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First Christian Nudist Resort to open in Florida

  Author:  11528  Category:(News) Created:(1/29/2004 6:24:00 AM)
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First Christian Nudist Resort Set for Fla. AFP

Jan. 28, 2004 — The first nudist resort created primarily for Christians in the United States is due to open in Florida and its cofounder claims that he can provide passages in the Bible where nudity is prominently mentioned.

"Depending on the version of the Bible you use, there are as many as 40 passages that refer to nudity," said Bill Martin, co-founder of Natura, which will be the first Christianity-themed nudist colony in the country when it opens in a Tampa suburb in April

"In (the Bible book of) Isaiah 20.2, God tells Isaiah to go into the wilderness naked for three years. So there's historical basis for a Christian nudist lifestyle," continued Martin, who is a Quaker.

When Natura is completed, the 240-acre resort area will have 500 homes, a hotel, a water-slide park, and a non-denominational Christian church. Although nudity will be mandatory, attending church services will be clothing-optional for residents, according to Martin.

Followers of the Baptist, Catholic, Jehovah's Witnesses, Mennonites, and Quaker religions are some of the different Christian denominations who will call Natura home.

"Fundamentalist Christians and the Southern Baptists may object to us, but I will meet with them anytime to talk about both Natura and nudity," said Martin. "It's funny that some Southern Baptists oppose us, because for about the first 500 years after the death of Christ, mass baptisms were done nude."

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Date: 1/29/2004 6:49:00 AM  From Authorid: 19092    Hey!!! Maybe me and PamyJo could sign up.....  
Date: 1/29/2004 7:00:00 AM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 11528    I appreciate Your humour King, but I found this story quite alarming in light of the numerous assaults done on kids in recent years by Priest,Pastors and Clergy within the Christian church.  
Date: 1/29/2004 7:26:00 AM  From Authorid: 13297    Is this going to be a move in and permanently live there kind of community? Where you buy a home and set down roots and everyone goes naked? Or is this just a resort you visit on vacation? I would think this would be a place you just wouldn't take children if it is indeed a resort area... If it is like a sub-division, nudist colony - I understand your concerns Enki.  
Date: 1/29/2004 7:35:00 AM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 11528    Hi Eimaj, I dont anything more about this than what the article says. I would think that some people will be there year round but that some of the houses will be rented by the week/month. Im concerned though because You just know that amongst the people will lurk those who would do harm to kids and having kids running around nude will just draw the creeps to the area.  
Date: 1/29/2004 9:14:00 AM  From Authorid: 62433    I am totally against it. I agree with you a lot Enki. Not a place for kids to be exposed to (in more than one way), it's not Christian cuz *real* Christians wouldn't open a nudist beach, resort, NOTHING. I hope someone sets it on fire (not to be violent sounding), but I've heard too about kids being harassed by priests or whatever. Sounds like just a place where so called Christians want to...you know. This doesn't sound like a typical Christian thing, we're suppose to gather together to worship Christ, not to be naked. The Bible has a lot of similies and metaphors and stuff like that, they've misinterpreted it. I have my opinions and strong beliefs about this stuff.  
Date: 1/29/2004 9:30:00 AM  From Authorid: 18527    So what about all the non-Christian nudist camps Enki?  
Date: 1/29/2004 10:09:00 AM  From Authorid: 12835    He's going to give nudists a bad name all over the world by doing this....  
Date: 1/29/2004 11:18:00 AM  From Authorid: 20575    Heck yeah, tell me how to get there & I'm game.  
Date: 1/29/2004 11:27:00 AM  From Authorid: 10344    Hey...guess what? I'm going to open a food free restraunt.....lol  
Date: 1/29/2004 11:46:00 AM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 11528    Kethria, Non christian camps arent constanly preaching about the sins of nudity and dont have a manual they claim was written by thier god which preaches against nakedness and lust.  
Date: 1/29/2004 11:57:00 AM  From Authorid: 62085    just goes to show how in order to destroy a religion, flase labeling will do it. Lets say i opened a terrorist camp and called it a Irish terrorist camp. Immediately you are angry with Irish-decent people. See how mind-conditioning works.???  
Date: 1/29/2004 12:07:00 PM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 11528    Hi Knightmare, thanks for the clarification. I see now. So the owner of this resort is spending lots of money building a church and parking lot on the premises as a way of fooling people? Yeah right. I suppose all those convicted Priests,Pastors, Reverands and Clergy werent really priests, pastors, reverands and clergy either huh.  
Date: 1/29/2004 12:26:00 PM  From Authorid: 15228    I have a hard time imagining nude Quakers muchless a nude Mennonite..I wonder if the Mennonite woman get to take off their little bonnets when running around nude in public?? Methinks he is trying to get a tax write-off by associating with a church.  
Date: 1/29/2004 12:43:00 PM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 11528    Good Lord Kelly, we found something we can agree on. Satan must have frozen this very day.  
Date: 1/29/2004 1:25:00 PM  From Authorid: 15228    LOL...(note to self: read replies before posting).  
Date: 1/29/2004 1:28:00 PM  From Authorid: 15228    And Enki, I'm sure there has to be something else we agree on..like...uhm...well..I'll think on it  
Date: 1/29/2004 1:52:00 PM  From Authorid: 19092    What about the "numerous" asssults done on kids by those outside the Christian church....does that "alarm" you? Being a "religious freak" still makes you a freak....  
Date: 1/29/2004 2:56:00 PM  From Authorid: 18527    Thats my point King... there are just as many assaults outside the Church, yet Christians are labeled as pedos  
Date: 1/29/2004 3:51:00 PM  From Authorid: 62367    It will be interesting to see what "Christians" actally attend this nudist camp/resort. Personally, I hope it goes out of business or is forced to take on non-Christian clientele. I suspect most of the people who go to the resort may call themselves "Christian" but reality may be quite different.  
Date: 1/29/2004 7:00:00 PM  From Authorid: 44960    A christian nudist camp?... well, does this mean they will be doing baptisms with a garden hose!!   
Date: 1/29/2004 10:13:00 PM  From Authorid: 62085    
Date: 1/29/2004 12:07:00 PM ( From Author ) From Authorid: 11528 Hi Knightmare, thanks for the clarification. I see now. So the owner of this resort is spending lots of money building a church and parking lot on the premises as a way of fooling people? Yeah right. I suppose all those convicted Priests,Pastors, Reverands and Clergy werent really priests, pastors, reverands and clergy either huh ..
]–^v^• Enki, they may have been ordained by men to be priests etc., but in God's eyes, he never knew them. I;ll clarify it. By making it a religious org., he avoids a ton of taxes‹—•[ ,
¥ now can ya dig it »¿.. KñìGhTMÄrÈ®.·´`·.·´¯`·.›
  
