Or could it be "you" don't matter so much anymore, because "men" just don't have the clout they used to in the workplace, the home, and society in general? Because they are being marginalized in all sorts of institutional settings : gov't workplace, private workplace, private clubs, churches and so on ? Could it be men (in their traditional roles) have been overtaken by a feminist super-government that finds them either superfluous or irritating ?
That in a nut shell is where I'm finding myself more and more these days. After more than 50 years as a loyal son of the Church I find it harder and harder to even bother to go to Mass anymore. Instead of nourishing my soul I feel as though the Priest and lay leaders are poisoning it. I can't stand the music. I can't stand the way the guy with the biggest guitar 'leads' the celebration and everyone else...priest included...follow his lead. I resent the touchy feely, I'm OK, You're OK crappy homilies we get every week. I hate the fact that there are 40 or 50 people distributing Holy Communion. I hate the fact that after Communion we have to sit through 1 or two sappy, insipid, "Meditation Hymns" by the guitar group and then we're expected to applaud like we're at some crappy coffee house production. I could go on and on but why bother? I know I'm being too judgemental but I can't help it. This parish used to be the most traditional parish in the diocese...now it's the exact opposite. I've tried other churches in the area and they're all just as bad. I don't know what I'm going to do.
“Organized religion” isn’t the problem, it is disobedience to God’s commands which is the problem.