ok, I am wondering about this brother and sister in the lord squeezed hug thing . full frontal hug. is this really ok if the mind is pure or should this be totally avoided in church . does it turn "holy guys on" or it is purely innocent,

In my church in the USA, after either the worship service or visitor guest announcement ended, we Christians and non-Christians people no matter which genders they are do full-frontal friendly hugs as brotherly love to make them feel welcome/inspired/rejoice feeling or just say good-bye until we meet again.

It does not mean that we are initimate relationships or lovers. It is just like handshaking to each other!!! There is nothing wrong with it! We are not what white Christian folks do (never full-frontal hug) in their white Baptist churches!

Some other churches do not fully hugs---stiff, quiet, no crazy praising-shouting to please God!!! That is based on different strokes to different people in different religious!!!

tough one i guess. but i think whoever has ulterior motives will show their true colour in a matter of time, church or not!

It all depends on what one has in mind. One could do it without any iota of secret motive.

@desgiezd
am with you on this one. exactly. depends on what one's got up in the mind.

Hmmmmnn...

Na by force?

i should be asking you dat kweshun!

iyatrustee: i should be asking you dat kweshun!

who?

you!if na by force to post on every thread as if...........

I do not like those brotherly hugs in modern churches; the way some of these young boys grabs a lady you will know their feelings are not very 'agape'-oriented. I was invited to a modern fellowship some years back and I didn't know they do such hugs there; so I was surprised to find myself in the arms of one young boy of about 18 years. He 'gathered' me to his arms and squeezed me all in the name of a sisterly hug and I am sure I felt his little bulge.
I think a gentle handshake will do just fine.

iyatrustee: you!if na by force to post on every thread as if...........

I know u miss me so much

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iyatrustee: mtchew! miss fire!

Antelope

easy sweery!

Iyatrustee can I hug and squeeze u

no sir! i dont want you dying from cardiac arrest

Ure d cure 2 cardiac arrest which is why I wanna hug and squeeze u

iyatrustee, your face is very smooth o. what is the secret?

^The secret is Groundnut oil

morning and evening before going 2 bed

here's the right and wrong way to do it (actually both are wrong ways, technically speaking. Na so belle dey happen):

[img]http://fuchsiag.files./2012/06/tiger-hug.jpg[/img][img][/img]

wrong:


[img]http://f.ptcdn.info/293/007/000/1373949927-cscomm01-o.jpg[/img]