Created Naked

“Adam and Eve entered the world naked and unashamed—naked and pure-minded. And no descendant of theirs has ever entered it otherwise. All have entered it naked, unashamed, and clean in mind. They entered it modest. They had to acquire immodesty in the soiled mind, there was no other way to get it.” —Mark Twain

“Nudity is the purest expression of the beauty which is visible, perfect and manifest work of God.—Alexandre Najjar”

“In the "real" world, where everyone is wearing clothes, there is judgement about what people are wearing. When you take that away, you're just talking to a human being.” —Natalie Sanderson

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

“The body seems to feel beauty when exposed to it as it feels the campfire or sunshine, entering not by the eyes alone, but equally through all one’s flesh like radiant heat, making a passionate ecstatic pleasure glow not explainable.” John Muir, founder of The Sierra Club

"Go into the water sometime without swimming trunks clinging to your body. Walk around in a gentle breeze sometime without having any clothes on. It's simply wonderful - a feeling hard to describe," —Wolfgang Weinreich. Taking a naturist holiday: 'When everyone's nude, no one stands out'

“I just think that people are so weird about nudity and the human body. Sex is not bad, naked bodies are not bad, and naked bodies don't always have to be connected to sex.” —Emily Browning

“Social nudism/naturism is a transformational and healthy way to live. It involves accepting one’s own and others’ bodies, embracing nature without the influence of clothing, and celebrating one’s connection with the environment in a remarkable and unique way.” —William J. Schroer, https://www.planetnude.co/p/why-arent-more-americans-nudists

“When people actually try naturism who have poor body image, their body confidence increases hugely and their mental health also improves. We are so conditioned to seeing perfect Photoshopped models in magazine adverts which no one can measure up to. When people see real naked bodies of all shapes and sizes, they realise that we are all imperfectly beautiful.” —Gary & Noreen Kennedy, https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/naturism-ni-when-people-see-real-naked-bodies-of-all-shapes-and-sizes-they-realise-that-we-are-all-imperfectly-beautiful/a1801715998.html

“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 https://disabilitynow.wordpress.com/2012/12/07/the-naked-truth/

“Do you want to know what a perfect body for naturism looks like? Stand in front of a mirror. Everyone has a body for naturism. Embrace your body because it is what makes you, you, and you are unlike anyone else. Own it!” —Linda Weber, @truebluenude on X.com #IAmtheFaceofNaturism, https://x.com/truebluenude/status/1680880072335720451?s=46&t=fpiEy5CqbBOXR1N66BxSTw

 “Shame is really easily understood as the fear of disconnection. Is there something about me, that if other people know it or see it, that I won’t be worthy of connection?” —Brené Brown 

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

“—as where nudity is the natural heritage of a people in which all natural functions are regarded without shame or embarrassment in a life of unhurried simplicity— love, work, play, song, and dance are its natural accompaniments. Such was life among our ancient ancestors.” — Ashley Montegu 

“Nudism facilitates being genuinely human.” —Hartman, Fithian, & Johnson 1970, 1991

“Through nakedness we express our wonder and joy at being living, physical, organic beings ... Many gain greater self confidence and self esteem, improve their physical and mental health, and have deeper and more meaningful social interactions.” —Roger Coupe

"Have you seen a toddler running around when freed from a diaper? They always grin from ear to ear as they enjoy their newly found freedom. Well, that's pretty much what it feels like when you first step outside into the warmth wearing absolutely nothing at all. " ~ Chris Moore

"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

“The convention mis-called “modesty” has no standard, and cannot have one, because it is opposed to nature and reason and is therefore an artificiality and subject to anyone's whim—anyone's diseased caprice.” —Mark Twain

The whims of this “diseased caprice” are  played out across cultures throughout the centuries of history. From the modern burka to the  koteka or penis gourd, worn in New Guinea, the examples of what is “modest” are almost innumerable. Let us flee from these self imposed rules and return to a belief that our bodies were created very good. Throw off artificial modesty and begin to respect our natural selves.

“The human body is the crown of God‘s creation, consummated by his declaration that it was good.  That God’s people are unable to view the body without sinning is not an indictment of the body itself, but of the immaturity of the postmodern evangelical mind.” —Chad W. Thompson, That Famous Fig Leaf, https://a.co/d/9HNEh1g

“So it's being a follower and devotion to Christ first, then naturism is an aid given to me by God to help me walk in the Christian way, overcome the carnal lusts, cancel them out. Crucify the old man of sin as Paul puts it. ... But now I see how the very idea of thinking nudity is a moral crime, is a moral crime. Because it's a moral crime to blame God for creating live porn and tempting us to sin just by what He created” —Name Withheld

“There are those who so dislike the nude that they find something indecent in the naked truth” – F H Bradley, Philosopher, 1846-1924

“What would our marriages, our friendships, our churches, and our communities look like if men and women were not afraid of connecting with each other in deep ways? What if men and women could really know each other without sex getting in the way? What if we did not have to be afraid of our own and others bodies that we cannot trust ourselves with them?” —Debra Hirch, Redeeming Sex

“Most people lie. Including when they think that nudity is something that is inappropriate and disgusting. Nudity in any condition always attracts attention, challenges and provokes curiosity. The problem is whether people want to admit that or not.” —Titon Rahmawan

“we humans are 60% water and come into existence floating in amniotic fluid; so the urge to return can feel overwhelming and the requirement to wear a swimming costume nonsensical.” —Rowan Pelling, Inside the nudist renaissance - UnHerd

“Despite its puritan roots, the U.S. has a long history of skinny-dipping. Social nudity is celebrated in the writings of Walt Whitman and the landscape paintings of Thomas Eakins. Benjamin Franklin took a daily naked “air bath,” while presidents John Quincy Adams, Theodore Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson enjoyed a refreshing nude dip. According to National Geographic Magazine, John Quincy Adams (1825-29), the sixth President, customarily took a nude early morning swim in the Potomac River.” —National Geographic

“I like to run down to the beach and have a little swim in the nude in the morning.” former US Defense Secretary Robert McNamara