Created Naked

By R. M. Olson

Created naked but humanity has moved away from The Father’s original design and covered ourselves with shame. Naturism/Nudism is the middle way.

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Created NakedJun 11, 2023

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Losses and Gains

“It’s well known that criticising and judging your body has significant detrimental impacts on mental health and wellbeing.” —Sofie Louise, The benefits of embracing a 'clothing optional' house, i.stuff.co.nz/life-style/gender-and-society/300942333/the-benefits-of-embracing-a-clothing-optional-house

“For girls especially, there is so much pressure in our society to be a perfect size. As a result, there is a whole generation of people killing themselves to meet a standard that is impossible. Part of living a naturist lifestyle is accepting your body and regaining a normal body image.” —Nicky Hoffman

“What I gained by becoming a nudist: Freedom,confidence,acceptance,calmness,self-esteem, friendships, insight, body positivity, understanding, happiness, fearlessness, relaxation, trust, empathy, enjoyment, family. What I lost by becoming a nudist: The weight of other peoples opinions.” —Rick Dorociak

May 01, 202401:20

Joyous

“Nudists really exist! Those crazy bastards are really for real. You see what it meant? It was the other world discovered. It was like coming home. It was the bright permanent antidote to the grey world-view of Smalltown Appalachia. It was freedom. My spirit soared, because I knew, in a flash of confirmation, that my earlier intuitions had been sound, I had found my people. And I have never left them since, nor ever will. From Bare in Mind, June 1974

“There’s something joyous about [naturism] and I urge everyone to try it ... If you can’t get your kicks in that incredibly innocent, joyful way, then the world is not a good place.” —Kate Humble

Apr 28, 202401:05

Learn, Transform, Understand

“Body shame, like prejudice, is not natural. It is learned from others and benefits no one.” —Author Unknown

“By challenging societal norms, embracing authenticity, and fostering a culture of body positivity, individuals can unlock the transformative benefits of naturism, transcending the confines of shame and judgment to revel in the innate beauty of the human form.” —Marc, www.nudeandhappy.com/2024/04/21/the-power-of-desexualizing-nudity/

“Neither I nor anyone else can convince another person just by recounting the multiple benefits of naturism with words and stories. Having your own experience is the only way to fully know and understand what we try to communicate.” —Phillip Oak, Surprised into Freedom ( www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7T7WVGL? )

Apr 24, 202401:12

Apr 14, 202401:04

One Thing

“To be naked is to be oneself..” John Berger, ‘Ways of Seeing’.

“Nature was not meant to be experienced clothed. Once you feel the breeze on your naked skin and the cool earth beneath your bare feet, you’ll realize that all earlier experiences were like looking at the world through a darkened window.” —Author Unknown

“We’ve become so desensitized to everything, but the one thing that makes us human. We’ve come to accept almost every negative aspect of human nature, yet refuse to condone the most natural state a human being can be — the nude.” —Lauren Martin, www.elitedaily.com/life/scientific-reasons-just-always-naked/971796

Apr 10, 202401:07

Social Projection

“Nudism is such a worthy cause. We must bring the message to the people. We must teach them to unmask their poor suffocating bodies and let them breathe again. Clothes are the enemy.” —Billy Wilder & George Axelrod “Removal of clothing helps to unmask the protective roles we tend to project socially.’”—Barbara Roberts “I danced. I felt then that my shoes and clothes hindered me ... So I took everything off. And without any eyes watching me, all alone, I danced quite naked by the sea, and it seemed to me as if the sea and all the trees were dancing with me.” —Isadora Duncan

Apr 07, 202401:09

Born or Taught

“Our genitals are neither vulgar or shameful, but the way we have been taught has made us subconsciously feel uneasy about the entire matter.” —Dennis Craig Smith, Naked Fear

“As a naturist myself I find it astonishing that a religion can worship a particular deity yet regard its most miraculous creation - the human body - as obscene and wicked and so shameful that it should be hidden from view. —Liz Egger

“We believe that everyone is born a nudist. They are taught to be textiles using methods like shame and sexualization…” —@KimandJim1 on x.com

