I am a Christian, and I can easily see myself becoming an actual nudist someday.
Thank you for proving the point: It is symbolic, just like circumcision and communion. As such, being naked isn't a big deal. Sinning all the time is a big deal.God made animal skins for Adam & Eve to wear, to cover their sin, before they were cast out of the Garden. After the Fall of Man, nudity was a reminder of our sin.
Because certain parts of your anatomy look disgusting.
I don't find anything wrong with it, though I rather not look at people's most prize possessions if you know what I mean.
I think it is sad and unfortunate when people take this view of the human body, especially Christians. Many have adopted a worldly view of the body - they see it as a sex object and/or they find it disgusting because it does not match the standard of beauty they see in advertising.
What you men struggle with is the conception of lust as given by mainline evangelical churches, not lust as it is in the Bible.Well, you have to remember that you're not the only person living on this planet. It would be wrong to go out nude, knowingly causing some people to fall into sin. If some of you women here only knew how badly we men struggle with lust you wouldn't be saying such a thing.
Why blame the woman because you've started obsessing about getting her in bed? Lust isn't just desire for a woman, it's the intent to do something about it.I'm not trying to sound misogynistic, but I really don't think a lot of Christian women are even aware of how sensitive our eyes are. A beautiful woman wearing denim shorts on a summer day may mean nothing to, but could quickly send a lot of guys into deep lust. I'm not saying women need to run around in burqas, but that they should just know that if they look in the mirror and feel sexy and desirable, there's a chance that it could cause some of her brothers to fall.
Why is nudity wrong?
Why is it unacceptable for me to display certain parts of my anatomy in public, while other parts of my anatomy such as my ears are perfectly acceptable to display?
Is this (in my eyes dubious) morality based on our societal religious heritage, or does it have another source?
Nudity is fine, in a 'nudist' camp or colony where it is normal. So it's where the nudity takes place that's important. Regarding the Christian view, agape includes the concept of propriety, or 'the manners of a polite society'. That alone should lead one to 'proper time and place' behavior regarding nudity.
Not really. You can't prove he has no morality. Plus, that's a really nasty assumption to make and it's why a lot of atheists want nothing to do with Christians. You just attacked him for no reason whatsoever.If you have no morality, nothing is wrong because wrong doesn't exist for you.
Enough said.
Except (possibly) for a few (extremely) complete sociopaths, everyone has a moral code. Even ordinary sociopaths base their decisions on the "moral" basis that it is "good" to do things that give them more pwer and control. "Right" and "wrong" exist even for them.If you have no morality, nothing is wrong because wrong doesn't exist for you.
Enough said.
Nudity is fine, in a 'nudist' camp or colony where it is normal.
Why are all nudist camps filled with fat middle aged men?
Why are all nudist camps filled with fat middle aged men?
Good question - maybe because it takes them several years of adulthood to realize how silly it is to compulsively wear clothes all the time.
The "nudist camps" I've been to have just as many fat middle-aged women as men - and I've been going to them since I was a young skinny man.
My friend always wanted to "spy" on a nudist camp to see quote "Hot naked chicks!". We had one one the area for awhile and one day while biking we went off our normal path and found a spot to look at this camp. I didn't bother looking because I knew what to expect. He looked and started swearing because there was nothing but people 40+ in the camp all naked. lolWhy are all nudist camps filled with fat middle aged men?
My friend always wanted to "spy" on a nudist camp to see quote "Hot naked chicks!". We had one one the area for awhile and one day while biking we went off our normal path and found a spot to look at this camp. I didn't bother looking because I knew what to expect. He looked and started swearing because there was nothing but people 40+ in the camp all naked. lol
That is why you need to go to the not quite legal nude beach.
Or France where the nude beach is legal and populated by beachgoers.
Not sure of France, but 30+ years ago at least one such nude beach in California had a higher percentage of young and reasobnably fit people. Of course it was also at least 10 times as har to get to as nearby non-nude beaches, which likely filtered out a lot of the non-fit.