Sexual Moralality

This verse does not imply that Adam and his wife were physically naked all the time. Nor is this the nakedness of sin, because their souls were clothed with the full grace of God at this point in the biblical narration. The nudity of Adam and his wife spoken of here is an innocent, chaste nudity. Our Lord discloses here that there is nothing inherently wrong with nudity and sex. That is to say, acts of love performed by two people in love are not evil. This is especially true in the marriage bond.

The shame of sin enters only through those individuals who desire and who perceive nudity and sex as something wrong and evil, and through those individuals who exploit nudity and sex with lies and deception for their own greed and selfish gain.

Our Lord did not say that it was a sin to look at a nude body. He said that it was a sin to look lustfully at another person. He made no distinction between looking lustfully at a clothed person or looking lustfully at a nude person.

Jesus Christ did not say – nor did He imply – that nudity and sex were in themselves evil. One must remember that it is not what one does that brings sin into the soul. Rather, it is why a person does what he or she does that causes sin to enter into their soul. This is true of all God’s laws. If an individual’s mind is filled with lustful, vulgar thoughts then even if he or she were to look upon a fully clothed person he or she would be guilty of sin.

But if one’s mind is free of evil, vulgar points of view then there is no sin whether he or she looks at a fully clothed person or even at another person’s nude body. For such a person does not look upon his or her neighbor with a heart filled with lust. Such a child of God would see the beauty in all aspects of all God’s creations, including sex and the nude male and nude female body.

The Canticle of Canticles uses the beauty of God’s creations and the beauty of both the male and female human body, mingled with the love and intimacy between a man and a woman, in order to describe the spiritual union of God and man. Through the writings of one of His prophets, our Lord wishes to manifest that even the greatest pleasures of this world are but inadequate analogies when using them to compare one’s spiritual union with God.

Since the Holy Spirit has inspired His servant to use the human body, and the other works of God’s creation, as tools to describe one’s spiritual union with God, then there is no reason for an individual to condemn either the nude male or the nude female body or to condemn sex as evil. One should thank our Lord for giving these gifts to mankind. This is because the masterpiece of all God’s creations is the nude male and the nude female body.

Many individuals see nudity and sex as evil and vulgar because their own souls and minds are filled with lust. Before sin entered the world mankind was pure of heart and nudity and sex were not something of which a person was ashamed. Rather, nudity and sex were gratifying, delectable gifts, for this is why God gave them to mankind. Indeed, the quest for sexual pleasure has motivated much of mankind’s behavior. Further, what one culture defines as normal sexual relations another defines as abnormal and vice-versa.

Many individuals even condemn nudity and sex as the greatest sins of mankind. However, the sin is in their own minds for looking upon nudity and sex with lust in their own hearts. There is nothing inherently wrong or sinful with either the nude male or the nude female body. Nor is there anything inherently evil in sex. One should not forget that our Lord did not condemn to hell the harlots who participated in such. He said that they were entering into heaven.

Nor did our Lord condemn St. Mary Magdalen for her acts of adultery (Jn.8:7, 10-11). Since Jesus Christ did not condemn nudity and sex outside the marriage, such therefore cannot be the great evils many are claiming them to be. It is the lewd, vile henchmen of Satan who have lowered nudity and sex to the point of obscenity, not the children of God. It is the evil, vulgar wolves-in-sheep’s clothing who have condemned nudity and sex as sinful, not the children of God.

Nudity and sex expressed as a part of nature and the creation process, or nudity and sex expressed as art and humanities are objects of God’s beauty. The Naked Majah, The David and September Morn are three excellent examples of such art. No true child of God would be ashamed of nudity and sex expressed as a part of nature and the creation or as art and the humanities.

Nor would a true child of God see evil, sin or anything unnatural in nudity and sex. This is true no matter how it is expressed – whether it is expressed in a fresco, a painting, a sculpture, a photograph, a movie or whatever. This is because it is a manifestation of spiritual imperfection to be ashamed of nudity and sex or to see evil therein.

