"Jesus was born naked" so...........

[catsmate]

Link. Link might be NSFW due to exposed flesh.

If you're bored with regular church service and feel like your relationship with Christ could use more middle-aged naked people, we have some good news: A church in Virginia has decided to encourage nude prayer.

Pastor Allen Parker allowed nude worship at White Tail Chapel in Ivor, Virginia after deciding that the clothing requirements at other churches were "pretentious." There's also the fact that a certain Savior was born and killed while nude.

'When he [Jesus] was born he was naked, when he was crucified he was naked and when he arose he left his clothes in the tomb and he was naked," he told CBS 12. "If God made us that way, how can that be wrong."

Parker also said nude worship about being vulnerable and "baring his soul to Christ and leading his flock down that path of righteousness, no matter what they're wearing."

"There's not a feeling that you have to be better than one another, physically. We're humans, we have scars, we have what we have…it's learning to love and accept that," he told WWBT.

Despite the chilly winter weather, there are several regular congregants at the church, including the appropriately named Katie and Robert Church. For the Churches, White Tail's nudity policy creates a feeling of equality. "There are people that have great means, great wealth, there's people that don't. But, you wouldn't know, and everybody treats everybody, you know, equally."

Heinlein had the idea first.

 

[Brainache]

Link. Link might be NSFW due to exposed flesh.



Heinlein had the idea first.

I'm just glad they aren't Muslim...

 

[Pup]

"White Tail Chapel"

Too easy. The jokes write themselves.

 

[BStrong]

No jokes about raising the dead?

 

[catsmate]

No jokes about raising the dead?

Meh, kinda like nuking a bucket of carp.

 

[Brainache]

Holey Holey Holey...

 

[smartcooky]

"There are eight million stories in The Naked City. This has been one of them."

 

[RenaissanceBiker]

Heinlein had the idea first.

Based upon my limited knowledge of human nature and the history of religion, I seriously doubt he was the first.

 

[The Greater Fool]

What scripture says Jesus was born naked?

 

[Donn]

The Nude Testament.

 

[catsmate]

Based upon my limited knowledge of human nature and the history of religion, I seriously doubt he was the first.

Probably. But he did have an xian church in one of his books that worshiped nude.

 

[tsig]

What scripture says Jesus was born naked?

Well we know he was nude after death "cause we have his burial clothes.

 

[The Greater Fool]

Jesus was a spiritual being made flesh... Wouldn't that mean we was wearing a people suit?

 

[Soapy Sam]

Not only naked, but in bed with another chap's wife.


ETA- Or in a stable with another chap's ass, which is ...ok I guess, but not what I'd expect from HIM.