Atheists and nudists.

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Permalink Reply by Фелч Гроган on October 23, 2009 at 9:16pm

Tarquin: exactly how does one hide an erection when one is nude?

The kind of people that crack a fat at the thought of a nudie beach are also the type of people that would be ashamed to bare all and go to one. It is the idiotic titillation at the forbidden that is cultivated by puritanism. I love to let my testicles swing unfettered in the summer breeze, and whilst I may appreciate the attractiveness of the females I see there, getting a boner just doesn't happen. I guess I don't have enough guilt.

Oh, and to answer Walter's question - to me the absolute dumbest part of the bible is original sin. When the fruit of the tree of knowledge is eaten and the very first sentient thought is "OMG!!! I'M NAKED!!!" What absolute fucking bullshit. This is the grain of guilt, shame and misery on which everything else is stacked. So I guess there must be a link.

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Permalink Reply by Tarquin St John Sh'gn'sty on October 24, 2009 at 1:23am

"The kind of people that crack a fat at the thought of a nudie beach are also the type of people that would be ashamed to bare all and go to one "

I'm sure you're absolutely right.However, you didn't answer my question.

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Permalink Reply by Фелч Гроган on October 24, 2009 at 1:34am

Actually, I did -

I love to let my testicles swing unfettered in the summer breeze, and whilst I may appreciate the attractiveness of the females I see there, getting a boner just doesn't happen. I guess I don't have enough guilt.

It's really not that big a deal seeing naked chicks, unless you are in fact a repressed sex obsessed puritan. Like a bikini, just less. I don't exactly see guys with raging hard-ons at normal beaches.

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Permalink Reply by Jaume on October 24, 2009 at 2:48am

to me the absolute dumbest part of the bible is original sin. When the fruit of the tree of knowledge is eaten and the very first sentient thought is "OMG!!! I'M NAKED!!!" What absolute fucking bullshit.

Hah! I agree 1000% here! And I almost got smacked for saying this as a kid.

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Permalink Reply by FreeThinker on October 23, 2009 at 8:37pm

I would think religious people (at least the Abrahamic religions) would be less likely to condone nudity, as many of them are taught that they are supposed to feel ashamed of their nakedness (like Adam and Eve after eating the fruit).

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Permalink Reply by The Internet Saves on October 23, 2009 at 9:07pm

Being a nuditheist is great; especially between you and your mate at HOME! It's healthy.
Besides, who wants solar-radiation on your privates!?

Been to Fantasy Fest in Key West? My guess is that there's bare-beaches there too; beware the bacteria levels in the shore water gets iffy'.

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Permalink Reply by Gold Guy on October 23, 2009 at 9:17pm

To answer the question, I don't know of any data, but my guess would be a small to moderate correlation based on the fact that both nudism and atheism are forms of being a nonconformist. So there is likely to be a slight relationship.

ps. I'm very disappointed in the California State Supreme Court for that ruling.

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Permalink Reply by Russell Blackford on October 23, 2009 at 9:51pm

I'm getting too old to worry a lot about it, but ever since I grew up and left home I've been to nude beaches when there's been a choice, and would never wear anything when I sun myself in the backyard or use the spa pool/hot tub thing. And swimming feels MUCH better if you're naked. Nudity was also the general norm when I and my crowd were younger and had parties on hot summer nights when people would use the pool.

The combination of friends having (and bringing along) kids and the putting on of a few extra kilos in middle age inhibits this quite a bit. But I still think that moralistic shame or guilt about the body is ridiculous at best, and I'm still vain enough to want to be approximately the same colour all over, rather than having fish-belly white areas of skin. White all over can be good on the right person with very a pale complexion (it's especially nice on redheads), but not suntanned except for certain stark white areas.

I can't imagine why someone would ever wear a swimming costume, rather than going naked, when swimming or sunbathing ... not if they had both choices available.

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