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God Gives Permission: Sexy Clothes, Stripping OK

Tuesday October 21, 2003
Does God approve of sexy clothing and female stripping? Apparently so - but according to singer Beyonce Knowles, that's about as far as Divine Approval goes. Anything more done for the sake of attracting popular and media attention, like kissing another woman, is definitely Not Allowed.

Sky News reports:

The devout Christian says she has permission from God to wear sexy clothes and strip on stage but not to have a girl-on-girl snog. ... She says: "I always carry myself like a lady. I don't feel like I ever do anything raunchy." And she adds: "It's entertainment and I believe God is OK with that."

So, does this mean that God likes Knowles' sexy concerts, but had to turn off the MTV Awards show when Madonna and Britney Spears smooched? And just how much stripping does God approve of - I mean, does He secretly take nights off to visit exotic dance clubs, or what? And what would He use for tips?

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May 17, 2007 at 10:17 pm
(1) T GARDNER says:

Ms. Knowles is obviously deceived just as so many people are today. They are enjoying the lust of the flesh and the darkness. Many people today don’t seek after God (Jesus)they seek after their god. Let’s pray for the deceived, Remember we too were once deceived - but His grace…

October 26, 2008 at 12:21 am
(2) KADIA says:

First of all i am not picking up for beyonce or any one but u dont have the right to judge people second of only god is the knowledgeable and god knows everything suppose she repented for her sins and third of all god is the judge and not u

December 25, 2008 at 3:19 pm
(3) Trina says:

Beyonce is being taken over by a demon, plain and simple. God does not approve of what she is doing and she knows it, hence the alter ego.

http://thelatterdays.blogspot.com/2008/12/i-amsasha-fierce.html

December 25, 2008 at 3:38 pm
(4) Austin Cline says:

Trina: prove it.

December 30, 2008 at 12:46 pm
(5) MrMarkAZ says:

I’d rather watch Beyonce doing a striptease on stage than stare at man clad only in a cloth diaper nailed to a tree bleeding from his various wounds.

Christianity is torture porn. I’ll take a good old-fashioned snog any day.

December 30, 2008 at 3:18 pm
(6) John Hanks says:

A choice between a Babylonian skygod and “the sins of the flesh”. I think I’ll take the flesh thing.

December 30, 2008 at 4:31 pm
(7) dingo says:

Re: # 3 Beyonce is being taken over by commercialism and money, what we used to call a sellout.

December 31, 2008 at 12:58 am
(8) Drew says:

There really isn’t much a religionist can say that isn’t funny, is there?

Well, would be funny, if it weren’t so harmful.

January 2, 2009 at 12:01 am
(9) Lloyd says:

Beyonce believes god is ‘ok with it’ because she is like every other person
that thinks they are immortal. The self-importance that is implied by a belief in a personal creator god blinds them to the obvious truth. They believe exactly what they would like to be the case. She likes being a celebrity and all that comes with it and naturaly, in order to avoid any conflict with her membership in the heaven club, god must be ‘ok with it’. Concience eased, lifestyle secure, all is good.

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