One should not allow the pseudo-Christians (both Catholic and non-Catholic) to corrupt their mind with prohibitive points of view about the truths of nudity and sex. One should shed him or her self of the inhibiting views about nudity and sex that the pseudo-Christians have brought into prevalence.

One must free his or her mind of their captive ideas about nudity and sex before spiritual perfection can be obtained, for to believe in them is to believe in lies. Nudity and sex are a part of nature and objects of art, and one should look upon the beauty found therein. One should look upon the beauty of all of God’s creations.

All this does not mean to insinuate that one may openly flaunt his or her nudity and sex to the whole world or that one can knowingly spread disease. It is the henchmen of the devil who unashamedly expose their nakedness to all. One should not follow their example. One should not lower their beliefs about nudity and sex to the point of immorality that the henchmen of Satan have done.

Rather, one should focus their beliefs between the extremes of the exposed indecency of the henchmen and the prohibitive oppression of the pseudo-Christians. Neither of these groups of individuals are teaching the truth about nudity and sex.

St. John mentions a sin unto death (1Jn.5:16-17). But from the preceding two verses from the gospels (Mt.5:28; 21:34) one knows that it is not a mortal sin to indulge in nudity and sex outside the marriage. For one must ask: If it is a mortal sin to have sex outside marriage, then how could Jesus say that the harlots would be allowed into heaven? Nowhere did He even hint that nudity and sex outside the marriage was a mortal sin.

However, Jesus Christ did imply in the above verses that adult nudity and sex outside the marriage is materialistic. It has the potential of paralyzing the soul and rendering it impotent — the henchmen claim there is no sin at all in any form of nudity or sex — but it does not kill one’s soul.

By placing one’s beliefs concerning nudity and sex between these two extremes, a true child of God will soon find that his or her beliefs concerning nudity and sex are centered on truth. Which is to say as long as what one is doing is safe, consensual and non-exploitive among all parties involved then there is no mortal sin involved. However, there may be paralysis or impotency of the soul if there is no love between those involved.

Finally, those acts of love performed by those who are joined as two in one flesh do not contribute to any paralysis or impotency of the soul. Such binds them stronger together.

Before continuing I would like to point out that some people would say that “as long as what one is doing is safe, sane and consensual . . .” I delete the word sane because as far as I’m concerned if it is safe and consensual then it is also sane. I add the word non-exploitive because sometimes someone will exploit the nudity or sex involved for their own selfish gain. They do this without informing anyone of their true intentions. This latter is deceptive.

What about adultery? In order to answer this one must seek to know what it is that marries two people. It is not the priest; he is only an officiator. It is not the Mother Church; She is only a witness. What marries two people is their love for each other and their commitment to each other. It does not matter whether or not they have their marriage blessed by a priest in the Sacrament of Matrimony (such is the better course of action). If there is no love and commitment, then there is no marriage.

If they truly love each other and share a common commitment then it is our Lord who binds them two in one flesh when they consummate their love. The sacrament is just an official blessing of the union. Once they are joined two in one flesh – whether or not they receive the marriage sacrament – their acts of love for each other can only help them grow. Finally, if there is love without commitment then there is only cohabitation. This is somewhat materialistic and causes some paralysis and impotency of the soul but it does not kill the soul.

After defining what it is that makes up a marriage, one can define adultery. It is when a person has nudity and sex with someone with whom he or she is not bound two in one flesh. Which is to say that adultery is when a person is participating in nudity and sex with another person whom he or she does not love. (Such would not include those who are producing works of art.)

Adultery also includes those individuals who exploit nudity and sex with lies and deception for their own greed and selfish gain. This latter, besides being the sin of fornication is also nudity and sex that is not safe, consensual and non-exploitive among all parties involved.

Sex, Nudity and the Law