Christian masculinity from the Manosphere

[johngalt1]

A post from a group of blogs called the manosphere:

http://freenortherner.wordpress.com/...n-masculinity/


Thoughts?

[Cow Poke]

I think Paul handles this much better in his letters to his son (in the faith) Timothy, encouraging him to "war a good warfare".

On 3 August 1943, General George S Patton did something that generated quite a bit of news. Was it capturing a German city? Liberating a French town? Destroying a Panzer division? No, it was "slapping a soldier" for being in an evacuation hospital with no visible injuries. Patton saw "battle fatigue" as a horrible excuse to get out of fighting, while other men were suffering horrific injuries, and wanting to stay IN the fight. While that's a whole 'nuther story, Paul handles this a whole lot better, encouraging Timothy to endure hardship, to "war a good warfare", to not get dragged down in the things of this life.

And he tells Timothy (2 Tim 2:2) "The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also."

Paul was teaching Timothy about Christian masculinity.

[johngalt1]

Thanks Cow poke.

I will also like to add that Paul condemns effeminacy as well as homosexuality in Christian men:

"...Be not deceived: neither the whoremongers/promiscuous [pornoi], nor idolaters [eidOlolatrai], nor adulterers [moikhoi], nor sissies/effeminates [malakoi], nor male-bedders [arsenokoitai], nor thieves [kleptai], nor the covetous/envious/greedy [pleonektai], nor drunkards, nor revilers/trash talkers [loidoroi], nor extortioners [harpeges], shall inherit the kingdom of God."

And malakoi may simultaneously refer to passive homosexual partner and effeminate men in general I will quote:



source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malakia

[Manwë Súlimo]

Hm. Problem is people like to expand the definition of "masculine" to a degree not called for and just succeed in alienating men who don't fit societal norms for manly men, like artists, dancers, introverts, or whatever.

[johngalt1]

Hm. Problem is people like to expand the definition of "masculine" to a degree not called for and just succeed in alienating men who don't fit societal norms for manly men, like artists, dancers, introverts, or whatever.

You are correct in that regard. Either there are ways that those roles are done is manly or that men do manly things that is alongside what is essentially gender neutral. There are good reasons why men regard femininity as suspicious and as a threat to their masculinity:

http://www.podles.org/files/Church-I...t_Chapter3.pdf


Masculinity in psychological terms is a separation from the safe world of the feminine and the embrace of the volatility of masculinity.


Masculinity is like fire. Dangerous when unconstrained but essential to be able to face adversity. It optimizes the strength of the male sex. Although morality can play into it. Masculinity is possessed by both the evil(Julius Caesar) and the good(Samson and David). A Criminal can be as manly as Jesus.



A simple scientific test can be used to test whether certain actions or professions are "masculine". Do they increase testosterone(except for artificial means)?