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sanua_chap
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Posted - 01/18/2008 :  10:15:37 AM  Show Profile  Visit sanua_chap's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by kangaroo

Perhaps they assumed you meant "Naturalist". If you say "Christian Nudist Community", I'm sure you would get a much stronger reaction.

-kanga



Not from the context of the conversation. The Pastor had breast cancer and a masectomy last year, and has just completed breast reconstruction. She was saying she is really proud of the new product, and would like to show everyone what the doctors achieved, but knew she couldn't.

The reference to Christian naturists by my wife was a suggestion of how she could find a context in which proudly showing off what the doctors had achieved would be acceptable to everyone. I don't think there was any confusion in anybody's mind about what my wife was talking about.



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Diger
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Posted - 01/18/2008 :  9:56:00 PM  Show Profile  Send Diger a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
We live in the middle of the bible belt, and shared our lifestyle with some of our church friends. However we have used terms like allover tan or no tan lines and skinny-dipping, they don't seem to have the same reaction as nudist.

Mrs Diger was comparing tans with some ladies at church once, when out of the blue she told them she had no tan lines, her pool is private. No one was shocked or even batted an eye.




Diger



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sanua_chap
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Posted - 02/01/2008 :  11:15:20 AM  Show Profile  Visit sanua_chap's Homepage  Reply with Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Diger

We live in the middle of the bible belt, and shared our lifestyle with some of our church friends. However we have used terms like allover tan or no tan lines and skinny-dipping, they don't seem to have the same reaction as nudist.

Mrs Diger was comparing tans with some ladies at church once, when out of the blue she told them she had no tan lines, her pool is private. No one was shocked or even batted an eye.




Diger



You are absolutely right. I hardly ever use the term 'nudist' or 'naturist' among non-naturist friends: it presses the wrong buttons for many people.

If I say I prefer to use a sauna where I don't have to wear a swimming costume, and most folk seem to think that makes perfect sense. If I say I prefer a naturist sauna, they often seem to think it is weird.



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catbird
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Posted - 04/24/2008 :  2:57:11 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
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Originally posted by jeanluc

If anyone is interested in a forum that is very strongly Christian and nudists, visit www.naturists-christians.org. I enjoy posting on it as much as this one.
Jeanluc

Live - Laugh - Love


I just revisited this thread that I started long ago.

I tried to check out this www.naturists-christians.org, but that yielded that the host cannot be found. This may be a syntax error on that web site. Does anybody know the real address for the web site.

Naturally, Catbird



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catbird
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Posted - 04/24/2008 :  3:08:14 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Here is other insight that I more recently come upon. Society in general (religious or secular) is inculcated into the clothing compulsory mindset. There are many people in any denomination who would be taken aback by the suggestion of naturism being a spiritual experience. This is regardless of whether conservative or liberal.

Naturally, Catbird



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Diger
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Posted - 04/24/2008 :  5:43:31 PM  Show Profile  Send Diger a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
We have a recent development that has convinced me even more that you can be open with church friends.

We are vacationing later this summer with another couple from our church that we have been friends with for quite some time. The couple has three young kids and has a very relaxed dress code at home and is open about it. The beach we are going to is near our favorite Nude Beach, my wife told them if they watch our kids while we go to the nude beach, we will watch their kids while they go and promised to show them where it is. They seem very excited over the opportunity to go to their first nude beach. Not at all the reaction everyone expects.

They know our dress code at home and are not bothered by it at all however we do slip something on when they stop by. The mom stopped by the other night to drop off some cupcakes she had baked, it took us a couple minutes to slip something on before I answered the door, so when she came in she grinned and said jokingly “You better get something on.”

We are hoping that after their first nude beach trip they will be hooked as we were.



Diger



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mikeknob
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Posted - 04/25/2008 :  06:32:25 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Catbird

You have a typo in your web address. It should be http://[link deleted re: photos of minors]/



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Cheri
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Posted - 04/25/2008 :  11:20:45 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The website has been deemed not appropriate due to content.
Cheri

Doing what I can to positively promote nudism
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Calbob
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Posted - 04/26/2008 :  12:43:56 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Having been raised in a fairly conservative church, when I first became a nudist, I researched nakedness in my KJV bible, using the concordance. I found that nowhere was simple nudity condemned, and that "naked" usually doesn't refer to the absence of clothing at all. It often means that we are unable to hide our actions from God. Can't argue with that! "Feed the hungry and clothe the naked" doesn't condemn nudity any more than it condemns hunger.

Bob



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Smithy
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Posted - 01/29/2009 :  3:17:38 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
[quote Nevertheless, I cannot mention my naturism among my fellow parishioners, because that could stir up controversy. That is because "nudity equals sex" is the view of the majority of Christians (hence "thou shalt not commit adultery").

I enjoy doing church work and prayer chain. If they find out that I am a nudist, that could jeopardize my standing among my fellow parishioners.

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I haven't out right said I'm a nudist but a number of my fellow parishioners know I don't like clothing and If some one asks, or it comes up in coversation I'll say something. If people can't handle my preference, well, tough. They don't have to like me if they don't want to. I will not wear my 'Sunday best' to church either T shirt, shorts and sandles is what I wear every day and what I wear to church.



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It seems to me that in the end, you will be held accountable to your God on your own merits, not those of the church you happen to belong to ... not those of the Scripture you happen to subscribe to ... and certainly not those of any so-called religious authorities.

I figure that God will let me know if I have sinned, or if I need to change my ways about anything. This includes being naked in the privacy of my own property.

I try my best to observe the laws of my community and my country because I am a good citizen, but in the end, it is not the communities or the nations that will determine what kind of a person I was. That's between me and God.



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Warmskin
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Posted - 01/29/2009 :  8:17:59 PM  Show Profile  Send Warmskin a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
Depends on what kind of church one frequents. Speaking for Christianity, there many different types of organizations. They are not products of a cookie-cutter setup. There are as many adaptations as there are people. God is infinite in nature, and man is limited. That means there are an infinite number of views of God. Which one is correct? All are if they have humble and loving beginnings.

If you are disliked for nudism in one church, try another. Or, you can start your own church, where nudists are welcome without question. Of course, attending nude might be a different matter. Just because we like to be nude, doesn't mean we cannot have spiritual questions and problems that we seek answers to in a formally organized house of worship.

In Arizona, there is a church that fully supports nudism.

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.
Thomas Jefferson



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olwino1
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Posted - 01/30/2009 :  09:20:50 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Several years ago Pope John Paul and the Dalai Lama met and I was pleased to hear the Dalai Lama say to the Pope that religion is like water . There are many forms of water like ice , rivers , streams and oceans . All are water they just come in different forms .


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All are water they just come in different forms

And they all quench your thirst equally well. Or conversely, you can drown in any of them just as easily ...



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Warmskin
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Posted - 01/31/2009 :  3:15:10 PM  Show Profile  Send Warmskin a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
I was in error in a previous post. It was not a church in Arizona, but rather a religious group that exists there. They are Christians.

Here is their link for your perusal:
http://www.libchrist.com/bible/nudity.html" target="_blank"> br / http://www.libchrist.com/bible/nudity.html

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.
Thomas Jefferson



Edited by - Warmskin on 01/31/2009 3:16:55 PM

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