Question for everyone (more serious)?

Question

This is a question that is not meant to mock anyone, I am seriously just asking some questions and thinking about some religious topics today.

I just moments ago asked if people were opposed to murder. One person said yes because it was written on the stone tables. I respect that, and I make the assumption he means the 10 Commandments.

So, this question is, how do you the yahoo community of answerorees feel about men dressing up in womens underwear in the privacy of their own home when their are no children around? Is this moral or immorral? (I tried to find something that wasn't "on the stone tablet" but might be considered immorral).

Essentially, I'm trying to dig into this idea of morality and "god's law". Can something only be immorral or moral based on God's law.

Assume if you well the hypothetical women's underwear person is a heterosexual male.

Answer 1

This again is a very interesting question and I hope you get some good answers!

I believe that morality can and does exist outside of "god's law", any god. I feel that religion is a form of psychology and that it has been entirely man-made. However, it has had great purpose in the formation of society and human culture. In the early years of religion man needed religion to understand the awesome forces of nature and to survive. As the population grew and changed, so too did religion and it gave us the means to live in relative peace with one another. Perhaps, it was merely a jumping off point, a way to contact our inner/higher selves so that we could form our ideas of morality. It is true that much of our system of law and our collective view of morality is built upon the tenets of the bible. However I feel that we would have come to those same basic beliefs of morality with or without it. (It was written by men afterall.)

I feel that we are changing and so too will our religious belief system. Here are some examples: Polygamy, slavery, bigotry, genecide, animal sacrifice....these are but a few of the things that the bible either condones or commands that we no longer hold as moral in society. Humans, over time, naturally discard that which no longer works.

Now, back to the underwear question....my personal feeling is that if it does not harm another, nor impinge upon their free will then it is not immoral. (as long as it is not my underwear...LOL)

Answer 2

Without giving away why I would even know, there is a scripture that says men are not to wear women's clothing and of course the bible scholar said this if proof crossdressing is wrong. In those days men and women wore the same thing, a dress kind of. They were not to wear each other dresses. I guess you were ok along as you didn't get dressed in the dark. I think you should wear what ever feels good where and when you like. Don't Like - Don't Look

Answer 3

There are over 600 laws, you will find them in the first 5 books of the bible. Some of the Jewish web sites have them listed in a more readable format.

There is a law that men will not ware the cloths of woman. So yes doing what you said is a sin.

To note on this at the time it was written, men wore skirts, it was mans attire!

In general what the Conservative attire is for men and for woman should be observed.

Today men should not ware skirts (unless you are a Scotchmen [and only a MAN would ware a kilt])

I hope this answers it!

Answer 4

I believe morality or immorality in cases like this are in the heart of the person. Nobody can tell you what is wrong or right. If it feels right to you then it is right for you. And if it feels wrong to you then it is wrong. What about atheists who don't believe in God so don't follow His law? Agnostics who don't know whether or not God exists, do they follow the law of God or not? Yes I agree murder is wrong, whether it is the law of God or not it is a crime. The whole women's underwear thing is not a crime just a fetish. I'd say everyone has some weird fetish, whether they admit it or not. And who are we to judge what is right or wrong? Nobody is perfect and we shouldn't expect perfection from anyone.

Answer 5

You may already be aware of the difference between morality and ethics, but I'm going to review just to make sure we are on the same page in using the word morality.

Ethics exist within a context. A lawyer, for example, can be ethical or unethical. However, morality transcends any context. Something is moral or immoral in and of itself. Murder is immoral, because humanity agrees it's wrong. You wouldn't say murderer is unethical. No, murder is immoral.

Morality isn't established by religion. Religion helps define what we, humanity, consider moral behavior. One of the important functions of religion is a shared sense of community that reminds us we all inhabit this same small planet. And therefore helps us define, as a community, what is moral.

However, morality does exist independently of religion. Morality exists because humanity exists. An atheist can be a moral person by adhering to moral principles, even though he may not accept that god exists. He still agrees to follow those ideals that we as a species agree is moral behavior. That is to say, there is merit in being a moral person, in and of itself, regardless of the existence of god.

Your question specifically deals with what are those moral ideals. Yes, there is the morality set forth as God's Law. However, religion does not have an exclusive on morality. Murder is immoral because it harms someone. Rape is immoral because it harms someone. Dressing up in women's underwear or wearing a fuzzy rabbit suit with bunny slippers doesn't harm anyone, and therefore could be argued to be moral. A little kinky, but as long as no one is hurt, it's difficult to see this behavior as something immoral.

Answer 6

Well it all depends on the intent I think if the male just likes to do it its kinda weird but, no man can judge another. I don.t tkinh its says any where in the bible that a man cannot where female clothes but, in todays society it would be highly frowned upon if someone knew even if its in the privacy of his on home. The bible is so complicated but, simple to understand. Meaning you can read it and understand what you are reading but later you reads something that you might feel contradicts something else that you just read, like for example. We have war we kill, but, a commandment is we shall not kill. Its difficult question to each his own but, I still believe and LOVE JESUS with all my heart hope you do to.

PEACE

Answer 7

thats a good thought. morality is not necessarily god's law, rather a concept of right or wrong (which we as a society was taught that right and wrong is based on god's law...good and evil?). but, when you think of it, morality is solely created by society. at present, cross dressing is considered immoral. i think its because it hasnt become a norm to cross dress. so, i dont think there is anything wrong with a man wearing a woman's underwear. and, moralityis somewhat based on god's law only beacuse most of the people living in this world believes in a god of some sort.

Answer 8

Certainly there are people who would follow some moral code, self-imposed or imposed on them by whomever (their culture, their parents, religion, etc.), that would say "yes, wearing women's underwear as a male (heterosexual or not) is immoral". I believe that morality is based on whether an act, behaviour, etc. causes harm or hurt to someone or something else. I frankly don't see how wearing something intended by design for a different gender could be considered immoral. I find it hard to even think of underwear as being exclusive to one gender for that matter. I'm a heterosexual woman and if my boyfriend came home and asked to wear my underwear, I might find it alarming in that it could make me question his sexual orientation, but that would be a personal issue for me to consider. I would never judge him for that decision.

With regard to God or God's law, if you consider the Ten Commandments, really most of the issues raised concern hurting someone (adultery, murder, jealousy) and even if you don't believe in God, they're still sound guidelines to live by. I think all of the other issues that we have gotten hung up on in society are based around ignorance and unwillingness to change. But if we read the Gospel (Matthew, Mark, Luke and John), Jesus's main messages were about loving and respecting eaching other, asking for forgiveness, and caring for those less fortunate. He also said "Judge not lest ye be judged" and "let he who is without sin cast the first stone". Most of us forget about that message when issues like homosexuality come up. And I believe imposing those judgements on someone else may be even more immoral than the act being judged, simply because that is what can cause the real harm.

Answer 9

First off, love the avatar. Go Firefly. Go Mal. Go Serenity.
I would say that under the parameters you have presented, there's nothing wrong with it. of course, immorality frequently comes down to the reason that people do things.
For example, the commandment on the stone tables is "thou shalt not kill" but most people will accept someone who kills in defense of himself or his family.
As for the women's underwear question, I'd have to say that it kinda depends on why he's doing it. I'd have to think that it would cause some discomfort in the front, 'cause he's got something there that women normally don't, but beyond that, I can't see any real reason to think it's immoral.

Answer 10

What makes underwear male or female? Is it the fabric, the design, the style?

If you are assigning gender to clothing based on the location in the store where you are purchasing the product, you need to revisit.

A man wearing woman's underwear is not any more or less moral than a woman wearing men's jeans.