Created Naked

“In truth there is absolutely nothing to shop for that can improve our appearance, because anything we might buy is not us, but merely something hung or gooped on us.” -Jim Cunningham

“What we try to de-emphasize by pretending to ignore, we actually focus on by avoidance. If our intention is to focus attention away from the genitals and our sexuality, then we are achieving exactly the opposite by demanding they be covered up and denounced.” —Dennis Craig Smith, Naked Fear

“Where artificial modesty is strong the apparel is likely to simulate the genuine sex differences, which are concealed. Thus feminine clothing emphasizes the breasts, the small waist, the broad hips, the small feet. Masculine garb emphasizes broad shoulders, deep chests, powerful arms and stalwart legs. This feature illustrates the hypocrisy of artificial modesty and renders it a hollow mockery, for if it is indeed evil to exhibit the human body, dress should conceal its form as much as possible, instead of revealing and accentuating its sexual traits.” Maurice Parmelee

“Body image and the shame for it is a time honored way to sell all sorts of products. It's insane, but it's hard to break. When you do break free, it's like a ton of chains have fallen off your shoulders.” —Name Withheld

“Conversely, getting naked was the thing that made me realize I am more than a sum of my parts and that no one will ever put me under the micro-scope I’d applied to myself.”—Amy Nickell

“No one – not one single person in the whole world!- should ever look in the mirror and think “this body is not acceptable to be seen nude.” — Steve @ anaturistfamily.com

“The existence in so many places, of the tendency toward nudity is not a testimony to the fallenness of man. It is rather a testimony of the original condition of man ... The inner desire to be naked and unashamed is a longing to get back to our original perfection.”— Philo Thelos

“A Creator-honoring, incarnational view of the naked human body dispels the fantasy-laden, porno-prudish conception religiously taught and pornographically exploited in Western culture.” David Hatton

“You, reader, were created by the divine Word in your mother’s womb no less truly than Adam & Eve were created by Him. The same beautiful, wonderful, creative God still creates beautiful, wonderful things, including your body.” —Jim Cunningham

“In a democracy it is necessary that people should learn to endure having their sentiments outraged …”– Lord Bertrand Russell

“For someone to tell me – especially the government – that I have to wear clothes, they’re telling me that I have to be ashamed of myself. Government is mandating that people shame themselves.” —Dan Speers

“To be offended by the visual appearance of another person is prejudice, akin to racism. The right to exist, uncovered, should hold precedence over the right not to view this, for the objection is irrational.” –Terri Webb.

“To some, the freedom to be naked if you want may seem a frivolous issue to explore in any depth during our perilous times. But these are rarified times times as well, a time when all things are coming to light.” —Stuart Ward

We say ‘nakedness is natural’, but have we begun to think through all that means? It is so basic. A human being is an innocent part of nature. Our civilization has distorted this universal quality that allows us to feel at home in our skin. Other animals have coats that they accept, but the human race has yet to come to terms with being nude.” —Ruth Bernhard

“When people teach that the human body is dirty or obscene, it creates fertile ground for pornography. That is why pen addiction is so strong in our society, even among Christians. Our culture is inundated with a sexualized view of the body. I’m sorry to say that the church has been a key player in spreading that idea.” “As long as Christians devalue the body’s true worth , they are maligning God’s image, no matter how often they praise it as ‘fearfully and wonderfully made.’” —David L. Hatton. “How is it possible for the human body, which was created in the image of God, to be offensive to anybody? Satan would love to see God’s greatest creation be considered offensive.” —author unknown

“Because naturists don’t think of sex when they undress, because naturists don’t think of sex when they are engaged in wholesome family activities. Because naturist don’t grab a towel for cover, after taking a shower in fear of having others view them in a sex obsessed manner? Who are the perverts then?”, Author Unknown. “Complete nudity in itself is not erotic. It becomes so only when preceded by or contrasted to a state of dress. In this limited context then, all cloths become somewhat immoral, if we define immorality as inciting sexual interest. Habitual nakedness may indeed be capable of elevating man to a higher mental plane…”, Dr.Maryann Horn, The Second Skin: An Interdisciplinary Study of Clothing.

“Being natural and matter-of-fact about nudity prevents your children from developing an attitude of shame or disgust about the human body. If parents are very secretive about their bodies and go to great lengths to prevent their children from seeing a buttock or breast, children will wonder what is so unusual, and even alarming, about human nudity”, Dr. Lee Salk. “Why would anyone want to teach their children their bodies are disgusting, unacceptable and offensive to even look at? Why would anyone want to teach their children self shame, self disgust and to despise their body or anyone else’s body?, author unknown.

C.S. Lewis in Mere Christianity, God created the body and took on a body and will give us a new body.

In his amicus brief the the United States Supreme Court, Robert T. Page succinctly states the goal we have at Created Naked. “We want to re-emphasize the healing power of nudity, in a culture that is torn between body-denying Puritanism on the one hand and body-exploiting pornography on the other. Body acceptance—as appropriately practiced nudism is the middle way. It is not extremism.”