Apr 03, 202401:08

True Humans

“Seeing other naked bodies, though, did not make me feel disrespectful. It was wondrous. The shared ease made being human more palatable. And I soon realized there is nothing exhibitionist about being naked.” —Jeannette Cooperman commonreader.wustl.edu/c/naked-beneath-our-clothes/

“I realized that skinny dipping normalized naked bodies as something natural and universal. Bodies are much less threatening when they have been liberated. Liberation from our clothes lets us see one another as true human beings.” ~ Ella Kopelman

“I am in absolute awe of the naturist community. Oh to be that liberated and comfortable in your own skin that you can go rock climbing or hot air ballooning without a stitch of clothing on. You magnificent humans.” Simone Mitchell, www.escape.com.au/experiences/caravan-and-camping/nudist-campsites-and-caravan-parks-in-australia-have-the-best-online-reviews/image-gallery/6b56ca773e8560059328661dba455ec2

Mar 31, 202401:16

Biblical Body Acceptance

“Scripture, tradition, reason, experience: all point to the value of body acceptance, not to the virtue of body shame. Some argue that church tradition doesn’t corroborate the experience of body acceptance. No, the modern church’s tradition certainly doesn’t. But the early church’s rejection of a Gnostic devaluation of the human body says otherwise. Its outdoor nude baptisms say so even louder! To return to the experiential, rational, Biblical, body-friendly viewpoint of early church would indeed be against the modern church’s taboo of body shame, but in full accord with orthodox Christian theology.” — David L. Hatton, "Who Said You Were Naked?": Reflections on Body Acceptance(page 153) https://a.co/d/crkC2Xd

Mar 27, 202401:01

Experience Solidifies Benefits

“We believe that everyone is born a nudist. They are taught to be textiles using methods like shame and sexualization…” —@KimandJim1 on x.com

“Group nudity can be personally beneficial. Nudist camps are places where people can emerge from hiding behind their clothes and become more self-accepting, revealing and honest.” ~Abraham Maslow

“Neither I nor anyone else can convince another person just by recounting the multiple benefits of naturism with words and stories. Having your own experience is the only way to fully know and understand what we try to communicate.” —Phillip Oak, Surprised into Freedom ( www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7T7WVGL? )

Mar 24, 202401:08

Pride &Healing

“Of course, there is nothing to stop you thinking immoral thoughts in a naturist environment. But most people think they look much better with their clothes on. That may be the main reason why so many people worry so much about the 'need' to keep wearing clothes - it is not modesty, but pride.” — Bob and Sue Hazelden, http://www.hazelden.org.uk/l3_sauna_belief.htm “…The role of being nude, especially outside in sunshine, adds a physiological dimension to the act of healing. Learning to be comfortable with one’s outer self, the physical self, goes a long way to enabling one to learn to trust and accept the inner self.” —Dr. Vian Aziz, https://x.com/vianazizfrcoguk/status/1769137826954707332?s=46&t=fpiEy5CqbBOXR1N66BxSTw

Mar 20, 202401:02

Sacred Self

“If anything is sacred the human body is sacred.” —Walt Whitman

“If you equate nudity with sex, then you will understand anything promoting nudity as encouraging promiscuity. But once you realise the two are quite distinct in the Bible - as they have been through most of history - then nudity becomes a practical, not a moral issue. In other words, not an issue at all.” —Bob and Sue Hazelden, www.hazelden.org.uk/l3_sauna_belief.htm

“People have got to become aware that it’s none of their business and that being nude is not obscene. Being ourselves is what’s important. If everyone practiced being themselves instead of pretending to be what they aren’t, there would be peace.” –John Lennon

Mar 17, 202401:09

Dispel the Dark Lies

“The forbidden fruit of mere physical sex differences has come to assume an undue importance, and nakedness regarded as an aphrodisiac subject to pornographic exploitation.” -Frances & Mason Merrill “…one of the reasons I think that naturism is such a death blow to pornography bondage... Because it means that since it is not any sort of sin or forbidden experience to see the nude human form, it totally deactivates the adrenaline rush that has always been associated with it.” — Matthew Neal, read more from Matthew at https://thebiblicalnaturist.blogspot.com/?m=1 “If only we are as upfront about our nakedness as God originally intended, we will dispel the dark lies of pornography and also come To appreciate our own unique, very real beauty “ —Jim Cunningham

Mar 13, 202401:13

Hiding?

