QUOTES 7/10/2017

“. . . for all the lip service about ‘our temple of the Holy Spirit,’ namely our bodies, Christians, by and large, hide behind clothing. . . I’ve come to the conclusion that, at its core, it’s because of shame—shame about how their bodies look—shame over being too heavy, too thin, too saggy and baggy, shame over showing their genitals.  Shame, shame, shame.  And that’s the real shame.  If our bodies are good in the eyes of God—for he made Adam and Eve naked and expected them to live that way—what’s the problem? . . . If, as Christians, we believe our bodies are Holy-Spirit-filled temples, why the obsession to cover it up all the time?  Why be ashamed over it? . . . When the average, non-naturist Christian hears ‘I’m a nudist/naturist,’ he or she is hearing ‘I’m a flashing, swinging, masturbating pervert’ and that’s the real shame of the situation.  To them, naked bodies mean sexual activity, naked genitals mean lewd acts.  Discussion ends, objections fly, minds close and relationships and associations are injured.” – Tom Pine, file:///C:/Users/Owner/Downloads/The%20Naked%20Truth%20Naturists_vol_17_no_02.pdf

“Dore Alley July 27, 2014” (Video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUlKRkYI4hE

“There’s a curious phenomenon that’s occurred over the years.  As reported in the New York Times, men’s locker room designers are now changing traditional open-shower layouts as millennial men find it difficult to be naked in front of other men.  A generation ago men were uncomfortable with homosexuality, but didn’t think twice of being openly naked with their buddies.  In a time of greater acceptance of alternative sexualities, men in their 20s and 30s can be less tolerant of same-sex nudity.” - Nick Rahaim, http://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/cover_collections/testing-out-the-naked-yoga-experience/article_4c06726c-bfb9-11e5-9cf9-3baea04c9267.html

“I was naked, I felt good and there could not be any other choice. . . once you accept that everybody has a body, based on the same model (with variations, like for cars), and that there is nothing inherently sexual about nudity, then nakedness becomes THE obvious choice.” - https://nuetheureux.com/2016/08/03/nakedness-as-the-obvious-choice/

“Sometimes adopting the clothes free life is a simple realization that you have been heading there all along . . . I’ve been a nudist at heart throughout my life.” - https://rfgjga1992.wordpress.com/2016/01/15/it-looks-like-ive-been-a-nudist-by-heart-my-whole-life-continued-from-the-sept-2015-blog-post/