“It is a psychological fact that an interest out of all proportion becomes attached to any part of the body that is perpetually concealed, and we react to this with prurient curiosity. Concealing the body invariably stimulates such curiosity and gives it life. Attitudes on nudity in America range from one extreme to the other and even within the same community conflicting standards exist. Modesty is subject to widely different interpretations. For example, consider the reaction of a lady surprised in her bath by a strange man. In China, she hides her feet. In Laos, she covers her breasts. In Samoa, she conceals her navel. In Sumatra, she shields her knees. In Arabia, she turns her face away. Modesty, then, is in the mind of the individual, or does the part of the mores of a society. Nudists point out that there is nothing immodest or indecent about the human body; there are only people who think immodest or indecent thoughts.” —The Raw Ones

“The human body is not obscene, despite wha t the witch doctors would have you believe, and nothing written or pictured about the human body is obscene except as we elect to think it so.” —Lyle Stewart

“When people teach that the human body is dirty or obscene, it creates fertile ground for pornography. This is why porn 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.” -David L. Hatton

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

“One of the observations I like to make is the fact that pornography and the church have the same view of the unclad human body... They both believe that the visible body's impact on the human libido is its most important and significant meaning. If the church and pornography agree, there is a problem.” —Matthew Neal

“Indeed, we really do have a problem with the naked body, and we won’t admit it, because we don’t think we have it. Sadly, we can live with a false idea for so long and get used to it, that we can’t recognize itst’s implications or notice its logical results. This is exactly the case with our pornographic perspective on the human anatomy and the resultant power of pornography in our culture.”—David L. Hatton, Meeting at the River, A Tale of Naked Truth

“We have found is that the commonplace of nonsexual nudity has eliminated the sexual response based solely on visual stimulation. —Jim and Kim, 9.6.21 -Sexual Response & Nakedness http://nakedandunashamed.org/articles/

“It is as if your clothes take on the weight of your worries and concerns. They come to embody your defences against the world, and if you can feel confident enough and safe enough, then taking them off evokes a powerful sense of liberation, of joy and freedom.” —Philip Carr-Gomm

“For those of you who will invariably lecture me on age and nudity, rest assured—it’s taken me 59 years to feel this confident and free of shame, and I wish the same for you.❤️” —Paulina Porizkova, https://www.prevention.com/life/a60510845/paulina-porizkova-birthday-suit-59th-birthday-instagram-photo/

And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.

(Genesis 2:25 ESVi)

https://accordance.bible/link/read/ESVi#Gen._2:25

“It's hard not to have body dysmorphia.  We establish norms on a baseline of many. In this day and age the only body proportion baseline we have easily available is porn. Porn is a terrible baseline of "normal".  Most all men will fall short of that baseline even though they may be average or above average. Just my 2¢. May we all see ourselves with love & compassion.” —Name Withheld

“Imagine if we lived in a world where bodies weren’t hidden under layers while models with "perfect bodies" ran around half naked? Imagine if we all just looked at each other the way God made us without any implications or idealized notions of the perfect body?”—Lauren Martin, https://www.elitedaily.com/life/scientific-reasons-just-always-naked/971796

“Simple nudity was incarcerated by allowing a suspicion of skin to become an assumption of sin.” —David L. Hatton

“By baring it all, it makes it easier to see not just a body, but the individual. -Sylva Sternkopf

“ 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. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t feel something when you see another person. Whether it is appropriate to show them is a question of ethics. At the exact moment when you stop noticing that people are naked, you come to the idea that in some basic sense all people are the same, equal, regardless of age, constitution, or occupation.” — Naked Mike Writes, How I went to my first nudist’s beach and started loving my body

“When people see lots of naked bodies, they quickly appreciate the great diversity of the human form and judge themselves less harshly.” —Michael Castleman

“Self Being: Being naked is being yourself. The way to switch off the fake outside world, with its assumptions of who you are, being judged on your clothes, hairdo, jewellery, and the fact you do or don't own the latest and most expensive / biggest / smallest smartphone (insert preferred make and brand of choice).

All of us, fans of the nude way of life, naturists, nudists, whatever you feel like calling it, know how that feels. The pressure is off when the clothes are off ” — Paul Z. Walker, https://zjuzdme.org/self-being.html

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

“I found being naked to be a humbling experience . . . There were no clothes that could make me feel like I was anything other than who I am:  A being created by God, whose purpose is to find, and do, whatever He created me to do. . . Being naked isn’t a means of attaining inner peace.  But: Being naked can direct a person towards the source of inner peace: God. . . What I will do, is allow the humility that being naked made me feel to direct my heart to the only one who can satisfy my deepest, most desperate desires. . . you’re not a freak or a pervert if you want to be naked.  God meant for you to be naked. . . I see the desire to be naked as a desire to return to God — a desire to reclaim the relationship with God, the relationship with our fellow human beings, and the relationship with the world, that was lost as a result of Adam’s and Eve’s sin.” —Timothy Yach, https://timothyach.wordpress.com/2016/11/08/my-experience-being-naked/

This week we celebrated the one year anniversary of the Created Naked Podcast. This is our 121st transmission to the wide world. Our hope is to continue to educate a population that needs to hear that their bodies are not inherently sinful, ugly and or less than. You, sweet listener were created as a masterpiece of the Great Artist, our Father. Celebrate our uniqueness and our similarities! Your body tells the story of your life, every hair, stretch mark, scar, and wrinkle! Strip down, dance in the warmth of the sun, feel the cleansing of the rain, the caress of the wind and the chill of the snow on that amazing skin in which you are clothed! Throw away society’s false modesty! Rejoice that the Father created you naked and said it was very good! —Randy O.