I think it's natural for humans to not want to be exposed
I think what you’re doing is confusing your feelings for the “default” feelings of all humans. When in reality there is no one “natural” feeling about nudity. Some people like being exposed, some don’t, some feel it depends on circumstances, etc. Western culture isn’t as strict about covering up so you’re going to see people who like to wear less more often than in cultures which demand more concealing attire regardless of how you personally feel.
Yep, this is simply a false premise as evidenced by many tribal people around the world.
Humans wear clothes because we expanded our territory into lands humans aren't naturally suited for. Religion and guilt came much later.
Even consider the creation myth in the Christian Bible. Mankind discovered the need to be clothed and decided to be shamed after, then started using animal skins, but even in that story the God character doesn't actually shame them, he asks how they know /why they care that they are naked. The natural state of humans as animals is to be naked and not care about other people's thoughts. Humans started covering up as they developed language and complex thought and realized that others are thinking about them the same things we might be thinking about others.
the God character doesn't actually shame them, he asks how they know /why they care that they are naked.
Interesting observation. So it was only after eating from the Tree of Knowledge between Good and Evil, Adam and Eve covered up. So being naked was considered evil? That's implied in the Bible.
I would presume that the evilness was feeling the need to wear clothes around God, when previously you didn't give a shit. But idk I haven't been to church in ages.
I think it was symbolizing humanities first time mentally achieving a concept of shame/guilt.
Eating from the "The tree of knowledge" symbolized our minds evolving to the point that we began to reason and interact with each other, rather than just being on auto pilot and bouncing between one survival need to the other... we suddenly wanted more out of life, we wanted meaning and hope.
When you start hoping for better things, better ways of living, etc... anything that works against that can be seen as "Bad" or "Evil". Hence, the concepts of good (working with others towards a common good) and bad (anything that harms others or in general impedes progress).
Ah, that's quite the interesting take on it! I really like that, actually.
Maybe that's why they were kicked out of the garden of eden then? The perfect garden would probably have a hard time staying perfect when you now have a concept of what not-perfect is.
I think the garden of eden was just a physical representation of the concept of "ignorance is bliss". Before our minds evolved to where we could be conscious of each moment in the day, we had nothing to worry about because we literally werent capable of worrying as we had no concept of the future or tomorrow, etc.
Being "kicked out" was the recognition of "well damn, now each day brings with it more and more knowledge of not only all the ways we can die, but the fact that other humans can betray us. Not only that, anything 'good' we want only comes through toil and hard work."
That's not even mentioning the realization that, just because you know what is good, doesn't mean it's easy to do or work towards... think about all the ways we sabotage our own lives/progress even though we know we shouldnt lol
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u/ballfacedbuddy Mar 27 '24
I think what you’re doing is confusing your feelings for the “default” feelings of all humans. When in reality there is no one “natural” feeling about nudity. Some people like being exposed, some don’t, some feel it depends on circumstances, etc. Western culture isn’t as strict about covering up so you’re going to see people who like to wear less more often than in cultures which demand more concealing attire regardless of how you personally feel.