Created Naked

“Naturism is clearly very different from the nudity portrayed in magazines, newspapers, video and television. It is not for titillation. Mass nudity is far from erotic. Uncovered genitalia do not lead to an inability to control sexual urges. Nor does clothing prevent rape or assault, or hinder amorous advances.”—Karen Gorham & Dave Leal

“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

“Hollywood blockbusters suggest nudity can only exist to invoke a sense of sexuality or for shock value, and given how affected we are by the media we consume, these sensationalizing portrayals could be affecting your personal relationship with nudity. —Kavya Racheeti, https://utdmercury.com/films-should-respect-naked-bodies-not-stigmatize-them/

“Mental aversion to nude bodies effectively blinds us from envisioning our original corporate nudity as God’s way of carving out a living “image” of His Triune relational openness. Fearfully preconceived ideas prevent us from even entertaining such a possibility.” David L. Hatton, “Who Said You Were Naked?”

“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, https://www.elitedaily.com/life/scientific-reasons-just-always-naked/971796

“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

“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

“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 https://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, https://www.escape.com.au/experiences/caravan-and-camping/nudist-campsites-and-caravan-parks-in-australia-have-the-best-online-reviews/image-gallery/6b56ca773e8560059328661dba455ec2

“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

“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 ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C7T7WVGL? )

“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

“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, http://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