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crashedman
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Hi all,
I was looking to gain an honest answer from all the posters here about this often neglected and maligned topic, but does anyone think that having a fellowship group for naturists interested in Christianity and vice versa will work?
I have been into this lifestyle since 1990 and found most of them to be very friendly and compassionate people. A guy I know asked a few years back whether anyone was looking to get a fellowship group together that could support a number a of worthy causes and help educate people as to what our lifestyle is about, despite the negative connotations that our current laws and church legalism puts onto it.
I have read the Bible, and not found anything in there that specifically condemns it (even though there are some gay people and partner-swappers who practise it, but the group I want to set up is not out to entertain such activities). It was practised by the early Christians (mostly baptisms) until the reign of Emporer Constantine, and during the 1930's Hitler was one of the most voracious critics of it and sought to stamp it out.
The ethics of the philosophy are very simple: respect for the body and other people's bodies, eschewing the use of tobacco and alcohol and other obnoxious substances, proper stewardship of the animal kingdom and respect for the natural environment and the use of renewable energy sources.
I also know of a number of outreach groups in America which have conducted workshops on it since the late 1960's to help heal people's feelings of sexual and emotional shame and squalor.
In fact, a young lady I know who was abused by her atheist family as a child has sought both solace and new frienships by becoming involved with it (as well as becoming a Christian). She hasn't looked back since then.
My family and friends haven't been all that supportive. When I told them how it is virtually the norm in European nations and in some parts of America they just said 'Well, go over there if you want that. Why does Australia need it?'
I have found that in countries where it is the norm, the rate of teenage pregnancies is lower than that of the Anglicised countries, as well as rape and other sexual dysfunctions being almost non-existent.
They recently had a Christian Naturist Convocation in America, partially organised by a Quaker minister which attracted about 70 people from all over the country and everyone had a lot of positive stuff to say about it.
What does everyone else reckon?
Crashedman
I was looking to gain an honest answer from all the posters here about this often neglected and maligned topic, but does anyone think that having a fellowship group for naturists interested in Christianity and vice versa will work?
I have been into this lifestyle since 1990 and found most of them to be very friendly and compassionate people. A guy I know asked a few years back whether anyone was looking to get a fellowship group together that could support a number a of worthy causes and help educate people as to what our lifestyle is about, despite the negative connotations that our current laws and church legalism puts onto it.
I have read the Bible, and not found anything in there that specifically condemns it (even though there are some gay people and partner-swappers who practise it, but the group I want to set up is not out to entertain such activities). It was practised by the early Christians (mostly baptisms) until the reign of Emporer Constantine, and during the 1930's Hitler was one of the most voracious critics of it and sought to stamp it out.
The ethics of the philosophy are very simple: respect for the body and other people's bodies, eschewing the use of tobacco and alcohol and other obnoxious substances, proper stewardship of the animal kingdom and respect for the natural environment and the use of renewable energy sources.
I also know of a number of outreach groups in America which have conducted workshops on it since the late 1960's to help heal people's feelings of sexual and emotional shame and squalor.
In fact, a young lady I know who was abused by her atheist family as a child has sought both solace and new frienships by becoming involved with it (as well as becoming a Christian). She hasn't looked back since then.
My family and friends haven't been all that supportive. When I told them how it is virtually the norm in European nations and in some parts of America they just said 'Well, go over there if you want that. Why does Australia need it?'
I have found that in countries where it is the norm, the rate of teenage pregnancies is lower than that of the Anglicised countries, as well as rape and other sexual dysfunctions being almost non-existent.
They recently had a Christian Naturist Convocation in America, partially organised by a Quaker minister which attracted about 70 people from all over the country and everyone had a lot of positive stuff to say about it.
What does everyone else reckon?
Crashedman
