Christian Nudist Camp

Man! I love being alive! I just read an article in the Times about 'Natura', a Christian themed nudist camp and Garden of Eden theme park opening in Florida. Christian nude volleyball. SweeEEEeeet!

link: Christians strip to build a new Eden
via BoingBoing

UPDATE: This is an old article that is attracting some attention recently. Edited May 2007 in answer to the comments, quotes courtesy of the Wikipedia article on Christian nudism. It should be noted that the modern naturism movement is in part an ideological descendant of Christian nudist communities going back to the Adamites of the 1st through 4th centuries. Nudism is not contrary to Christian belief, but some of the foamier-mouthed, cultish evangelical sects like to say it is.

Pope John Paul II


Quoting from Genesis: "They were nude but they were not ashamed." Furthermore, because God created it, "The human body can remain nude and uncovered and preserve its splendor and its beauty."

"Sexual modesty cannot then in any simple way be identified with the use of clothing, nor shamelessness with the absence of clothing and total or partial nakedness... Immodesty is present only when nakedness plays a negative role with regard to the value of the person."

From Love and Responsibility (1981):

"Nakedness itself is not immodest... Immodesty is present only when nakedness plays a negative role with regard to the value of the person, when its aim is to arouse concupiscence, as a result of which the person is put in the position of an object for enjoyment."

A gratuitous picture


...of a naked girl on horseback :-) Hard to image anything objectionable about either her or her naked horse.


image published under GNU free documentaion licence

Dr. R. C. Sproul


Writes in The Shattered Image; "God does not COMMAND us to be clothed. He ALLOWS us to be clothed." and in Covering the Shame/The Holiness of God:

"Jesus provides the covering for our nakedness... so that once we are covered by the righteousness of Christ, we can be naked in the presence of God and not be shamed. We can stop running. We can stop hiding. Because we have been adorned with a gown of perfect righteousness, if we trust in Him."

I don't believe a word of it, which demonstrates that entirely different viewpoints on theological questions can share an opinion on nudity and the beauty of the human form.

A. W. Tozer


From The Pursuit of God - Chapter 10: The Sacrament of Living:

"The monkish hatred of the body which figures so prominently in the works of certain early devotional writers is wholly without support in the word of God. Common modesty is found in the sacred Scriptures, it is true, but never prudery or a false sense of shame. The New Testament accepts as a matter of course that in His incarnation our Lord took upon Him a real human body, and no effort is made to steer around the downright implications of such a fact. He lived in that body here among men and never once performed a non-sacred act. His presence in human flesh sweeps away forever the evil notion that there is about the human body something innately offensive to the Deity. God created our bodies and we do not offend Him by placing the responsibility where it belongs. He is not ashamed of the work of His own hands."

Created 2005-12-21 22:03:43 by 6237 and filed under stuff

Comments

Anonymous writes...

it is not christian, believe me

posted: 2006-02-12 08:30:25


nudely writes...

I do not believe you, whoever said it is not Christian. In fact, those who cannot see the Christianity in this is probably just a bigot and probably not a Christian.

posted: 2006-11-01 04:45:10


Anonymous writes...

Bear arms, bare arms:

In this country, founded on religious principals, the right to bear arms was at first because of the fear that if that right were not granted, a suppressive government armed could suppress all the rights of the governed by force, and that the forefathers of our country had the foresight to see that as good as we could get, we could head in the wrong direction if the rights of individuals were not held up over the rights of the rulers, and that the governors would in effect be held to a level playing field by law, the supreme law of this country.

Little did the forefathers know at the time that the right to Bare Arms was just as as important.

You might ask why it was just as important to bare arms as it was to bear arms, strange? No, not really. You see, the forefathers bathed many times in the nude, not even thinking that it was not an inherent right, that in fact, it was nearly unmentionable as to the right of privacy, explicit and many times implied in the practice of social nudism not mentioned by any sanctions of law. It was just a matter of turning away, that is what many did to give one room in a river to bathe nude. Women bathed many times in a river nude in that day. Men also.

