NUDITY

Nudity was a big deal to the writers of Genesis. Embarrassment at their nakedness is the only immediate effect of Adam and Eve eating the apple.

Before they ate:

Gen 2:25
The man and his wife were both naked, yet they felt no shame.

After they ate the apple:

Gen 3:7
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.

Gen 3:9-10
The LORD God then called to the man and asked him, "Where are you?" He answered, "I heard you in the garden; but I was afraid, because I was naked, so I hid myself."

This is at the very beginning of Judeo-Christian tradition. The writers assumed that embarrassment regarding nakedness was universal, and that it somehow involved good and evil.

How does this apply to nudists? The instances in which I’ve enjoyed nudism are fondly remembered. There’s a physical and emotional sensation that I find pleasant. There’s nothing particularly sexual about it. Many will tell you a bikini is more sexually provocative than full nudity.

This old young man pictured above would have trouble relating to Genesis. The picture comes from the website of the Forest Hills [nudist] Club. Given the range of offerings on the web, a person with prurient intent wouldn't be going to their site.

There was sex weirdness from the start.

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