having the intimacy with God in a spiritual sense. It is private not public & the nakedness is not for another.
We were not called to debate that women going topless is good or bad but to preach the gospel to the lost, that they might be saved, live righteous & godly lives in Christ & avoid any appearance of evil. Those tribes that used to go topless, when they come to Christ clothe themselves. I have been involved in missions for years & contact with many missionaries currently ministering in all parts of the world & this is verified.
We should be involved in being about our Master's business & not getting sidetracked with things like this. That is my understanding based on just some of the Scriptures that I have shown, with more unsaid.
The examples of prophets going naked, God specifically Himself says is to 'show the shame of it.' It was isolated examples to show how wrong it is & it is not the norm at all.
The whole inappropriate contentography industry that is rampant across the world flaunts nakedness, taking what God created as holy & set apart for the covenant of marriage & making it common, vulgar, profane. It is a slippery slope downward to start with women going topless as an innocent thing. Section9+1's post says it better than I can.
"Section 9+1 Proverbs chapter 5. Drink water from your own cistern. May you rejoice in the wife of your youth. May her breasts satisfy you always. Why embrace the bosom of another man's wife? For a man's ways are in full view of the Lord. The evil deeds of a wicked man ensnare him; he will die for lack of discipline, led astray by his own great folly.
If we should have exposed breasts why should it stop there? There's always more to be seen in the way of nudity. Maybe since we can have public nudity of breasts, why not public fondling of breasts or squeezing or handling? Why must we draw lines of appropriate behavior? This is no end in itself. There is no end. It is just another downward step in a process of endless downward travel. Does anyone foolishly think that a relaxing of standards in one place will stop at that place? "Temptation to sin is sure to come, but woe to him (or her) by whom it comes." Don't be ridiculous and think that exposed breasts is the final end in itself. It always continues. When one step is accomplished it always moves on to the next step. Guaranteed!"
And it is extremely sad that after your first comment, you then post Matt 15:9, Col 2:20-23 & I Tim 4:1-4--verses on the traditions & commandments of men opposing the commandments of God & even being doctrines of demons, IMPLYING that is what I am doing & the number of godly Bible teachers & scholars teaching on nakedness publically (exposing someone's naked other than for privacy in holy matrimony)--is the commandments of men contradicting Scripture & going so far that you call all I & these Christian scholars have shown verse after verse ARE the commandments from God Himself-- & implying these are DOCTRINES OF DEMONS!
I have given you warning. You have implied what I showed as Biblical evidence concerning nakedness from God's Word & commandments from God that these are doctrines of demons. You may need to take heed to what the meaning of blasphemy of the Holy Spirit is & who is promoting something contrary to what has been said & commanded in His Word. I am done with this thread, having felt led to make an appeal to avoid the debating & focus on what God has called His people to do.
2 Cor 6:14-18 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness? 15What harmony is there between Christ & Belial? Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever? 16What agreement can exist between the temple of God & idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said:
“I will live WITH them & walk IN them & I will be their God & they will be My people. Therefore come out from among them & be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing & I will receive you.” And: “I will be a Father to you & you will be My sons & daughters, says the Lord Almighty.
Do we want to stand in the presence of God naked? Born again Christians won't. We will be clothed with the righteousness of Christ & His glory & the white linen of the righteous acts of the saints. God clothes us so we no longer stand before God naked & ashamed. Think God only says this in the OT? Here is Jesus Himself speaking in the NT!
Rev 3:3-5 Remember, then, what you have received & heard. Keep it & repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief & you will not know the hour when I will come upon you. But you do have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments & because they are worthy, they will walk with Me in white. Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white.
Rev 3:14-19 To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: "These are the words of the Amen, the faithful & true Witness, the Originator of God’s creation. I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other! So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!
17You say, ‘I am rich; I have grown wealthy & need nothing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind & NAKED. I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, WHITE GARMENTS SO THAT YOU MAY BE CLOTHED & YOUR SHAMEFUL NAKEDNESS NOT EXPOSED & salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. 19Those I love, I rebuke & discipline. Therefore be earnest & repent.