But no one paid attention to the natural right that would be debated much later.

It was not a question of one`s right to Bare Arms, but a question of the utmost right to have one`s own privacy protected against a scandalous reputation such as to cause one an economic loss of a job or position important to the moral leadership of this country. Nudity had nothing to do with immoral.

It was the right of privacy and the proctection of it that was the number one moral cause, not of nudity, but of privacy./

You know, that might sound weird, but in reality, that was what the forefathers knew inherently, that the private right to bathe nude should have been a natural thought as say the right to bear a gun against a bear in the woods.

Or, as we say, the right to protect one self against harm had a direct link to the right to protect one`s honor and dignity. It was not dishonorous to be caught nude in a river while bathing, neither did it cause anyone to lose one`s dignity, as many of our forefathers could attest to their personal right to bathe nude. And while undressing, or dressing, brief exposure occured, innocently, with no one saying anything more because of the inherent right that a neighbor felt obligated to protect.

Now, we come full circle to the issue of privacy versus nudism. In a private setting such as what Nudist or naturists are in, the right to privacy has well been established in the thoughts of long ago men who would have called you an imbecile if you could not see the forest through the trees on what was acceptable privately, and what was not.

Concuspicuousness was what was unacceptable, or sexual acts in public, not the mere fact of nudity alone. And our courts have been very clear on this concept, except in one obvious area. Unfortunately, there are die hard prudes out there who would pishaw nudity simply because of ignorance bording on the imbicile.

What? Are you a cad for believing that nudism is inherently sexual? Well, I said it. I wrote it, and so did the forefathers, but not in the way that could be enforced by the supreme law. And if they had the forsight in this, they would have long ago acted to protect all in writing from the ignorance of others.

Yes, the reason why social nudity is not accepted in this country is because of a literal extreme blindness on just what our forefathers did and acted upon, without so much thinking about a natural right which everyone knew. There were no amenities such as a place to change, and very few had any underclothing, just outerwear, and a inherent right to stay clean against pestilence and deseases which were rampant in that day, much more so than today.

We bathe nude every day, shower with the convenience of shower curtains. But the forefathers of our country did not have such.

Neither did they care about such.

And they thought it a non-issue, as they did not even think that nudity was immoral in public under the right circumstances of public health and well being.

I have found personally as thousands upon thousands, perhaps millions upon millions of nudists and naturists have discovered for themselves, that nudity is not Concuspicuousness, any more than guns kill people as people only kill people, to pull the trigger, as to use a body sexually for the wrong purposes in the wrong place.

Simply put, some prudes would have you believe that naturism is only hedonism in disguise. No it is not. Naturists events are governed by the same laws of privacy as the constitution of this land protects in every way.

posted: 2007-01-24 15:32:26


Anonymous writes...

The whole world likes naked women.

posted: 2007-07-23 14:18:23


me writes...

we came into this world naked so why do they put there beloved dead ones in clothes wen they die?????? and who in the right mind would wanna walk round with their saggy bits hanging out??????

posted: 2007-05-27 18:58:31


anonymous writes...

this is really creepy and i dont think its christian...... strongly dout it.

posted: 2007-05-24 19:56:51


mehmet writes...

no problem ı can come butı dont prray money

posted: 2007-08-10 19:48:40


NudeDude writes...

If you want to look at if from the Christian Standpoint, nothing could be more Christian then being nude. Adam and Eve were created nude. Only when they shamed themselves did they wear clothing. By wearing clothing, we perpetuate the shame of Adam and Eve's wrong. In fact, God created them nude and thereby if we are to be closer to God, then we should be nude as he intended. Remember, God doesn't have a problem with the human body, only human's do.

posted: 2007-11-29 04:05:38


Jesus writes...

Of course it's christ like, you know Jesus always had it dangling around town... why do you think he had everyone amazed all the time, because of magic tricks?!

posted: 2008-01-14 23:30:46


L H Salmon writes...