Date: 1/30/2004 10:49:00 AM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 11528    Yep Mare, If You look up above^^^^^ at my comment to Kelly You would have seen that I already dug it. I am so amazed that You are able to judge what is truly in thier hearts. Doesnt the bible teach not to judge others. Also since You have this ability to know what is truly in the hearts of men then how is it that so many child molestors are able to penetrate into the heirarchy of the church and harm children?  
Date: 1/30/2004 11:26:00 AM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 11528    King, See comment to Kethria at 11:46 1/29/04. Remove the word "Camps" and add an "s" to non christian.  
Date: 1/30/2004 2:12:00 PM  From Authorid: 34487    Nudist beaches in general are just gross.  
Date: 1/30/2004 3:07:00 PM  From Authorid: 32303    A QUOTE: "I hope someone sets it on fire (not to be violent sounding), but I've heard too about kids being harassed by priests or whatever. Sounds like just a place where so called Christians want to...you know."

So if you set fire to a building thats Ok, but if you walk around naked you want to molest children?

I agree that is is not a good place to have children..... no nudist camp is in my view, but some people have made it sound like it is more dangerous to children because it is religious...

Why burn it down? It would be much better to lobby the local government to pass a law that children can't go perhaps, becuase if they are burnt down, they will just get built again.
  
Date: 1/30/2004 6:45:00 PM  From Authorid: 36967    Just because it has the label of Christian, does not mean it is glorifying God or that God approves of it.
  
Date: 1/31/2004 8:41:00 AM  From Authorid: 62433    Dr Belle, I didn't *really* mean burn it down, lol, oh my goodness people.  
Date: 2/1/2004 9:22:00 AM  From Authorid: 48809    I too share the concerns of those who worry about the children who might be brought into this place! Those who are inclined to harm innocent little children will no doubt have a veritable "heyday" here! Since the morals of so many religions seem to be deteriorating today ... then I am in no way surprised at what is transpiring here... it is only the beginning!  
Date: 2/1/2004 10:39:00 AM  From Authorid: 62085    enki, there is no insight into the hearts of men, just observe their actions & words, its easy to understand. Acknowledging that something is wrong, is not judging.  
Date: 2/1/2004 10:23:00 PM  ( From Author ) From Authorid: 11528    Hi Posey, I read a couple years ago that there are over 2,000 different branches of Christianity. Everything from Snake handlers in West Virginia to the Opus dei. Opus dei is an extreme right wing of the catholic church and they believe in whipping themselves daily until they bleed. The various branches of christianity cant even agree on which books belong in the bible. so it is not surprising to see some christians who think cavorting about anked in front of children is Okay with thier god. Boggles the mind doesnt it. Some of the more interesting stuff I have read was a few years ago. I was reading a very thick book about the early days of the christian church when they were trying to decide which books and gospels would be included in the bible. Wow, it was unreal. Bishops were hiring the toughest thugs they could find to remove the competition, so to speak. At another time the disagreement grew so bitter that the Eastern Orthodox church set up thier own Pope and ignored the Pope of Rome. Take care. Enki  
Date: 5/6/2006 7:34:00 AM  From Authorid: 50249    Those people are NOT Christian. They are lunatics, sick in the heads, pretending to be Christians and giving Christians a bad name and a bad reputation.  
Date: 5/6/2006 9:27:00 AM  From Authorid: 3125    As PR said..People who do such things are not Christians. This is a case where some have 'borrowed' a holy name that Jesus gave to those who follow in His footsteps and they have brought shame and dishonor to that holy name.  
Date: 5/6/2006 9:28:00 AM  From Authorid: 3125    As for the statement "the first 500 years after the death of Christ, mass baptisms were done nude"..I would ask that he shows me book, chapter and verse to prove such a statement. It will not be found in God's Word.  

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