Is dancing a sin?

God said praise him clap your hands stomp your feet raise your hands is this not dancing? Getting the holy ghost is this not dancing? Praise his holy name and don't worry about what everyone else thinks. God bless

I used to think it was a sin because that was how I was raised. However, you can't find anywhere in the Bible where God says it is a sin so I would have to say no, it isn't. King David would dance in worship to God. The psalms often say to praise God with ....and it lists several instruments and often lists dance. I think it is a matter of your heart. Are you dancing to be provocative or are you dancing in worship to God.

Dancing is not a sin. God himself gave us this body to glorify him. Sometime you are moved by the spirit and cannot help but move as it moves you. Dancing is only a sin if you are glorifying somethingelse (dancing in a club) besides God himself bcos God is a jealous God.

obviously dancing is not a sin its rather a good deed or a gift for the ones who love it like me its a medium of expression of ur emotions and thus is a fantastic thing to do

I don't agree with you at all. Dancing is amazing excercise especially for disabled people like me. I'm a certified Danceability (that's dance for people of all abilities) instructor. I can't imagine that God would object to that, whatever anyone's faith, or if the work has has anything to do with faith at all.I also feel that able-bodied people have a right to dance for any reason whenever they want as well.

i think dancing is not a sin.. it is just another way of expressing oneself.. no big deal at all..

I think god is Happy with you, when you make someone happy..and Dancing is something that people love to watch..and therfore i dont think its a sin.

have you ever seen the movie flashdance? because this topic is a lot like that movie. I don't think dancing is a sin at all. what about it is something that God wouldn't like. and i don't believe that the bible ever outlaws dancing. a lot of different groups have their extreme views about God, but i think that each person should determine what they believe is the right way to respect God and then live that way to the best of their abilities.

i cannot say anything about that as i really do not know..

wow, to be honest i had no idea that there were churches that belived dancing was a sin. i dont belive so, i belive dancing is a gift. there are so many types of dances including those to glorify God, so i wouldnt say its a sin.

I have never had this thought that dancing would be sin. The religions I know wouldn't forbid dance. There are many reasons for dancing: they can be part of a sacred celebration, they can be used for seducing another, for artistic expression, for pure fun of the individual, for a group to be closer to each other, etc. I don't think that the god or the preachers of any religion should forbid dancing.

Dancing was never a SIN. In fact, during the old days, dancing is their form of worshiping GOD. Dancing is our form of expressing our thoughts and imagination. We do worship GOD in our own forms and dancing was never a SIN. We are given talents by GOD and one of these talents is DANCING. So why not use it in the proper way, right?

Well, dancing, as an art, is really subjective. You can please God in your own way. If you think you could please God with your dance, then go for it. I just can't imagine, how do you worship God without dancing? Is it like a conservative church? Can you even clap? What dance step in particular is a sin in your church? Lots of questions. You don't have to answer anyway. Dancing in church of course is quite limited in terms of the step you make. You could interpretative or even a tambourine dance. Well, I hope this made sense.

You can read the bible and there are a lot of scriptures saying that the people were "dancing and praising" in them. Dancing is an expression of the soul weather it be anger or lust.

Dance is amazing, you don't only have to dance for God though....but don't get me wrong, it's cool to. But yeah, dance is beautiful, don't not do it because of a what a church told you. Trust me, it's not a sin!!! I dance all the time, I dance just to dance. And I don't mean like dirty dancing andwhat not...but like just frolicing and feeling it and doing wahtever!! It's an amazing thing to feel, do it. Just do it!! Right now, you don't even need music...but it helps. hehe Ok, seriously...what are you waiting for?!?! Do it! DO ITTTTT!!! Dance dance dance! Frolic! haha, did you do it? haha I sound like a psycho....but I'm not. Please, do yourself a favor and dance. =]]