Clothing and the Fall

[payattention]

I don't understand why you are so hostile. People here are trying to figure out what happened and why on the basis of believing that the Bible, including the Genesis account are true. You seem to start from the idea that it is false and should be rejected as ridiculous.

Am I correct? Would you please explain why you think they felt shame since you seem to know everyone else is so wrong? Thank you in advance.

Marv

Let us begin with faith. This is about God. It is He who is true and faithful. The only way that the Bible can be of use to us is if we have faith in what it is, not in what we want it to be. Apart from the fact that Moses was not a witness to the Creator nor the Fall he placed a number of clues in the very first chater of Genesis that seem to be hints that we should not treat the book as being necessarily historically accurate. Moses did not write to answer the questions we are raising but to convince the Hebrews that the God who was about to deliver them was the Creator. If I go on I may take this thread off topic.

 

[Smidlee]

How do we deal with this, then? If fallen man feels shame and must cover himself, why don't they feel shame? It would seem that shame is a matter of culture than a universal law. We can even observe in our own cultures as we allow for less an less clothing to be worn.

Notice Adam and Eve didn't feel shame until God show up. So Adam's clothing made out of leaves did the trick for a while.
In Mark we find a naked madman approaching Jesus:
Before Jesus pass by : completely naked and out of his mind
After Jesus pass by: completely clothed and in his right mind.

Mark 5:15 "...and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind..."

So clothes doesn't just cover our nakeness it is also a testimony of who we are.

 

[CaptainMercy]

Notice Adam and Eve didn't feel shame until God show up. So Adam's clothing made out of leaves did the trick for a while.
In Mark we find a naked madman approaching Jesus:
Before Jesus pass by : completely naked and out of his mind
After Jesus pass by: completely clothed and in his right mind.

Mark 5:15 "...and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind..."

So clothes doesn't just cover our nakeness it is also a testimony of who we are.

Amen brother, point well taken!

 

[billwald]

On the other hand, if public nudity was required I suspect that sex crimes would decrease.

 

[CaptainMercy]

On the other hand, if public nudity was required I suspect that sex crimes would decrease.

What makes you think so? It might be because that the attacks would no longer be considered a crime! Think about it! But really, should a Christian even have such thoughts?

 

[payattention]

What makes you think so? It might be because that the attacks would no longer be considered a crime! Think about it! But really, should a Christian even have such thoughts?

What's wrong with those thoughts? It's just a discussion.

 

[CaptainMercy]

What's wrong with those thoughts? It's just a discussion.

I am sorry! I think my Statement came across with the wrong message! I meant should a Christian consider going naked in public? Shouldn't we exhibit modesty in our appearance as so mentioned by Paul :

1Ti 2:9 In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;