Other winter activities may include skating, skiing, and snowshoeing. Some Naturists form close friendships with fellow Naturists and, of course, extend these friendships into their everyday lives with the sharing of a wide variety of conventional social activities. Some Naturists are devout church goers and others are not. Both Jews and Christians should find naturism's emphasis on the dignity of the body congenial. It is worth noting that Thomas Aquinas' Summa of Theology, the most influential work of Roman Catholic thought, when discussing modesty, treats clothing as a requirement of neither the law of God nor the law of nature, but of human custom only.
Available information indicates that baptisms originally involved nudity.
Recent comments from the Pope regarding the restoration of paintings in the Sistine Chapel indicated that nudity alone is not considered sinful by the church. There are several organized Christian naturists' groups. Naturists as a group have the same sexual responses as everyone else, but they know that the practice of Naturism proves that the naked human body is not intrinsically erotic. Because Naturism satisfies our natural curiosity about the human person of both sexes and all ages, it makes social poise easier rather than more difficutt and relaxes social tensions. A body does not automatically become sexual by the mere act of removing one's clothing.