Comments on: High Priest Sauna Night http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/09/05/high-priest-sauna-night/ A Mormon Blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:38:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: John http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/09/05/high-priest-sauna-night/#comment-92052 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:10:12 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/09/high-priest-sauna-night/#comment-92052 As a Missionary, I remember going to a sauna in Germany (Central German Mission) and having a great time. As there were only Elders in our District, there was no problem about what to wear. It was winter and after sitting in the sauna for about 15 minutes, we went out on a secluded deck and rolled in some newly fallen snow. Then back into the sauna to warm back up.
It has now been 41 years and I still remember that as one of my fondest mission memories.

]]> By: Jim http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/09/05/high-priest-sauna-night/#comment-92051 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:14:05 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/09/high-priest-sauna-night/#comment-92051 Perhaps the BCC crowd is more sophisticated than your average Joe, but I would hazard a guess that most Americans do not understand the real Finnish sauna experience.

I’ve never been to Finland but was fortunate to have a friend arrange for a few of us to participate in an authentic sauna. This was about 20 years ago, but I remember it vividly as it was such an envigorating experience. It is impossible to describe but was very enjoyable. I only wish the facilities and practice were more common in the US….After 20 years, I could use a good, authentic sauna night!

]]> By: Norbert http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/09/05/high-priest-sauna-night/#comment-92048 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:20:13 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/09/high-priest-sauna-night/#comment-92048 Revelets –

When it first came out, some members were actually quite angry as they felt it represented a lack of understanding about something central to their culture. Which is probably true.

It’s funny about Nordic skiing. A few years ago some bright missionaries got an idea about inviting young adults and reenagers to go ice skating with them. They found an iced-up football pitch, brought out the mission van and grilled sauasages and cooked up some warm chocolate. It was quite successful, and they would get 20-30 nonmembers there, plus half the institute, but there were so many missionary injuries they had to ban that, too. (When my friend was called as ward mission leader, he jokingly said no because he didn’t know how to skate.)

]]> By: Eric Russell http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/09/05/high-priest-sauna-night/#comment-92047 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:18:42 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/09/high-priest-sauna-night/#comment-92047 “The nudity is incidental and more related to a sense of cleanliness than anything else.”

Knowing nothing of the sauna, what does nudity have to do with cleanliness? Do swimming trunks soil the sauna?

]]> By: Norbert http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/09/05/high-priest-sauna-night/#comment-92046 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:11:11 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/09/high-priest-sauna-night/#comment-92046 JC –

You’re cool, and I totally agree. I was referring to a few posts which I deleted.

]]> By: Steve Evans http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/09/05/high-priest-sauna-night/#comment-92050 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:57:05 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/09/high-priest-sauna-night/#comment-92050 This thread is not about promoting a nudist lifestyle. Further comments along those lines will be deleted summarily.

]]> By: Revelets http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/09/05/high-priest-sauna-night/#comment-92049 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:54:36 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/09/high-priest-sauna-night/#comment-92049 Norbert,

What do members in Finland think about this ban? Just more American Mormon weirdness, I suppose. Somehow I don’t buy the mothers seeing pictures story–LDS missionaries had been going to sauna only ever since missionaries arrived in Finland a half-century ago. Nordic-style skiing was banned at some point (before 1982), apparently due to the problem of injuries. Had one of the FP (or whoever put the ban in place) been a returned Finnish missionary there would have been no ban.

Aina saunaa kaipaen,

Revelets

]]> By: JC http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/09/05/high-priest-sauna-night/#comment-92045 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 18:30:12 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/09/high-priest-sauna-night/#comment-92045 Norbert, re your #31, I’m not advocating any particular position on this, I just pointed out some current American and LDS attitudes which are not shared by other countries, and suggested that the Americans may not have a monopoly on truth or “best practices”.

Bbell, I don’t see any “pro-nudist posts” here. Lighten up! Swimming and the outdoors seems a lot more in line with the WoW to me than sitting around eating and playing video games.

]]> By: Norbert http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/09/05/high-priest-sauna-night/#comment-92043 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:25:21 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/09/high-priest-sauna-night/#comment-92043 I made a comment that I am not an advocate for nudism among mormons with a cheeky comment, and I realized the cheeky comment encouraged those who are advocates for mormon nudism. Sauna is an important part of Finnish culture and social bonding. The nudity is incidental and more related to a sense of cleanliness than anything else.

]]> By: Kaimi http://bycommonconsent.com/2007/09/05/high-priest-sauna-night/#comment-92044 Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:59:46 +0000 http://www.bycommonconsent.com/2007/09/high-priest-sauna-night/#comment-92044 Bell,

BCC = Blog for Clothing Choice.

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