“Man is the sole animal whose nudity offends his own companions, and the only one who, in his natural actions, withdraws and hides himself from his own kind.” – Michel de Montaigne, writer, 1533-1592

“Sure, some people might believe they are offended by nude bathers, but, if you never encounter anything that offends you in your community, you are not living in a free society.” – Corky Stanton – Founder ClothesFree International.

“We have come into the world naked, and all the animals are naked, why should man hide his body behind clothes?” —Osho

Mar 10, 202401:03

Reflect the Image of God

“If you read Genesis 3, it's pretty easy to see that after Adam and Eve sinned, there was a "who" that told them that they were naked and evidently focused the need for covering on the genitals. That "who" can only be Satan.

And oddly enough, I believe satan's focus on the genitals is very similar to what [many] pastors assert. Satan peculiarly hates our genitals because it is by our genitals that we participate with God in creating brand new eternal beings. Our genitals literally help us reflect the image of God in an eternal way.

So, it is precisely the procreative capability of our genitals that bothered Satan, and it's the procreative capability of our genitals that bothers [many] pastors.

This is the grievous error of the modern church. They agree more with Satan about the meaning of the human body than they do with God.” —Matthew Neal (read more from Matthew on: thebiblicalnaturist.blogspot.com/?m=1

Mar 06, 202401:06

Why Be Given a Body

“How idiotic civilization is! Why be given a body if you have to keep it shut up in a case like a rare, rare fiddle?” ~Katherine Mansfield, writer, 1888-1923, Bliss and Other Stories

“What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed?” – Michaelangelo, Artist, 1475-1564

“There is nothing in all the world more beautiful or significant of the laws of the universe than the nude human body.” — Robert Henri

“Our bodies were created “very good”, not dirty or obscene, even in a “naked and unashamed” state.” -Phillip Oak, Surprised into Freedom ( www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7T7WVGL?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share )

Mar 03, 202401:15

Bare Bodies: Much More than Objects

“It’s not a girl’s responsibility how a man looks at her or how he acts…”—Olivia Dunne, Elle, www.elle.com/culture/celebrities/a44578096/olivia-dunne-interview-2023/

“Nudity is not and does not have to be inherently sexual. To expose our flesh does not “invite” sexual attention or excuse the behaviour of predators.” —Natasha Devon

“Exposed to different bodies and breasts, my kids are seeing much more than the ones that exist in Hollywood or on social media feeds, and learning that their bare bodies and breasts are so much more than sexual objects.” —Kristina Crandall, Ph.D. www.huffpost.com/entry/body-image-nudity-public_n_655bfc35e4b0662eb43b40e6

Feb 28, 202401:03

Nudity is Liberty

“Naturism is liberation from the attitude that you have to have the perfect body. What you’ve got doesn’t matter because naturists see people for their spirit, for what they are.” —Micaela Stanford, quoted in disabilitynow.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/the-naked-truth/

“Sunbathing nude was a liberating experience. It felt unbelievably crazy to take off all my clothes and play in the sun. I've not had that much fun in so long." —Amy Grant

“Nudity is liberty. Our bodies thank us for disrobing and allowing air to touch them. . . when we shed our clothes, it feels fantastic! It feels right! . . . it’s magic!” – Izaera

Feb 25, 202401:03

Fashion & The Naturist

“Body image is such a big thing in the 21st century. Most people feel there is something about themselves that is not so wonderful but people find when they get into naturism that no one is bothered about it. It’s the media and fashion industries that makes you feel you should hide yourself in a room if you don’t have the perfect body, which doesn’t exist anyway.” —Andrew Welch, quoted in https://disabilitynow.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/the-naked-truth/ "It is nonetheless something of an irony that those who vehemently reject clothes tend to think more deeply about dress than most, at least in relation to its shortcomings. In so doing— especially in the earliest days of the movement — nudist practitioners have produced detailed, distinctive, and sometimes sophisticated understandings of fashion and its discontent, which have largely been overlooked as a site of dress theory." — Dr. Annebella Pollen, https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/10.5325/utopianstudies.28.3.0451.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3Ab8a0b5c17290cc62f0235c7531d1eb10&ab_segments=&origin=&initiator=&acceptTC=1

