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Muscular Christians Flex Their Muscles
TAS ^ | 12/7/2004 | S. T. Karnick

Posted on 12/07/2004 2:52:37 PM PST by swilhelm73

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1 posted on 12/07/2004 2:52:37 PM PST by swilhelm73
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To: swilhelm73

BUMP


2 posted on 12/07/2004 2:54:45 PM PST by nickcarraway
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a throwback to the nineteenth-century Anglo-American idea of "muscular Christianity."

An idea whose time has returned...

3 posted on 12/07/2004 3:02:54 PM PST by No_Outcome_But_Victory (Please pray for Ann, my pregnant wife. (High risk pregnancy.))
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To: jan in Colorado

Peoples Republic of Denver PING


4 posted on 12/07/2004 3:06:54 PM PST by USF (I see your Jihad and raise you a Crusade ™ © ®)
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he added that "he would review the holiday programs next year to make sure Christians are not perceived to be slighted"

Not that they care about actually slighting us - just that they don't want us to have that perception....

5 posted on 12/07/2004 3:07:45 PM PST by Alex Murphy (Psalm 73)
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To: swilhelm73

Now they must vote the mayor out of office.


6 posted on 12/07/2004 3:09:46 PM PST by Savage Beast (All right, Freepers! Back to bed! You owe it to the human race to reproduce as much as possible.)
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To: swilhelm73

...and organize a Christian Christmas Parade.


7 posted on 12/07/2004 3:11:05 PM PST by Savage Beast (All right, Freepers! Back to bed! You owe it to the human race to reproduce as much as possible.)
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To: swilhelm73

Great article. Great post, thanks.


8 posted on 12/07/2004 3:11:06 PM PST by Judith Anne (Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
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To: swilhelm73

ping


9 posted on 12/07/2004 3:13:09 PM PST by pigsmith (do I know what 'ping' means...)
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To: Judith Anne

bump for later


11 posted on 12/07/2004 3:14:16 PM PST by 50sDad ( ST3d - Star Trek Tri-D Chess! http://my.oh.voyager.net/~abartmes)
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To: swilhelm73
a throwback to the nineteenth-century Anglo-American idea of "muscular Christianity."

What's that supposed to mean? Today's Christians are all 98-lb weaklings?

12 posted on 12/07/2004 3:14:32 PM PST by Future Snake Eater ("Stupid grandma leaver-outers!"--Tom Servo)
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To: swilhelm73

I suppose muscular Christians are better than flabby Christians...


13 posted on 12/07/2004 3:15:55 PM PST by stands2reason
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To: swilhelm73

"The Faith Bible Chapel, which seems to have had a large part in sparking the reaction, is led by a former Marine who served in Vietnam as a helicopter gunner,..."

It's called 'Leadership', something in short supply in this nation today. It is the source of the "spark" refered to in the article.


14 posted on 12/07/2004 3:18:15 PM PST by TalBlack
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To: swilhelm73

Do you ever wonder why PC kooks like the Downtown Denver Partnership are afraid of churches? I can't figure it out. They are more afraid of churches than they are of the KKK or the American Nazi Party. Why?


15 posted on 12/07/2004 3:20:52 PM PST by yooper (If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there......)
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To: No_Outcome_But_Victory

A new sacrament of the church......The Lord's Supper, baptism and now "pumping iron"!


16 posted on 12/07/2004 3:21:49 PM PST by Doctor Don
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To: swilhelm73

".... a former Marine..." Thank you Marine - God Bless You and Merry Christmas.


17 posted on 12/07/2004 3:26:38 PM PST by maxwellp
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To: Future Snake Eater

Not so.

The epitome of "muscular Christianity" was Theodore Roosevelt. It was a turn of the century movement that tried to arrest the degeneration of the upper crust WASP male into a kind of Henry James ineffectual bystander more comfortable in Europe than America.


18 posted on 12/07/2004 3:28:37 PM PST by Sam the Sham
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To: swilhelm73
Obviously, much work remains for "muscular Christians"...

Especially on lats, traps, and delts. I haven't yet hit on the right circuit and sets to get them in top shape.

19 posted on 12/07/2004 3:29:55 PM PST by macbee ("Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." - Napoleon Bonaparte)
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To: swilhelm73

Good job SH73!


20 posted on 12/07/2004 3:31:01 PM PST by JockoManning (www.biblegateway.com)
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