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To: Eagle Eye
Most churches prefer to show Christian men as crybabies (Promise Keepers) who have to imitate women to prove that they are men.

Ooooh, rough stuff. But accurate nonetheless. It's high time for a resurgence of full-bodied maleness among the followers of Christ, but don't expect to figure out what it should look like from anything you might have seen through the lens of the current poisonous culture.

My younger daughter has been working overtime and is surprised that the heavy schedule drains her so much. Her boyfriend has been working 20-plus shifts (not every day, mind you!) and he is still going. I told her, "Guys are tough, and we enjoy running 'pedal to the metal'. You can't expect to do the same -- you're a woman." It's a self-evident fact, but can you imagine how weird it was to say this out loud, given the 30-plus year-long feminist propaganda barrage to the effect that there really is no difference?

Let's recover the freedom to be what we ought, and stop pretending to be what we ain't!

77 posted on 12/22/2002 9:07:33 PM PST by thulldud
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To: thulldud
Women have capabilities that are different, not rivaling those of men. They can carry a baby in one arm much longer than can men. But you are right, the stamina for 'hunting and gathering' is generally greater in men. Men also identify with their occupations whereas women identify with their relationships.

Adam was a perfect man in every way. Jesus Christ is the Second Adam, and also perfect in every way. He is everything a man should be: strong, compassionate, loving, protective of those under him, attentive to his bride. I'm sure that Jesus was also physically attractive, although it is interesting that the Bible makes absolutely no mention of his appearance.

Jesus submitted to a higher authority, God Almighty, yet he willingly perfomred the duties of a servant when he washed the disciples' feet. His willingness to submit and serve made him stronger and more free than we can imagine.

Jesus Christ was not the namby-pamby waif tradition asks us to imitate. IMO, it is a trick of the adversary to get churches to ask men to check their balls at the door when they enter the building.

98 posted on 12/23/2002 6:46:57 AM PST by Eagle Eye
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