First off, NudeDude states that wearing clothing perpetuates the shame of adam's sin? So is he saying that sin shouldn't be shameful? Sin will always be sin no matter how you spell it.

and so Jesus: That last comment was slightly blasphemous to be saying that the LORD and Son of God himself promoted nudity... because he didn't.

posted: 2008-02-19 06:12:52


Anonymous writes...

Thats not christian retards

posted: 2008-04-30 07:05:57


fg writes...

adam & eve covered themselves in shame upon being self aware of being naked for eve tricking adam into eating the fruit from the tree in the center of the garden . God did not tell them to get dressed , he was shamed because of it. the covering up what he created.
Dont take words from the bible until you read the bible NON SEXUAL NUDITY IS NORMAL human beings are just ANIMALS have you simply forgot how to be human ?
Going to work , to the store is not normal it's humans that forgot who they are animals . to deny you natural self is not normal.

posted: 2008-04-30 16:04:08


John Kirk writes...

No point trying to redeem nudity this side of eternity. Man's fall changed everything.

You'll have to wait for Jesus to usher in a new heaven and a new earth first - then you can have your nudity. Will it even be an issue then?

posted: 2008-08-7 00:12:39


Anonymous writes...

Will you all please shut up? Falling in love with God is awesome! Try that instead of squabbling over nude vs. non-nude. Falling in love is what matters, not debating over semantics. Being loved by God is the best thing that has ever happened to me!

posted: 2008-08-26 05:35:30


brtvsadullah writes...

posted: 2008-10-6 22:45:21


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posted: 2008-10-6 22:45:59


Anonymous writes...

nudism is the bomb diggity

posted: 2008-12-22 20:04:26


An Old Guy writes...

I totally agree with the statement above by R.C.Sproul.

posted: 2009-01-20 15:01:22


Nudist writes...

God asked Adam and Eve ... who told you that you are naked? And, he made them clothing from the hides of animals because he was kicking them out of Eden. He was kicking them out of Eden because they ate from the tree of knowledge... not because they were naked ... He made them that way!

posted: 2009-02-25 05:21:01


Anonymous writes...

I agree with nuist, the body is not a sinfull thing. not to mention that being a nudist is just simply a better life style. the people who wrote the negative comments probably haven't even gave naturism a try.

posted: 2009-03-7 02:16:42


Anonymous writes...

cazhp

posted: 2010-03-14 18:33:19


b writes...

your all dickweeds god ddint write the bible man did

posted: 2010-01-31 22:32:39


J writes...

wow there is alot of different views on this. yes man did write the bible but they were deciples you should remember that. God does not once condemn nudity in the bible, in fact he even told one man to shed his clothes and go forth to the towns and preach. most of the people in this argument who condemn nudity are probably looking at it wrong, your probably connecting it to sex which isnt the case most the time, unless your with perves. even the pope said nothing is wrong with it, u you think u know more about the bible than him, i'm not catholic but it's his job to know the bible. i also find hard to believe that you prudes haven't at least been skinnydipping

posted: 2010-03-11 03:08:56


Pete writes...

well, at age 7 and on, I was treated to the area YMCA where all the young boys from miles around were brought for the nude use of their swimming pool, etc. I am 59 years of age now, and must say that I can think of other activities and thinking which would fit a New Testament definition of Christian. You know, like God says in the Old Testament, He wants His priests (I would substitute the word "His Christian people, particularly Christian leaders) to be weeping at the altar for the lost. There is a heaven for the saved, and a lake of fire for the damned. And I think all of us need to famoliarise ourselves a great deal more with an oft-used biblical term - "deception". With so much at stake within and wthout, I very highly recommend much more famliarity with that word and all that it implies about us all.

posted: 2009-09-3 14:38:05


nunya writes...

I got a question for the guy who posted the first comment. Why should i believe you over the pope?

posted: 2010-06-22 06:44:58


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I just do not know what to say.

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