Feb 21, 202401:06

A Way of Living

“The whole point is it is freedom - the freedom of deciding if you want to wear clothing or not because you don't care about being seen naked.."There is a difference between wanting to be seen naked and not caring. It is an irrelevance whether I am nude or not. Naturism isn't something you do, it is not a hobby - it is a way of living." —Simon Berriman (@sberriman on x.com), https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/we-argued-over-husband-working-28599527?utm_source=linkCopy&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar “Naturism helps me break through my insecurities, and at last I can be myself, and be completely happy and comfortable, with no need for the fake smiles. It feels like being a kid again, with no regrets of the past or thoughts of the future. I got rid of body shame, which I had since childhood because of the society and religion. I share my posts in the hope that many other women can get rid of their body shaming and insecurities too.” —Dr. Vian Aziz @VIANAZIZFRCOGUK on www.X.com #bodypositivity #naturism #creatednaked #wonerfullymade #normalizingnaturism #nonsexualnudity #bodyfreedom

Feb 18, 202401:02

People are Just People

What I am getting at is that we build it all up in our minds that it's going to be crazy and weird to see penises and butts and breasts everywhere - that we're going to have some sort of sexual response, or be grossed out, or not know where to look, or be embarrassed. And I will admit that my first time, there were a few points when I asked myself what the heck I was doing - more when I looked down at myself than when I looked at other people. But all I had to do was quickly remind myself of everything I had read and become convicted of, and the fact that no one was being rude or sexual - very respectful, in fact - and those feelings dissipated. And once I got beyond that, it was just so apparent that it wasn't a big deal at all, and there was absolutely nothing to object to. People are just people, and that's it.” —Name Withheld, Female

Feb 14, 202401:10

Different and Worthy of Being Naked

“We alternately think of nudity as a perversion and a state of innocence. Why is our response so contradictory and why is nudity treated so differently in different contexts?”—Ruth Barcan

“Seeing these women with different body shapes entering the river uninhibited, I found my own body hang-ups diminished. One of our group commented that she saw all the things that she hated about her own body reflected back as beautiful when seen in others.” —Rebecca Clark

“I can’t help but wonder how different my perspective would be today if I grew up seeing more ordinary people with ordinary bodies. In North America, showing skin is still a privilege afforded to good-looking people, and laws are unlikely to change anytime soon. But, if we could only learn to be a little more comfortable, to look at our physiques as outgrowths of nature instead of as objects designed to arouse and offend, then we might finally understand that everyone has a body worthy of being naked.” — Nicole Schmidt , thewalrus.ca/dont-be-a-prude-the-benefits-of-public-nudity/

Feb 11, 202401:30

Upon Seeing a Naked Person

"One thing that convinced me that naturism is good was asking myself which is healthier: to be afraid, bashful, ashamed, or embarrassed to look at another person's body, perhaps commenting that "nobody wants to see that" or objectifying it? Or to be able to look at a person as he or she really is without any fear, shame, judgment, embarrassment, or objectification, and just accept the person calmly without batting an eye? What would (and did) Jesus do upon seeing a naked person? Would He have turned away until he or she had put on some clothes, or would He have looked at the person in love, compassion, and acceptance? Which is the godlier response to nudity? Why is it considered godlier to be horrified of each other's bodies and to turn away as if one has just witnessed something monstrous and grotesque? —Young Female Naturist, Name Withheld

Feb 07, 202401:06

The Penis in it’s Proper Place

“Most people in current society only see a real live penis in a sexual setting and therefore only see it as a sexual object. There is no mental separation between the flaccid penis and the phallus their only experience with the penis is the phallus. The earlier cultures had the experience of seeing a penis as part of the normal events of living and could realize there is more to a penis than just being a phallus. Sometimes a penis is just a penis, nothing more than like a finger is just a finger, the penis has no greater meaning than any other part of the body. Normalizing nudity puts the penis in its proper place, it is just part of the whole human body. The penis doesn’t deserve the attention it gets from current society, which has morphed our view of the person’s masculinity into a visible object, rather than an assessment of the person’s character.” —Ted Hillberg

