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I will start by (I hope this is adequate) listing the statements that I hear made about this by those claiming to understand The Holy Bible on what it says on this topic.  Than, as I am able to have the time, I will attempt to post counter-arguments. 

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I have taken the following quote from the web address

http://marriageinfo.blogspot.com/2007/02/public-nudity-in-bible.html;

Here goes:

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Sex and Marriage

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My information, ideas, and thoughts about sex and marriage, based on my christian beliefs about the bible.  I can show you biblical teachings about sex that most ministers or pastors are too embarrassed to speak about. 

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Sunday, February 04, 2007

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Public nudity in the Bible

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I was raised ultra-conservative where boys were not allowed to swim with girls.  It was wrong to wear shorts, because you might tempt the opposite sex and you did not want to be stumbling block! Then I read the bible and found passages that confused me. 

 

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Gen 2:25 The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame

 

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In a perfect world before sin, public nudity was practised and without any shame.  If public nudity is a sin, they God created Adam & Eve in a sinful situation before sin existed? While this verse is challenging for a conservative, you use all kinds of twisted logic to explain how it was okay before sin but after sin it became a sin.

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Isaiah 20:2 God told Isaiah son of Amoz, "Go, take off your clothes and sandals," and Isaiah did it, going about naked and barefooted. 

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Many years ago, I had trouble understanding how God could command a prophet to walk around naked for 3 years.  If public nudity is a sin, then God just commanded Isaiah to sin for 3 years.  This passage along with several others helped open my eyes to the possibility that what I thought was wrong may not be wrong.  I began to realize that my value system was largely based on what my parents and other people taught me.  The modern American society condemns public nudity, so growing up in that society I learned the value system.  A value system that does not align with the bible. 

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I always assumed that the bible condemned public nudity. 

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But the more I read through the bible the more I found that public nudity was not condemned.  The more I studied history, the more I discovered that early Christians were often poor and without clothes! From a biblical and historical perspective I found significant evidence to support that public nudity was not a sin. 

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I Samuel 19:23 Prophets stripped naked to prophesy

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In I Samuel 19:23, the bible says that the Spirit of God was on Saul.  He ripped off his clothes and lay before Samuel for a day and a night, stretched out naked.  When the people saw it, they were surprised to see Saul among the prophets.  This is an important passage because Sail was not always known to be under God's control, but the bible tells us that this action was while he was following God's Spirit.  Additionally, the passage implies that the other prophets were naked and that Saul joined them and blended in with them to the point where it amazed the people.  Lastly, this action was in front of other people; after all the job of a prophet is to speak to the people of God's behalf. 

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Job 1:21 Naked I came from my mother's womb, naked I'll return to the womb of the earth.  God gives. God takes.  God's name be ever blessed. 

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Job trusted and followed God.  He was so faithful that God allowed him to be tested by Satan.  Job viewed nakedness as simply a state that we begin and end life.  If God wants to take away our clothes, then so be it.  Clothing was a gift; a possession that you may or may not have.  In modern American culture clothing is viewed as much more than optional possession that can be given or taken away. 

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Matthew 25 Jeses assumed you would see naked people

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Public nudity was so common in biblical times that Jesus even referred to it while teaching.  Public nudity was often associated with poor people who could not afford clothing.  Jesus taught that we should help strangers, feed the hungry, clothe the naked and provide drinks to the thirsty.  Jesus did not condemn people for being poor, hungry, thirsty or naked. 

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Micah 1:8 Mican said he must go barefoot and naked

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The prophet Micah also talks about going around barefoot and naked, similar to the prophet Isaiah. 

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The Bible does not condemn public nudity.  On the contrary, there are plenty of versus that appear to indicate that God commanded it several times.  Public nudity was common in biblical times and was often associated with the lack of wealth (poor person). 

The modern American view on public nudity is not consistent with the bible, which causes problems when people try to read and understand the bible based on a flawed value system.  It would be very wrong to assume that public nudity is biblically wrong or a sin.  If God commanded a person to go around naked for 3 years in today's society, what would you think? Does your your personal value system have room to accept what God teaches in the bible?"

 

 

 

 

Okay, now for the counterarguments which I have already stated I would offer:

Whereas Adam and Eve were created naked, and felt no shame, as The Holy Bible states in Genesis Chapter 2, verse 25:

25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

However, once Adam and Eve had fallen (by following a lie brought about by Satan), God made them animal-skin clothing, as stated in Genesis 3, verse 21:

21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
Therefore, as is clearly visible, God Himself gave clothes to Adam and Eve, after they had fallen. 

Also, immediately previous to Verse 25 of Chapter 2 of The Book of Genesis, (verse 24) states:

24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. 

Therefore, it is easy to tell that verses 24 and 25 together show that Adam and Eve were as one flesh.  --How would it be evil for one part of your body to see another part? Even so, how would it not be acceptable for Adam and Eve to be together with no clothing?

Indeed, Adam and Eve hid themselves when God sought them (Genesis 3, verses 8-10:)

8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

Genesis Chapter 3, verse 16 states:

16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. 

Clearly, Adam and Eve were now going to procreate. 

If anyone here has access to The Authorized King James Version Holy Bible (as you do, I believe, because I see that you may search it by visiting BibleGateway.com, and than sellecting the translation [The Authorized King James Version, in this case] you wish to view), I would recommend that you read Genesis for yourself (actually, it would be of great value to yourselves if you would read the entire Holy Bible), and pray that God (Jehovah, The True and Living God), through His Only Begotten Son, Jesus Christ, would show you the truth on these matters.  You certainly have the ability, and therefore I see nothing that would stop you from doing so. 

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