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Why is nudity taboo in religion (Christian ) ?

Since God is almighty, he should be able to see your penis or pussy or tits even when you got clothes on. Plus, in the beginning, Adam and Eve were naked and God punished them when they where embarassed by nudity and were hiding behing leaves.
So why nudity is taboo? For me it looks like it should not be, you should be proud of how God made you. You should not be hiding His creation.
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  • I really don't think God cares either way if we are nude or not. It's not "God" that doesn't accept nudity. It's the fact that us humans feel that it's not proper to walk around nude. It's because we look at nudity from a human point of view as indecent and impractical for some odd reason. Christianity is a human created, so therefore, Christians feel humans should be more "civilized" and be clothed. Being naked is scene as uncivilized for some reason really.

    Onto this point. Adam and Eve were punished for disobeying "God", plain and simple. If "God" said not to say hello to the trees, he'd probably punish them for that too. It's the fact that they dishonored their vow to God, which it seemed like they didn't have any respect for what "God" asked them. It's the principle really, not the act. I'm pretty sure "God" would have let them understand everything in due time, but no, Eve and Adam wanted it all and said, "Screw you God I can do whatever I want.", and so he said, fine, then why should I help you anymore and cast them out.

    So now we have to fucking fend for ourselves and build houses and wear clothes and fight for survival instead of living in paradise and total bliss from all the negative around us. This really is what the story of Adam and Eve is all about really. Respecting the hand that gives you all you need.

  • I think your whole take is off. Where did you get the opinion that people are supposed to hide their bodies from God? I've never heard that in my entire life.

    Who says nudity is taboo? What are you basing that on.

    • Well until 1600 (or so) and so the Church made ut illegal to even draw naked bodies. Plus, if you look at nuns traditiinnal clothes, it's quite clear that the goal is to hide their bodies. Apart from young childhood, nudity is very much frowned upon in Christianity.

    • As a bonus, the picture is from the Sixtin chapel. That's an alledgelly fisting scene that was put it here by Michelangelo because he was a huge troll (as most painters from this era honestly.)

    • Well, I'll admit I'm not a big expert on what was common in the 1600's. "The church" I'm not sure what you mean by the "church" There were churches all over the world. There was no one and only "church" Many of the atrocities from "church" over the centuries were usually governments that used religion to obtain power and rule, they were government run, statewide entities that were run by power hungry corrupt leaders... not you local preacher around the corner (The Church of England... the Spanish Inquisition). I'm unaware of any passage that "outlaws" nudity. Anyway, what type of nudity are you arguing for? Would you be in support of your wife walking down the street totally nude through a crowd of leering men, staring and lusting after her? You want your mom to walk around in public nude... your sister? What nudity do we not currently have that you feel is needed and we'd be better off with? If you had a fiancé, you'd be excited if she went topless everywhere all summer long?

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  • With Adam and Eve he didn't really punish them because they were naked. He punished them because they REALIZED that they were naked. It meant that they had eaten the forbidden fruit and now knew right from wrong and what their bodies were capable of. Up until that point they had just been prancing around naked and were together for company, knowing nothing about sex and reproduction because God hadn't given them instructions on how to do so. Once the fruit was eaten they knew how to have sex because they were getting all tingly in their nether bits at the sight of each other's naked body.
    Nudity became taboo for the same reason in a sense. Sex is sacred in Christianity, and if people are waltzing around nude and getting turned on by the naked bodies, they'd be more aroused and more prone to promiscuity, which is considered bad because sex is supposed to be between married people.

    • Is that why all religions (and some politicians) prefer ignorant people?

    • @jacquesvol yup pretty much. Ignorant people are easy to control. It's why they hate atheists so much. Atheists are the ones who always question things when they didn't understand the religion and the religion couldn't give answers. Politicians go after the ignorant because they are less likely to look up the laws and have a better understanding of them and what they want. It's why they don't even bother to cater to the people who woul for example vote third party because those are the people most likely to look at the fine print. Tl;dr people like sheep. Easy controllable sheep.

    • um they already knew about sex, they just didn't know they were naked.

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  • Nudity is not about with God. It's about respect each other and having a sense of innocence to guard your mind, heart, and spirit. It is nobodies business to know what you look like without clothes on. Like another user has said, our body is a TEMPLE. A temple for the Holy Spirit and our bodies isn't ours ALONE. Therefore, you don't own yourself. It has nothing to do with it being taboo. It has to do with respect. Show up to work naked, and you'll get fired. And if you are naked in the public eye in general, depending on where you go or live, you can end up in jail or the psyche ward.