Feb 04, 202401:10

Naked: Harmless or Positive

“What we learned was that the viewing of the unclothed human body, is far from being destructive to the psyche, seems to be either benign and totally harmless or to actually provide positive benefits to the individual involved.” —Dennis Craig Smith and Dr. William Sparks, Growing Up Without Shame “While this [children’s experience of social nudity] can be a highly emotional, even controversial issue, it seems prudent to gather and be guided by empirical evidence, rather than mere emotion, and to avoid unhelpful or inaccurate stigmatization. The empirical evidence to date, including this current research, has failed to find negative effects or associations between naturism and outcomes for children. Following that evidence, calls to ban children from naturist events seems premature and unhelpful,” —Keon West, “Think of the Children!: Relationships between Nudity-Related Experiences in Childhood, Body Image, Self-Esteem and Adjustments,” Children & Society 37.4(July 2023): 1187-1202.

Jan 31, 202401:14

Normal Human

“Many of us may be unaware that nudity is a normal condition that has prevailed throughout most of mankind’s existence.” —Aileen Goodson

“Limiting the cultures mentioned to the Greco-Roman region is extremely limited and potentially misleading. Because nakedness being normal isn’t a Greco-Roman thing, it’s a human thing, across human history all over the globe it’s been pretty normal.” —Chris, MudWalkers, vimeo.com/876711217

“It was nudism that taught me to accept the normality of the human body in any form. Everyone is different, and that’s normal. People don’t exist to please other people’s eyes.” —Naked_Mike_Writes, How I went to my first nudist’s beach and started loving my body, medium.com/nude-positive/how-i-went-to-my-first-nudists-beach-and-started-loving-my-body-1395462a2e5b

Jan 28, 202401:08

Deep Reverence

“It is no small thing to feel the warmth of the sun on your skin. —Marty Rubin

“In terms of deep reverence, being naked allows us to feel more acutely the relationship with the breeze, the wind, the skies, the light and the dark … the fullness of the natural world, and so encourages a richer, more genuinely felt interaction.” — Emma Restall Orr

“Nudity is liberty. Our bodies thank us for disrobing and allowing air to touch them. . . when we shed our clothes, it feels fantastic! It feels right! . . . it’s magic!” – Izaera

Jan 24, 202401:09

Nothing Better

“There's nothing better than strolling down the beach the way God made you." —Bruce Willis

“[When] one is nude, your senses are heightened ... You become open to the universe, not only physically, but emotionally, unprotected, unmasked. It may be symbolic of allowing the Divine and the World to see you as you really are.” —Alkemie Jane

“Demystifying or desexualising doesn’t happen by hiding things away, it happens by bringing things into the light. We are called to be free, not to cling to the falsehoods that tie us to this twisted world.” — Martin Cliffe.

Jan 21, 202401:05

Seize Your Freedom

“The freedom that comes from exposing yourself, you’ll find you end up connecting soul to soul and not body to body, because that stripping bare brings you down to who you are inside” — Dee, minute 17:36-17:43, youtu.be/K6FrJP7zFYU?si=GrD9mvUmMnTNUCuv

“Don’t let those who have body negative values define what is and what is not acceptable. Seize your freedom and restore your dignity!” – defunct website BodyFreedom.***

“Sometimes I like to run naked in the moonlight and the wind, on a little trail behind our house, when the honeysuckle blooms. It’s a feeling of freedom, so close to God and nature.” —Dolly Parton

Jan 17, 202401:02

Nakedness: Exhilarating, Deeper, Freer

“When I free my body from its clothes, from all their buttons, belts, and laces, it seems to me that my soul takes a deeper, freer breath.” – August Strindberg, playwright, 1849-1912

