Dealing with Anti-Nudist Christians

My roommate takes the Bible very literally. About 10 years ago, I had been active in visiting a nudist resort. I told him about it. However, I had stopped being involved because I worked at a Christian University that would NOT have accepted it, and I didn't want to risk getting fired. Well, I no longer work there, so I have thought about going to the resort again. I made a very small comment to my roommate that I was thinking about visiting the resort again. Well, he called my best friend (a pastor in another state) to talk to him about a Matthew 18 situation. My friend actually supports my going, so he told him that this is not a confrontation issue--it is a conversation issue. So, my roommate told me that he had contacted him and that he is VERY concerned about my soul because this lifestyle falls under the category of sexual immorality that the Bible says can keep someone from entering the Kingdom of God. He said it is not as bad as pornography or fornication or adultery or any of those . . . but it is still over the line. He said he is open to reading any literature I want to give him, but he has done his own extensive study of nakedness in the Bible and concluded that it is always sin except for a married husband and wife. (He even thinks that a male doctor seeing a woman while she is giving birth may be sin). I told him that his preconceived perspective significantly affected how he interpreted scripture, but I don't know that it did any good. He says he is "totally open" to being convinced otherwise, but I am not at all sure that is true. He has spent years learning Greek and Hebrew and doing in-depth studies, so it would take a pretty hefty scholar to write something that could convince him; no simply description would do. I am just feeling a bit discouraged.

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Ask him to prove his case. Make it a "Change My Mind" type of thing.

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There is a big difference between nudity and sex.

Isaiah 20:2-3 even says good instructed someone to go naked. Its not sexual.
2 during that time the Lord had spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, Go, take off your sackcloth[a] and remove the sandals from your feet, and he did so, going naked and barefoot 3 the Lord said, As My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot three years

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i can happily say we dont personally know anyone...not one person...who calls themselves a 'christian', so this has never come up for us.

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My roommate takes the Bible very literally.

It is amazing the number of fundamentalist, new age, pentecostal, Charismatic, evangelical and other Christian type religions all all profess to be the "True Christian faith". Few actually have and take Jesus's teaching and help the poor, sick and aged. Some even go so far as to be more interested in money, than have integrity or morals. The 'prosperity' religions are a gross insult to ALL of Christs teaching.
Few actually read the Bible. They pick and choose to meet their beliefs.

Yes, I know a few beautiful Christian people. I know a lot more beautiful non believers and sadly I know far too many hypocrites.
Everyone to their own. As a few other contributors have said, God through the Bible has never said that Nudism is a sin. In fact the Pope has said the same.

It is best to remove yourself from these negative cult type people.

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Christiansfor the first five centuries, at least, baptised people naked ( who dresses to take a bath?). In fact, in the Church of Rome, cAD200, the liturgy required the priest to be likewise (Apostolic Canons of Hypolitus). Nudity, per se, was not considered wrong in the early church, generally. Still isnt by most norther European. Hristians cf sauna.

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How many women died during childbirth in the Victorian era due to doctors having to deliver babies under a heavy blanket so that they wouldn't see the "intimate parts" of a "lady"?

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Why convince him? Why care? He won't be convinced so let it go and get naked. Personally, I'd move.

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Not sure who said it first... "Arguing with a Christian is like playing chess with a pigeon. You could be the greatest player in the world, but the pigeon will still knock over all the pieces, shit on the board and strut around triumphantly."

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Just do your thing and get rid of this person or at least tell him to mind his own business.

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You need to get away from this person. Anyone who would go behind your back to talk with your best friend is NOT a Christian.

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