Theology of the body

[MoreCoffee]

Theology of the Body is a Catholic theology developed by Pope John Paul II during a series of 129 speeches given between 1979 and 1984. It teaches that the human body has a spiritual and sacramental nature, and that human sexuality is a unique aspect of human existence that is closely connected to the image of God. The theology emphasizes the importance of the virtue of chastity, the beauty and goodness of human sexuality, and the importance of the sacrament of marriage. It also teaches that the human person is called to love and serve others, and that this call is closely connected to the human body and its role in the world.

 

[Odë:hgöd]

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In the beginning; there were no dress codes and the people thought nothing of it.

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

Then came the forbidden fruit incident wherein the people of a sudden felt
differently about their appearance in the buff and covered their pelvic areas with
rudimentary loin cloths.

• Gen 3:7 . . At that moment, their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt
shame at their nakedness. So they strung fig leaves together around their hips to
cover themselves.

( Apparently Eve remained topless at first; and in some primitive areas even today,
the women still are.)

To my knowledge, God has yet to condemn full frontal nudity; so this sudden
awareness of their appearance didn't come from Him. In other words; their new
attitude about the human body wasn't divine, rather, it was cultural: and even
today, many years later, the world's dress codes remain cultural.

NOTE: Nudist colonies and clothing optional beaches aren't evil per se where they
are legal. When people condemn those places as sinful and indecent; they display
the effects of the forbidden fruit incident at work in their minds.
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[Lucian Hodoboc]

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In the beginning; there were no dress codes and the people thought nothing of it.

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

Then came the forbidden fruit incident wherein the people of a sudden felt
differently about their appearance in the buff and covered their pelvic areas with
rudimentary loin cloths.

• Gen 3:7 . . At that moment, their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt
shame at their nakedness. So they strung fig leaves together around their hips to
cover themselves.

( Apparently Eve remained topless at first; and in some primitive areas even today,
the women still are.)

To my knowledge, God has yet to condemn full frontal nudity; so this sudden
awareness of their appearance didn't come from Him. In other words; their new
attitude about the human body wasn't divine, rather, it was cultural: and even
today, many years later, the world's dress codes remain cultural.

NOTE: Nudist colonies and clothing optional beaches aren't evil per se where they
are legal. When people condemn those places as sinful and indecent; they display
the effects of the forbidden fruit incident at work in their minds.
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There are other Christians who hold the views you expressed. There's an entire website called MyChainsAreGone.org that presents strategies for battling against lust and pornography by restructuring the view we have of the naked human body.

 

[Joelightening]

Theology of the Body is a Catholic theology developed by Pope John Paul II during a series of 129 speeches given between 1979 and 1984. It teaches that the human body has a spiritual and sacramental nature, and that human sexuality is a unique aspect of human existence that is closely connected to the image of God. The theology emphasizes the importance of the virtue of chastity, the beauty and goodness of human sexuality, and the importance of the sacrament of marriage. It also teaches that the human person is called to love and serve others, and that this call is closely connected to the human body and its role in the world.

I would never accept at face value, the teaching of any pope. Here that pope is attempting to embrace sexually immoral people into the Catholic realm. In order to retain current members and attract new members, the Catholics keep moving the goal post.