Question: "What Should Be The Christian Perspective On Nudity In Art?"

[Skwim]

There is basic rule, what ever makes you reject God, is bad and becomes sin and if you have not rejected God, you have no sin. So, if naked art makes you reject God, it is not good. If you can watch it without rejecting God, then it is not bad. It is possible that naked art leads your mind to wrong path that leads you astray from God. That is why one should be careful and it would be good that person can avoid things that could be harmful for him. That is why I think naked art should not be shown so that person doesn’t have possibility to avoid it.

Curious as to why anyone would reject god because they saw a nude piece of artwork. How would it lead a person "astray from god"?

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[Sand Dancer]

It seems to me that a whole lot of Christians can't see a nude person without thinking about sex. But then, that's not just Christians. Most of us Americans are that way because most of us Americans are prudes. That is, we are a people whose myths about sex are both repressive and naive.

Contrast most of us Americans with a Amazonian tribe of "naked primitives". The "primitives" are at least experienced enough with nudity to notice that nudity in and by itself is not sexy. It's only us relatively inexperienced people who are crazy enough to always judge nudity in terms of sex.

The notion that one must be sexually attractive to go nude -- or at least physically beautiful to go nude -- is about being a prude. It's the way people who aren't realistic enough to think of themselves as prudes display their prudishness.

I think the puritanical view makes nudity lurid. Think of Muslims who can't even look at a woman's face or hair without it be "suggestive." Europeans tend to have a healthier view of sex and the body. The less "dirty" you think it is, the less lurid it is.

 

[oldbadger]

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Answer: The Bible has much to say about the human body, which was not only created perfect by God, but also created unclothed. Adam and Eve were innocent in their nakedness, but when they sinned, “the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked” (Genesis 3:7). Never before had they realized they were unclothed—the concepts of “clothed” and “unclothed” were meaningless to them. But sin affected their hearts and minds, creating vulnerability, guilt, and shame, and these things produced fear (verse 10). In their attempt to cover their spiritual shame, Adam and Eve intuitively covered their bodies. We should note that, when God took away their fig leaves—a sadly inadequate covering—He replaced them with something more permanent—animal skins (verse 21). Thus, God regarded clothing as appropriate and necessary in a fallen world.

We are not saying that the naked body is evil or repulsive; on the contrary, we see the body as a beautiful part of God’s creation. However, due to the fall, nudity now has implications of sinfulness attached to it. With few exceptions, the Bible presents nakedness as shameful and degrading.
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Just to note; I came across this question and its answer while looking for other information on Christianity.


So, what are your thoughts?

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Ah ha!
Neither of your offered pics were NUDE PICS!

You might just as well have asked:-
Question: "What Should Be The RELIGIOUS FORUMS Perspective On Nudity In Art?"

OK....... take it from there.........