about it, so they disfellowshipped him for "conduct unbecoming a member."

Another good buddy of mine was excommunicated because

The entire ward supposed things about him based on the fact

that he loved being innocently nude.

But not all reactions from Church leaders are negative.

There is no way to forecast how a local leader will respond to the

revelation that one of his members is a naturist. One engaged

couple I know ran afoul of the BYU Honor Code because they

had skinny-dipped jointly and were barred from the university. Their bishop asked them one question: "Was it sexual?"

When their response was no, he promptly interceded and got

them readmitted.

Reactions of local leaders are unpredictable because there's

no official Church stand on nudism. This is as it should be.

Nudism is one of those problems where members should do

their own study and prayer and seek their own answers from

the Spirit. Indeed, if you talk with many Mormon naturists,

You will discover they have received persuasive religious witnesses about their practice.

T

HIS IS WHAT I 've discovered from my previous eight years of

Fully being a naturist: Nudism is small in the proper settings. It diffuses lust. It cultivates trust and acceptance

among people. It teaches a healthy attitude toward the person

body and cures body shame. It trains kids and helps

them develop healthier attitudes within their relationships with the

opposite sex. It even protects them from predators because

report suspicious behavior.

I 've seen naturism help people heal from pornography addictions . Nudism provides positive, wholesome pictures of the body. Naturist kids have their curiosity

about the human body filled in safe, controlled surroundings under adult supervision rather than stealing peeks at

pornography with their friends. Adults who finally experience

the difference between pornographic pictures of the individual

body and innocent pictures accessible through nudism can see

the ugliness in the pornographic picture. It begins to lose its appeal.

These are the things I've learned in the eight years I Have been

a Mormon nudist. I'm as converted to these beliefs as any

Mormon is to the teachings of Joseph Smith.

Yet I can not share these discoveries with my fellow Saints. As

I've sat in endless lesson after lesson, sermon after sermon on

the ills of porn and watched the efforts of Church

leaders to combat this difficulty mainly fail, I anguish to know I

have a simple solution that can help many people cure, but I

have to keep it to myself.

THE MODESTY SITE

By Paul Swenson

Modesty's the hottest

Issue in the Bloggernacle.

The body is a tabernacle

by a bag or tent,

in order to prevent

or of skin above

an old girl's ankle.

If you're female,

what you are wearing

the lust of Mormon males,

whose lonely struggle

with testosterone entails

or disguise knowledge of

a woman's bust or thighs.

Not only men are penitent

about banned thoughts

Which will originate from

tight, revealing clothing.

"Heterosexual Married

Girl" writes that she

is flustered by immodesty.

"Will not notice breasts of

women clad in humble tees,"

she says. "But please avoid

a clingy shift---notably

if it is chilly.

When slogging through

the product of male sites,

Detect a certain reticence

to judge appropriateness

of manly dress---except

the rightness of white tops

and ties. Which leaves big butt beach to consider indecent

penchants of their mates.

Tim scathingly whines

he can not imagine why their

Moms can not refrain from

dressing little girls in twopiece bathing suits. http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/~/t/0/0/brookingsrss/topfeeds/latestfrombrookings/~http://crazypublic.com alludes to

a distressing prevalence

of "non---wife nudity."

Forgive my rudeness,

if I see beauty in the individual

form---and do not look away.

and---pray---the-full-blown

Maleness of David

by Michelangelo. Artist

God and Goddess may discover

on false modesty. https://smccd.edu/disclaimer/redirect.php?url=https://familynudism.info .

Some bloggers hasten

to confess a secret

yearning for a sundress,

or self-consciously reveal

they burn to wear J. Crew,

as liberated women do.

Purchased the duty

as sanctified, when they

Set on the Mormon

vestments of a bride.

1. The URL for LDS Skinny-Dippers Connection is WWW.LDSSDC.INFO.

Further info on naturism are available at: www.naturistsociety.com/.

JULY 2008

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The Origin of Nudity

in Greek Sport*

John Mouratidis

Some scholars who have written on the topic of nudity in Greek athletic contest

have neglected to inquire the ancient period and fairly intelligibly