My Leap of Faith

[dweezil]

I am a christian and so it was a challenge for me to attend a naturist health club. My reasons for doing so were and are complicated but suffice to say that body image was paramount. I had never accepted myself for who I was nor was I comfortable in my own skin. But I was created in God's image so would it be wrong to shed my clothes amongst complete strangers? I felt that it would not, and furthermore that it was necessary. For in shedding my clothes I was celebrating God's gift and who I was inside without the trappings that we all hide behind. I remember sitting in the car for ages before I plucked up the courage to enter the club but I was glad that I did. The feeling of liberation and freedom was euphoric. I took to the water, literally, like a duck and I am really looking forward to the next event in a few weeks. Thanks for listening.

[tiger79]

I am a christian and so it was a challenge for me to attend a naturist health club.

I've never understood what on earth christianity has to do with naturism.

[Archaewok1]

Welcome dweezil. Glad you had a good time. I'm a Christian as well. If you have any questions, feel free to shoot me a PM.

I've never understood what on earth christianity has to do with naturism.

Typically, tiger, it's the opposite. A lot of Christians condemn naturism because they say God mandated clothing. This is why it is a bigger deal to Christians to get involved in naturism, because so many of their own disagree with it. Those others forget that God's original design included people being nude in the Garden, and that Jesus came to pay for the wrong choices that humanity made.

[dweezil]

I've never understood what on earth christianity has to do with naturism.

Society teaches us that 'naked man + naked woman = sex' and being a member of society I have taken that precept onboard. Being a Christian as well, societys moral determination has found its way into the collective consciousness, I would assert, of most mainstream religions - including mine.

[LumpyPostage]

Society teaches us that 'naked man + naked woman = sex' and being a member of society I have taken that precept onboard.

Then it should be mandatory. Be fruitful and multiply.