Religious stoush over nudist event: celebrating religion in the buff

[Kellanved]

Tired of having to defend his penchant for nudity, Pastor Robert Wright decided to hold weekly Christian services for nudists.

Meanwhile, a Baptist minister at Tweed Heads in northern NSW declared nudists to be evil when objecting to a naked music festival at nearby Cabarita next month.


Raw Cabarita, which promises "an awesome three-day party where clothes aren't necessary" raised eyebrows after organisers revealed even security guards would bare all for the festival, starting April 22.


Tweed Coast Community Baptist Church Pastor Graham Eggins said he was concerned the event would destroy the reputation of the area, which survives on family-friendly tourism.
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http://dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story.jsp?sectionid=1260&storyid=2830089

[Jamastiene]

1. Well, we are sent into this world

in the nude, so I wonder what the other guy's problem is with nudity. The puritans would aspire to be more like the anti-nudist guy there. Sometimes I think the puritans AND the witch hunter types were party animals compared to the current finger pointing holier than thou pompous asses that seem to rule that sect of the religious community. I say more power to the nude pastor and his followers. It's about time someone injected some common sense and thought provoking ideas into the process. I might even consider his little get together. Not that I am normally much of an exhibitionist. It's the principle of the matter that matters to me.

[Kellanved]

3. exactly

That was my thinking as well (well, except of the going myself part).

[liberal N proud]

2. Religion Aussie style