Christian Naturism II

Some Christian colleges have life drawing classes and some Christians have said they tried nude art modeling. I wonder if any Christian colleges have drama departments where they allow a stage play that might have artistic nudity?

Are there any Christian college photography classes that allow nude models?

Or if any Christians ever did nude performance art at a regular college? Besides at a nudist resort I wonder where Christianity and nudity ever cross paths?

A Catholic Friend said:

Do friends at church know that you area nudist? What if you wind up on youtube?

You don't mind?

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Mostly they do not. I do fear about getting all over the internet (I do now there are a few pictures of me out there, but my hope is they don't make the rounds all over and are nit hugely recognizable.

I want to do more things too, but I fear that I might wind up on the net.

A Catholic Friend said:

I want to do more things too, but I fear that I might wind up on the net.

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I do think the biggest reason more people don't is the stigma associated with it. Nudists are probably the most discriminated against group out there.

I did not know that. I thought nudity and nudism was more acceptable now? There are nude races, nude bike rides and public nude body painting in New York. Spencer Tunick photohraphs nudes in public all over the world.

So it is more out there and still there is discrimination?

A Catholic Friend said:

I did not know that. I thought nudity and nudism was more acceptable now? There are nude races, nude bike rides and public nude body painting in New York. Spencer Tunick photohraphs nudes in public all over the world.

So it is more out there and still there is discrimination?

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I think it is being more accepted but still has a long way to go before it is truly accepted openly by a majority of the public.

HermanNeutics13 said:

I think it is being more accepted but still has a long way to go before it is truly accepted openly by a majority of the public.

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I agree - sort of. The proliferation of internet inappropriate content has strengthened the association of nudity with sex, and made it less acceptable to the general public.

A Catholic Friend said:

I want to do more things too, but I fear that I might wind up on the net.

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Somewhere there are photos of my wife and me, playing paddleball nude on a beach.

We were doing so on a nude beach in the late 1980s when a lady with a camera came up and asked us if she could take photos. She said she was working on a folio for a photo class or something, and we didn't mind.

No regrets...

Darkhorse said:

Somewhere there are photos of my wife and me, playing paddleball nude on a beach.

We were doing so on a nude beach in the late 1980s when a lady with a camera came up and asked us if she could take photos. She said she was working on a folio for a photo class or something, and we didn't mind.

No regrets...

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It can unfortunately, be a problem for some employers if they find such pictures.

HermanNeutics13 said:

It can unfortunately, be a problem for some employers if they find such pictures.

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Yes, I know what you mean...

Fortunately that was almost 30 years ago, and we looked quite different.

Also, I have met women that looked almost exactly like my wife, and I've been mistaken for other guys at least 3 times.

Is anyone going on a nude bike ride this summer?

I doubt I will .. my bike isn't working.

I might go biking clothed...if I can stop feeling afraid that I'll fall off or lose balance. Bike seats are not good for testicles, anyway. There's a lot of anarchy in the naked bike rides, anyway. I'm pretty sure most of the people involved aren't practicing Christians, although I'm sure there are a few. Not because riding your bike naked is sinful, it's just that events like this are kind of like burning man where people deliberately just want to look/act weird.

A Catholic Friend said:

Is anyone going on a nude bike ride this summer?

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That might be fun...it certainly would liven up the neighborhood!

LOL.

Has anyone ever done a naturist prank? Say like you told friends that you were a nudist and they were ok with it but wanted to get used to it gradually so you wore a towel around them.

Then your girlfriend or wife pulled your towel off. No one was shocked and they all had a laugh about it. This is just an example.

I was just wondering if nudists played any pranks in a good fun way where no one got offended.

I'm not much of a prankster so I've never created one. I'm sure people would be fine with a well designed prank.

A Catholic Friend said:

Is anyone going on a nude bike ride this summer?

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I plan to yes.

HermanNeutics13 said:

I plan to yes.

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Don't hurt yourself

A Catholic Friend said:

LOL.

I was just wondering if nudists played any pranks in a good fun way where no one got offended.

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I don't know if it qualifies as a prank, but recently at the resort we visit, I was using a urinal in the men's room when 2 or 3 ladies came in and took pictures of a guy who had fallen asleep sitting on the toilet. They were all friends and no one was offended.

Darkhorse said:

I don't know if it qualifies as a prank, but recently at the resort we visit, I was using a urinal in the men's room when 2 or 3 ladies came in and took pictures of a guy who had fallen asleep sitting on the toilet. They were all friends and no one was offended.

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Yeah...I would hate that. Especially considering one story I read where a gay man...saw a man asleep on a toilet and...well...it turned him on...they were not at a nude place and...you get the idea :o