Platypus Note: The
members of the Bare Platypus team respect that there are people from many
different faiths who live together in this world and who also enjoy
nudism. We celebrate that. At the same
time, we have never made a secret of the fact that our Christian faith is very
important to us. This post is primarily intended for our
Christian brothers and sisters as we look toward the Easter holiday weekend.
“Nudity is shameful” we sometimes hear. Especially when someone is making a complaint
to the Federal Communications Commission about a glimpse of bare breast or
buttocks they saw during a Super Bowl halftime show, or TV program.
Bare Platypusses know that their friends within the nudist
community will disagree, but we hope those within our Christian community will
disagree also. At least when it comes to
the nudity we know and read about during Easter.
See, as Christians we believe that about 2000 years ago the very
Son of God, creator of mankind and the universe, chose to come to earth and
live like us before experiencing a gruesome death and resurrection that set things
right again after we had messed them up big time.
During His last week on earth, Christ spent a lot of time naked, but
there was nothing shameful about it. Oh no.
On the evening of the Last Supper, we read that Jesus
stripped to very little, then proceeded to wash His disciples’ feet, using what
little he had on Him to wipe them dry. In
doing so, He personally provided one of the most powerful examples in history
of what it takes to be GREAT in the kingdom of the Almighty. And that’s being least. A servant. Stripped
to the bare essentials of what we need to serve others.
Within just a few hours of that powerful demonstration,
Jesus made “nakedness” a gem of honor in his everlasting crown when he allowed
himself to be stripped so that his back could be whipped in preparation of redeeming Adam and Eve’s
race. And while Roman soldiers tossed dice to see who would get what few
clothes he owned. Being hung on a cross---naked
or in a loincloth--- was meant to make Him suffer more
and to subject Him to humiliation. But
Christians recognize that we deserve the
humiliation for our sins that made it necessary for Him to be there.
At the moment of Christ’s death a fabric curtain in the
Temple meant to be the barrier between God and man ripped in two from top to
bottom. No shame with the destruction
of a piece of cloth that wasn’t necessary anymore because of what had just
happened. Finally, when Jesus arose on Easter morning, the grave clothes were
left behind and He was risen. No shame
conquering those wrappings either!
No, we have a bit too much faith to say nudity is shameful
at a time like Easter.
Great post, will be sharing it with friends.
ReplyDeleteAs God said in Genisis - "who told you you were naked" . Ii believe Christians should be major promoters of Naturism. Buckets of blessings
I really enjoyed your article, Bare Platypus. I've found that a lot of my Christian brothers feel that lust is all about nudity when, in fact, it's about wearing clothes, albeit very little.
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