    • Interesting view but it completely misses the point. Yes, nudity is considered bad. We get that. But the question is why. Why is nudity thought to be bad? Showing up to work nude wouldn't get you fired if everyone else was also nude. Going out in public nude wouldn't even be noticed if nudity were the norm. Putting mythology aside, how did humanity adopt clothing? Why? The answer is anthropological, not religious.

    • What you need to understand is that everything that you claim to be religious is actually very much real. This is why man cannot even come up with the least explanation about why these things occur because they did not get this knowledge by themselves that got Knowledge from things that are very much forbidden for a reason. There is no point in asking a question that you think or say anthropological, when you need to understand the origin of man and how we were created. It's immoral for a reason because you supposed to protect your sensuality. You doing so is a disrespect to your body in world that is very corrupt and would take advantage of you. Would you be happy if everybody saw you naked. What would you think would happen if a lot of people saw you in disgust and was not pleased with your body then what would you do? What would you say? How would you react? What would you feel? Do you think your existence would matter at that point? That is how serious this is concerning our body.

    • Do you honestly want to go back to ancient Egyptian Roman and Greek times with all sorts of things were considered? Cuz that's exactly what you're asking for in a world that is so lustful that was rape and kill you on the spot because of lawlessness. If you had a daughter or wife or sister would you like it if other men was touching them in a manner that is so perverse in sexual you would do nothing because it's legal? Or because you are a man you don't have to do anything? What if that same thing happened to you? Before you ask and say that I need to give a logical explanation and not something based on religion according to you understand why God says these things are not to be permitted. The same way a child needs to understand why he or she is being reprimanded by his/her parents.

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  • Nudity is taboo in Christianity because when eve ate of the apple from the forbidden tree, she gained knowledge, including the knowledge that they were naked (because before, they just didn't think about it) and they became embarrassed at their differences and fashioned clothing from leaves and then the rest of the Bible 'happens'

    • Although the Bible never says anything about an apple. That is a myth made popular by early paintings or the fall from grace. There is an ancient text called the Haggadah which tells a different version of events. In this story, when Adam and Eve realized they were naked they immediately tried to cover themselves with leaves. Unfortunately, all the trees and plants in Eden refused to give up their foliage to the sinners. Finally the turned to the fig and that tress gave up its leaves. Of all the plants in paradise, only the fig tree would give up its leaves to the two sinners. This was because it was the fig tree which was the forbidden tree, the tree of knowledge.

    • Yes... and in medeteranian countries, previous generations have seen figs as symbolic of female genetalia... Somehow? The fig probably became an apple when the Bible was translated to Roman, as the word Malum translates as both evil and apple.

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  • This actually has nothing to do with religion. We do not wear clothes because a god wants us to or because god is somehow embarrassed by our nudity. It's anthropological. It's about human evolution and societal evolution.

    Humans evolved in a hot region. We come from Africa. All of us. As we evolved we spread out across the planet into colder regions. We did this quickly. If it had taken us millions of years to get from Africa to Eurasia, we would likely have developed a thick fur covering like other animals. But we did this within a few generations, not enough time to adapt. So we began covering ourselves to keep warm.

    As human families and clans developed into larger societies, codes of behavior became necessary, codes that were tied to survival. (The group was best served if all its members stayed alive.) So keeping one's body protected against the elements became, not just common sense, but a societal rule.

    The modern taboo against nudity is just a holdover from antiquity.

  • We (my husband and I) are Christians. We do not believe nudity is taboo or a sin. My husband is nude anywhere and everywhere it is socially acceptable, I am to a lesser extent.

    I think, just my opinion, that it is a construct of business to utilize our bodies to sell us stuff we don't need.

  • I think the concern about nudity is in avoiding an appeal to the prurient interest of others.

  • Nudity has grown to be thought of as taboo in many Christian circles, as an immodest thing. It's not that nudity is evil or bad. The Bible teaches that lust and hatred are sins of the heart and the root sins that lead to adultery and murder. Essentially it's lust that is the issue, and nudity is associated strongly with lust. While the human body is probably one of God's most beautiful and treasured creations, and it is not wrong to delight in that, there is a right way and a wrong way to do so. Often sex and nudity are thought of as taboo by many Christians, but the Bible (as far as I know, and please correct me should I be wrong) says nothing against nudity in and of itself. Clothing was something implemented by God as a symbol covering the sinfulness of mankind which is why the wearing of clothes is... well a good thing. But none the less nudity isn't really the issue. :)

  • Nudity is not taboo, God created the human body in His image so He already knows what we all look like with or without clothing. He didn't punish them for being naked, they were punished from eating the forbidden fruit when they were told not to do so.

    • The forbidden fruit of knowledge.. thus knowledge is BAD!

    • @jacquesvol um, no you're twisting it and don't understand. knowledge is not bad, you can gain knowledge from God. Disobeying is what they did was bad.

  • It isn't. It's a man made construct.

