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Debate Introduction

The Westside church of Christ in Irving TX publishes a magazine called Abundant Life. In June of 1996 an article appeared in this magazine entitled "Does God Approve Of My Sin?" by Rusty Miller. The article accused Christians who participate in social nudism/naturism of committing sin. The editor of Fig Leaf Forum was mentioned in the article and eventually discovered it on the Internet. He wrote a letter to Mark Roberts of the Westside church of Christ and asked for Biblical substantiation of the accusation of sin made against Christian nudists and naturists. Mr. Roberts, in turn, suggested (and later insisted) that he and Fig Leaf Forum's editor engage in a debate with this as the proposition: "Social nudism is condemned by the Bible as sinful." The complete text of that debate (originally published in May, 2000) can be accessed by following the debate links on the right.

This debate (along with an additional Rejoinder by Mark Roberts) was also available on the Westside church of Christ Web site for more than one year. It has since been removed from their site.

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:: First Debate Affirmative
:: First Debate Negative
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:: Final Debate Affirmative
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:: Does God Approve Of My Sin?
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