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Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hey there head their creek war here. Thanks

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Speaker 1: for listening to the Comparati podcast. Let's talk about the

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Speaker 1: word forgiving, the word we use constantly around our clothes,

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Speaker 1: isn't it We want a forgiving waistband, forgiving silhouettes, forgiving fabrics.

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Speaker 1: But forgiveness is a theological word, isn't it. It presupposes

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Speaker 1: an offense, that there's a judge and then there's an

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Speaker 1: act of mercy. So what exactly have our bodies done wrong?

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Speaker 1: And why do they need a certain kind of pants

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Speaker 1: to find forgiveness? That's where we're going today. I'm glad

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Speaker 1: to hear for it.

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Speaker 2: We are in a series.

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Speaker 1: On essentially religious language that we use without even thinking

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Speaker 1: about it in regards to our bodies and food. And

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Speaker 1: we looked at diet plans and how they kind of

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Speaker 1: mimics salvation stories and even you know, what the church

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Speaker 1: is supposed to do. We looked at what the Bible

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Speaker 1: really says about food versus the words we use around food,

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Speaker 1: like I'm guilty for eating that, and don't tempt me

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Speaker 1: to eat that, those sorts of things. But today we're

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Speaker 1: gonna look at clothes. I mean, if you're anything like me.

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Speaker 2: You've got a closet full of clothes.

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Speaker 1: And some of them fetch you, and some of them don't,

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Speaker 1: and it's kind of hard to think about getting rid

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Speaker 1: of the ones that don't. And we do some funny

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Speaker 1: things in our heads regarding clothing size and keeping clothes

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Speaker 1: as kind of a maybe someday I'll be worthy of

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Speaker 1: that again sort of mind game. But today we're gonna

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Speaker 1: talk about that for goodness aspect.

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Speaker 2: I'm glad you're here for it. Let's go.

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Speaker 1: Forgiveness. We all need for given us, right, But here's

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Speaker 1: some examples from fashion writing. Okay, this is a forgiving

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Speaker 1: a line skirt, or this fabric is incredibly forgiving, which

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Speaker 1: I'm guessing means it's like thick, so like rolls and

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Speaker 1: lumps and stuff don't show through. I don't know, That's all.

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Speaker 2: I can figure out.

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Speaker 1: Or how about this said, the rap dress is universally

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Speaker 1: flattering and endlessly forgiving. Wow, what a sweet dress to

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Speaker 1: have you just endlessly forgive you for all your flaws

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Speaker 1: and your sins. Okay, when did we start needing our

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Speaker 1: clothes to forgive us? And what's the transgression? What's the offense?

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Speaker 1: Note that the word is used without irony in virtually

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Speaker 1: all fashion contexts. It has become so natural, like no

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Speaker 1: one pauses over that word. But that's exactly what makes

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Speaker 1: it worth pausing about. You see, the language of forgiving

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Speaker 1: clothes is the endpoint of a long theological journey, and

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Speaker 1: it reveals that we have come to experience our bodies

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Speaker 1: as inherently offensive, requiring management, concealing, and ultimately forgiveness. And

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Speaker 1: when human bodies require forgiveness, something has gone wrong with

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Speaker 1: our anthropology. Have we forgotten that God called our bodies

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Speaker 1: good and that we're made in His image? That's where

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Speaker 1: we're going today. Let's start with this question, what's a

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Speaker 1: body supposed to be?

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Speaker 2: Right?

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Speaker 1: Because implicit in the language of fashion is you need forgiveness,

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Speaker 1: So there's something wrong right. Forgiving implies that there's a

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Speaker 1: standard from what you have deviated. So the first question

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Speaker 1: for and why does deviation from it require forgiveness rather

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Speaker 1: than just say, different clothes. The fashion industry's standard body

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Speaker 1: achieved by a very small percentage of the population, some

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Speaker 1: say less than one person, and yet it functions as

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Speaker 1: the norm. The very thin heroin chic from the nineties

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Speaker 1: the template from which all other bodies are variations. Is

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Speaker 1: shown in front of us everywhere. But this is a

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Speaker 1: theological move. It's the ideal has become the real, and

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Speaker 1: the actual has become the fallen. Flattering is the companion

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Speaker 1: word to forgiving, right, like it's flattering on you. But

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Speaker 1: To flatter something is to make it appear better than

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Speaker 1: it is. Right, So if someone's flattering you, you know

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Speaker 1: they're kind of schmoosing you. They're saying nice things, maybe

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Speaker 1: too nice, Like if you ever watch to Leave It

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Speaker 1: to Beaver back in the day, it's Eddie Haskell, like

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Speaker 1: what a lovely dress you have on, missus Cleaver, Like

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Speaker 1: body without the disguise of the flattering dress is insufficient.

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Speaker 1: I quoted Robert Capone, an episcopal priest who wrote a

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Speaker 1: book back in the nineties called Health, Money, and Love

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Speaker 1: and Why we Don't Enjoy Them. I quoted him a

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Speaker 1: how food and pleasure that we're supposed to get from

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Speaker 1: food weight, these are not enemies to be managed, but

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Speaker 1: these are gifts to be received. The forgiving clothes frame

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Speaker 1: It treats the actual body as an embarrassment that grace

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Speaker 1: in the form of maybe elastic or when draping must cover.

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Speaker 1: And then we gotta draw a line to shame. Oh

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Speaker 1: body shame. I write about this in my forty day

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Speaker 1: Body Image workbook Goodness. I mean, most of us rarely

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Speaker 1: stop and think about the shame we feel around our bodies.

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Speaker 1: but we don't often stop and say, oh wait, this

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Speaker 1: there's no condemnation for those who love Christ Jesus, right,

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Speaker 1: we listen to the condemnation. We accept the shame and

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Speaker 1: think about it like this. I mean, a body that

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Speaker 1: requires constant forgiveness is a body that we're experiencing as shameful.

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Speaker 1: And shame theologically is that experience of ourselves is unacceptable

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Speaker 1: when we dress ourselves? Who do we think is watching?

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Speaker 1: Who do we believe is judging the way our bodies look? Now?

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Speaker 1: Note in Genesis right, the consequences of the fall. In

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Speaker 1: naked and they cover themselves, right, and so the experience

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Speaker 1: the oldest shame story, right, So forgiving clothes are in

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Speaker 1: things that will make us feel less shameful. But while

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Speaker 1: we know scripture from scripture that Jesus's death and resurrection

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Speaker 1: right after this quick break, So I'll never forget. I was, like,

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Speaker 1: So I had the pleasure of trying on the bridesmaids

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Speaker 1: And I'll never forget the bride looking at me and saying, oh,

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Speaker 1: this concept of being universally flattering. Examine the logic here.

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Speaker 1: One of them is called Seculosity. But Zaul writes about

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Speaker 1: judging gaze. The ideal outfit promises that today you will pass,

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Speaker 1: spirals can't go anywhere and everywhere. Friend. But ultimately, the

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Speaker 1: A real hope is in Christ alone, period end of sentence.

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Speaker 1: Through his grace, we can wrestle through these issues we

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Speaker 1: from our sinful fallen state. Don't be confused. Hey, thanks

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Speaker 1: your consideration there. Coming up next time with an interesting

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Speaker 1: episode on how the Aura Ring versus the Apple Watch

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Speaker 1: thanks for listening. I hope something Todays helps you stop

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