More of the wide canyons that follow the Colorado River

Considered nudism was a amazing,
wherever it goes.
positive thing well worth removing
For an hour, the burning congarments for---surely more benetinued, never relenting.
ficial than the simple amateur pasIf someone had come
integral, close part of nature. Michal and Gosia talk about Polish Naturism and Naturism in Polish Media of swimming, which is considalong clothed, I would
felt so right being there without the
ered a perfectly fine time to remove
have felt they were
Man-made covering of clothes sepa- breaking this sacred place.
garments.
Standing me from God's developments. If
Eventually, he pulled out the enormous
someone had come along clothed, I
Firearms.
would have believed they were violating this sacred place.
Picture President Gordon B. Hinckley
I ended up trekking about two miles before turning back. The
doing things naked. (I couldn't, but there were many other
Strong burning finally subsided, giving hunger and thirst a
Matters I could not picture him doing, either.) He inquired what I
Opportunity to kick in. I struggled to get back. My legs became
Believed the prophet would say if I asked him about naturism.
As I walked, I realized
it. And I told my bishop as much.
that---albeit unintentionally---I Had been fasting from food and
I finally determined to play my trump card. I bore my testidrink when that experience had hit me.
mony of the experience I had in Moab---how the Spirit of the
I had planned on staying another day or two in Moab, but
Lord had witnessed to me that nudism is a favorable thing. Cindy Gregory's Letter To The Board Of AANR - The American Association For Nude Recreation after that encounter would have been anticlimactic. I
knew he could not resist my strong assertion of testimony.
returned home at the same time, eager to share my encounter with my

family and naturist buddies.
deception from Satan and ignored it.
There was no doubt in my head I Had had a religious experiMy bishop determined he needed to escalate the problem to the
But I also believed it was
Position president. But occasionally motive is the only thing separating an exhibitionist from a nudist. A naturist can accidentally shock or disturb an unsuspecting stranger if they happen to be seen hiking nude. While a nude hiker may have no ill intent, another individual may assume otherwise. This can lead to jail time, a fine and also being filed as a sex offender. met with the president and my bishop toa divine avowal of my endorsement of naturism, and a
I understood it'd be a
calling of forms to share my beliefs with others---to go ahead
waste of time. The stake president explained that if my inspirawith the plans I'd been considering.
tion was in contradiction to his inspiration and that of my
bishop, I should consider myself on shaky ground.
ND NONE TOO soon! Just a few weeks after, my
By that point, I'd studied, meditated, observed, experibishop called me in to his office. He'd found out I did
enced, and prayed for three years about naturism. They had
things nude.
spent, at most, an hour or two, praying---just praying---
I knew he wouldn't comprehend any more than I comprehended
making no effort to study or comprehend nudism. I couldn't
before I learned about nudism, but I also knew that, because
Comprehend how that place me on precarious ground.
it was so clear and apparent to me, I could describe it.
I figure that was the day I learned that living the life of an
It did not work. To him, I was indulging in perverted things,
LDS naturist needs living a double life. As a naturist, you reand I wanted fixing.
veal your beliefs on nudity to fellow Latter-day Saints at your
own danger. It is one of those matters for which rational conversation
every Young Women's lesson and permeates the BYU honour
Looks hopeless. The theory of naturism is so alien to the
code. I explained my perspective that modesty is a comparative thing
orthodox Mormon mindset that there's little common ground


changing from circumstance to circumstance, from culture to
to build on..
I explained that modesty is in the
I anticipated that disciplinary action would be brought
heart and in the mind, not in the quantity of fabric we drape
against me, but nothing ever occurred. I eventually moved
over our bodies. I explained to him how nudism had helped
My former bishop kindly made sure my
diffuse the extreme lust I could feel at the sight of an alluring
next bishop knew I was a naturist, but I went twice more
female because the body had been divested of its puzzle and
and managed to escape my reputation.
titillation.
munity (yes, there is a community) haven't always do as

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well. One buddy stood before a stake-grade disciplinary council
and made a heroic attempt to explain naturism. When he finished, they admitted they could not come up with a workable
reason to condemn naturism, but they just did not feel right