“Sweet, sane, still Nakedness in Nature! –ah if poor, sick, prurient humanity in cities might really know you once more! Is not nakedness then indecent? No, not inherently. It is your thought, your sophistication, your fear, your respectability that is indecent. There come moods when these clothes of ours are not only too irksome to wear, but are themselves indecent. Perhaps indeed he or she to whom the free exhilarating ecstasy of nakedness in Nature has never been eligible (and how many thousands there are!) has not really known what purity is–nor what faith or art or health really is.” —Walt Whitman, Specimen Days

Jan 14, 202401:18

Belonging

“When you’re nude, it doesn’t matter where you come from and it doesn’t matter what job you have or how much money you make,” she says. “The act of just stripping off and scrubbing – it’s like a universal relaxation.” — Mocca Masuoka. www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/dec/28/japanese-nude-public-baths-melbourne-ofuroya-collingwood-hiromi-masuoka

“If you feel shameful of your body or don’t think you measure up, this is exactly what you need. You know, it’s, it’s this natural medicine. And, to be perfectly honest I see naturism as a radical act of self acceptance.” —Dee, minutes 11:13-19:03: youtu.be/K6FrJP7zFYU?si=GrD9mvUmMnTNUCuv

“Because true belonging only happens when we present our authentic, imperfect selves to the world, our sense of belonging can never be greater than our level of self-acceptance.” —Brené Brown

Jan 10, 202401:08

Scary

“I believe people are conditioned to the textile world- again clothes. The problem is social media is teaching us to be sexy. Right? I mean duck lips, and women are plumping up their breasts, and jeans with fake tushies in them. And you know just altering our bodies to what we are supposed to believe that is beautiful. We all have funny bodies. We all have lumps and bumps, stretch marks and beautiful parts of us, but we’re covered up. So, naturism is scary because it’s breaking down all of that stuff, you can’t hide anything in naturism.” —Michelle, minutes 14:40-15:15, https://youtu.be/K6FrJP7zFYU?si=GrD9mvUmMnTNUCuv “Discovering naturism has given me the freedom to be myself, free from judgement & expectation, teaching me to love & embrace my body. Society gives us an unrealistic idea of what a beautiful body is. Naturism breaks us free of that. Everyone’s body is unique & beautiful!”—author unknown

Jan 07, 202401:18

Permission

“The human body is not essentially nasty. I mean, God made us without clothes. And you look at that famous statue of David that's considered one of the masterpieces of the Renaissance…The body is not essentially pornographic, and I think to make it so is a mistake. It's what's in your mind.” —Pat Robertson, The 700 Club

“Oddly enough, when you realize that you actually do have permission before God to see a naked body, it rather loses its mystique and emotional power in your life” —Matthew Neal, The Biblical Naturist, thebiblicalnaturist.blogspot.com/?m=1

Jan 03, 202401:14

Our Clothes, An Advertisement

“Our clothes … are on us to expose us -- to advertise what we wear them to conceal. They are a sign; a sign of insincerity; a sign of suppressed vanity; a pretense that we desire gorgeous colors and the graces of harmony and form; and we put them on to propagate that lie and back it up.” — Mark Twain, Following the Equator

“Nudity is not and does not have to be inherently sexual. To expose our flesh does not “invite” sexual attention or excuse the behaviour of predators.” —Natasha Devon

“Now, I’m not delusional. I’m aware that we’ve sexualized the human body to such an extent that it’s hard for many to see it in another light. But nudity and sex aren’t always linked, in fact, in most cases they aren’t. And it’s really nice to be around people who understand that.” —Spencer Jones

Dec 31, 202301:34

Exposed

“Right from the beginning, clothing was man’s feeble attempt at self righteousness. It still is.”—BertlessOne, Naturist-Christians.org

“[T]o undress is to expose our story. When someone has the courage to stand truly naked before us, the courage to share that story, something deep within us has the potential to be unveiled too.” —Maria Ede-Weaving (quoted by Philip Carr-Gomm)

“Naturism allows people to make peace with their bodies as-is, without all the unrealistic ideals and judgments our society otherwise places on them. As we expose our bare selves, we expose the flaws in how we’ve been taught to see nudity as well. We begin to shed the irrational shame that has weighed on us for so long.” —Marc, www.nudeandhappy.com/2023/10/05/the-nudity-we-were-born-with/

Dec 27, 202301:16