Orthodox Body Acceptance
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“Our archaic religious teachings have pitted man’s body and spirit against one another, whereas common sense would suggest that God intended the body, mind, and spirit of man to be in harmony. What strange sort of religion have we evolved, that places the godly part of a man in opposition to the whole of his physical being?” —The Raw Ones “The enemy sought to split the body from the integrated whole of our being. As such, he could then use it through his lies (about nudity being sinful) to tear down the image of God to satisfy and elevate himself. “ —J.Ewing “Scripture, tradition, reason, experience: all point to the value of body acceptance, not to the virtue of body shame. Some argue that church tradition doesn’t corroborate the experience of body acceptance. No, the modern church’s tradition certainly doesn’t. But the early church’s rejection of a Gnostic devaluation of the human body says otherwise. Its outdoor nude baptisms say so even louder! To return to the experiential, rational, Biblical, body-friendly viewpoint would indeed be against the modern church’s taboo of body shame, but in full accord with orthodox Christian theology.” — David L. Hatton, “Who Said You Were Naked?” "Who Said You Were Naked?": Reflections on Body Acceptance https://a.co/d/crkC2Xd
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