  • Uhm. . . where in the Bible does it say nudity is bad?

    • David got naked with Jonathan

    • @jacquesvol :)

  • Some stuff to consider.
    'Adam and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.' (Genesis 2:25) The first couple were, at first, roaming about without any clothes on. It was as natural as wearing clothes. Wearing or not wearing wouldn't have any difference at all. Sex was already introduced, as God already told them to multiply (Gen 1:28) but nakedness and its shame were never felt. Then something awful happened because they disobeyed God and ate the forbidden fruit; they were now afraid to meet God for the first time and attributed it falsely to being naked.

    ..(T) he Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?” He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.” And he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” (Genesis 3:9-11)
    Adam had been naked always, but never felt uncomfortable with it before. Adam conceals the true cause, which was sin, that made the nakedness of Adam's nakedness shameful, by stripping his soul of its native clothing, purity and holiness. He could no longer appear before The Pure and Holy Being

    Nudity itself is not a sin, we were created naked. Does it mean we should go to church without clothes? If you can stay with a pure mind and worship God without any hindrances, it's totally fine, but that is not easy. Most of us need to cover ourselves modestly, so that our minds should not be distracted by lustful desire. It is not the nudity which is sin, but it is our lustful eyes, which we mostly cannot control, that is sin. Sin starts inwardly from the heart, and if not suppressed, manifests through the body and commits sin outwardly.

    So the question might be: Can Naturist families, naked in all ages, roam publicly with those of like mind and even attend a church naked?
    I say yes, some can do this How's that for a long answer?

  • Neither. In the Bible (specifically Genesis Chapter 2-3), it says that man inherently found no shame in nudity prior to sin entering the world. Once sin entered the world, humans found nudity embarrassing. This does not mean embarrassment is a sin, nor nudity. It does however, mean public nudity. The Bible later warns against not provoking anyone to sexual temptation until after marriage. This means clothed, but still slightly provocative nudity. (If you get what I'm saying.)

  • Adam and Eve where embarrassed the moment their innocence was taken away. God wants us to treat our bodies like a temple: pure and holy

    • We don't hide temple. In 1000-1800 they were even made to be big and visible from all (at least for catholics)

    • but still it's about respecting your body and respecting others. Like I know that guys get turned on seeing a girls cleavage, or when she doesn't have half her skirt on.. so why would I dress like that knowing I am making someone "stumble" (as the bible puts it)?

    • if we still had that innocence clothes wouldn't matter because no one would realize its a bad thing, we would all think it as a beautiful thing but that is not the case

  • In the beginning it actually wasn't. It was not until the garden incident that it became that way.

  • now you realize that the religions are bullshit

  • Weird beliefs (like most beliefs)

  • Nudity isn't taboo, the inappropriate sexualization of the human body is. Basically, don't beat off to your neighbor's wife.

  • I'm naked now.

  • It is? Than how come the majority of nudists in America are Christians?

  • This a theology issues, you misunderstood the point in the Bible.

    Adam and Eve was NOT punished for nudity or hiding behind leaves, but for the disobedience to not eat of tree in the middle of paradise.

    Completely different issue.

    • You misunderstood me. I did not say that they were punished becausd they were hiding. I did say that God punished them when they were embarassed because this is how He knew they had eaten the forbidden fruit (cause if they wouldn't have, they would 'ot be ashamed of nudity).

    • Yes, so God punished them because he knew they had eaten the forbidden fruit, nothing more or less. Ashamed of nudity was the result just like death, pain of birth etc.. But then you question make no sense "nudity taboo in religion", nudity is not taboo in any religion, it's simply restricted to sensual relations between husband and wife.

    • The forbidden fruit of knowledge.. thus knowledge is BAD!👹

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  • Nothing to do with what god can or can't see.

    • Yeah yeah, it's more like 2 question in 1. What do you think on each topic?

    • I think it's in an effort to promote modesty, and a sense of self awareness both of which (from a biblical standpoint) stem from our original sin. Not showering is a taboo, but what's all the fuss? It's just a smell. Like so, people kinda have to wear clothes for survival purposes, and because as sentient beings we hold ourselves to a higher standard than say, monkeys, or wolves. And yes, god probably can see through your clothes since he's all powerful, so I reckon his powers include X-Ray vision.

  • So many will take the story of Adam and Eve and talk about the loss of innocence. But I think they really have it backwards. When Adam and Eve felt shame, they were condemned for it, so shame over nakedness is not something God approves of, it was the serpent that put that idea in their head. In fact being husband and wife why would nudity be a problem anyway? God did make them clothes but that was to protect from the elements, nowhere does he say they should be ashamed of their bodies.

  • If you look back nudity was not taboo in many cultures. But now for sake of decency it is frowned upon.

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