Christian Nudists

[Darkhorse]

To protect them from the harsh and dangerous conditions outside of Eden, where they were going to live due to their sin of disobedience. They tried to hide from God with their fig-leaf clothes, but those were inadequate in many ways.

And, for the record, all I'm wearing today is shoes and socks (for foot protection).

 

[ladyches]

To protect them from the harsh and dangerous conditions outside of Eden, where they were going to live due to their sin of disobedience. They tried to hide from God with their fig-leaf clothes, but those were inadequate in many ways.

And, for the record, all I'm wearing today is shoes and socks (for foot protection).

Oy. I didn't need to know that (bolded)! Haha!!

"Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths." Genesis 3:7 ESV

Apparently, this wasn't a good thing, to be naked.....

 

[Darkhorse]

You mentioned that you were fully dressed, so...I followed suit (pardon the pun)

Actually, it's not a good idea to disobey God, especially when He explicitly said:

"DON'T EAT THAT FRUIT!"

Being naked wasn't wrong; He made His people that way, and declared it "very good".

 

[dayhiker]

Ladyches - that's why you should read the whole thread, this has been posted about quite often in the thread.
Didn't realize there were more posts already! lol

 

[toramei]

Freedom from clothes when it is warm.
For those that have not tried it take a shower dry off and let the air reach every inch of your body give your body a refreshing dose of air.Don't be in a rush to cover up.
Sleep naked,have your morning coffee naked.It would be a start.

 

[LoveJesusAndLive]

Well, personally I cannot condone your behaviors without being judged I'm sure. However, be there no doubt it is written that David danced naked before the Lord. As long as your heart in the right place.

 

[Darkhorse]

Much of the "nudism" on the internet is just pornography.

Real nudism is the opposite of pornography, because the nudist's hearts really are in the right place. Otherwise, I would not have taken my kids to nudist locations all their lives.

http://thebiblicalnaturist.blogspot.com/

 

[masterp48hd]

But didn't adam.an eve cover themselves after biting the Apple? I'm not a Christian, just asking

 

[dayhiker]

yes, they did .... and God didn't find those coverings good enough, so God killed animals and made clothes for them.
Adam and Eve were hiding their guilt of disobeying. God was probably saying their efforts weren't good enough.

Yet Genesis never gives God giving a command that we shouldn't be naked.

 

[Dave-W]

so God killed animals and made clothes for them.

Maybe. Or maybe he just created hides like He did the rest of creation.

 

[toramei]

I am just giving this discussion a different viewpoint perhaps.When my child broke something he did his best to hide the broken object and came up with all different excuses.In his mind he thought by hiding the incident and having all these excuses that I would forget the broken object.He made a personal judgement call.In our situation it would have been much simpler if the truth was told.
Adam and Eve made a judgement call themselves they hid their wrongdoing behind leaves.
Yes GOD gave them clothes to have because they had no use for them before they had ideal environment no thorns no cold nights no winter.GOD knew that how would man know how to make clothes for themselves if they did not have a sample.
The main point most people are missing is that GOD created n u d i t y it was HIS creation and it was good.Man has always come up with excuses to cover themselves and hide.
Jesus died on the cross and took our sins and shame away.Man still thinks there is a catch to this and covers himself and hides.

 

[Archivist]

Part of the problem is people have this idea (at least in America) that nudity =sex. That is just not true.

Of course cultural taboos do change over time, same-sex marriage being a good example. It has been legal for women to go topless in New York state since the early 90s but few have. However on a trip to NYC a couple weeks ago I saw two young ladies sunbathing topless in Central Park. Perhaps it is starting to catch on and will become the norm nationwide.

 

[HermanNeutics13]

Of course cultural taboos do change over time, same-sex marriage being a good example. It has been legal for women to go topless in New York state since the early 90s but few have. However on a trip to NYC a couple weeks ago I saw two young ladies sunbathing topless in Central Park. Perhaps it is starting to catch on and will become the norm nationwide.

Yes it is largely cultural, and as for New York I knew that and I think there is a movement to make it more known.

 

[Darkhorse]

Yes it is largely cultural, and as for New York I knew that and I think there is a movement to make it more known.

Organizations like Free The Nipple and Go Topless (and others) lobby for acceptance of female toplessness, especially since male toplessness is acceptable.

Roughly half of the U. S. states have decriminalized exposed female breasts (like New York and California), as long as no lewd or disruptive behavior is present.

 

[Archivist]

Organizations like Free The Nipple and Go Topless (and others) lobby for acceptance of female toplessness, especially since male toplessness is acceptable.

Roughly half of the U. S. states have decriminalized exposed female breasts (like New York and California), as long as no lewd or disruptive behavior is present.

Very true. Among those who have been going topless in public in NYC are the Outdoor Co-ed Topless Pulp Fiction Appreciation Society. They gather in NYC parks to sunbath topless and enjoy good books. Their Wikipedia entry can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outdoor_Co-ed_Topless_Pulp_Fiction_Appreciation_Society

Why should these women not be permitted to do what men have been alloowed to do for years--sunbath topless and enjoy a good book.

 

[HondaMan]

Please don't tell me nudists are nude around their kids.

 

[Darkhorse]

Of course they are, and the kids are nude too!

It's a family, not a strip club.

 

[Cactus Jack]

What is there to hide about the human body? It is only as you want to think it is. Clean & chaste or sick & perverted.

 

[Eudaimonist]

Please don't tell me nudists are nude around their kids.

Why wouldn't they be? And why does that bother you? Nudity isn't dangerous to children.

My father used to walk around nude in my home when I was a child. There was nothing sexual about it, and I was not harmed in the slightest. If anything, I might have gained better body acceptance.


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[Dave-W]

However, be there no doubt it is written that David danced naked before the Lord. As long as your heart in the right place.

Actually he was not naked. Clothing in that day consisted of rectangular sheets wrapped around the body. (think of a sari) His dancing and jumping was high enough to allow the young ladies to have (what we would call in current usage) an up-skirt view of his male parts. (no undies back then either)

2 Sam 6.14 And David was dancing before the Lord with all his might, and David was wearing a linen ephod.
15 So David and all the house of Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouting and the sound of the trumpet.
16 Then it happened as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.
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20 But when David returned to bless his household, Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, “How the king of Israel distinguished himself today! He uncovered himself today in the eyes of his servants’ maids as one of the foolish ones shamelessly uncovers himself!”
21 So David said to Michal, “It was before the Lord, who chose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the Lord, over Israel; therefore I will celebrate before the Lord.
22 I will be more lightly esteemed than this and will be humble in my own eyes, but with the maids of whom you have spoken, with them I will be distinguished.”
23 Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death.