At the church that’s situated in the White Tail Nudist Resort in Virginia, you can come just as God made you before He gave you underpants.

This is a congregation that often worships the same way god brought them into the world, unadorned — and unashamedly naked. This however, is February, so on this Sunday morning, parishioners are in various states of undress. Some nude, some fully clothed, others topless. … In the winter, the Sunday service is barely half full, but in the summer it’s standing room only.

For the record: I have no problem whatsoever with what these people do, and I imagine that, compared to the rest of us, they view each other’s bodies, and their own, in a much less anxious and judgmental way.

As I watched the video, I did wonder how the outside world would react if a group of atheists congregated this way. The denizens of the White Tail Church, it seems to me, are perceived as mere oddballs, whereas a nudist get-together of non-believers would probably be viewed as something darker — prima facie proof of immorality, a harbinger of Satanic fornication, and what have you.



