These men have twisted Scripture into something alien; something that in their own minds gives them license to lord over women their superior physical strength and in the process, terrorize their families into cowering, fearful, unhappy victims. These are men who generally have very low self-esteem, have issues with women that have not been resolved through therapy, and derive enormous satisfaction from behaving like power nazis in their own homes- the only place where the behavior is tolerated.
These are men who are living in sin- they are not living according to the Scriptural mandates for the roles of men and women in marriage, but according to their own fantasies of the "lowly" status of women, and their own perceived superiority.
Nowhere in Scripture can any validation of this behavior be found. I hope that your friend's situation can be made better at some point. She may have to leave the jerk.
It is being made better. She served him with divorce papers. He skipped the meeting with the judge and left the state with one of the kids.
And the judge threw the book at him.
"These men have twisted Scripture into something alien; something that in their own minds gives them license to lord over women their superior physical strength and in the process, terrorize their families into cowering, fearful, unhappy victims. These are men who generally have very low self-esteem, have issues with women that have not been resolved through therapy, and derive enormous satisfaction from behaving like power nazis in their own homes- the only place where the behavior is tolerated.
These are men who are living in sin- they are not living according to the Scriptural mandates for the roles of men and women in marriage, but according to their own fantasies of the "lowly" status of women, and their own perceived superiority."
Perversely just like Muslims.