Jesus was, apparently, a man’s man
Thank goodness for friends who browse the Internet when they should be studying for finals. (Okay, so they are slightly better than the girl who blogs while she should be studying for finals). Rylan found Pandagon which, in turn, found this gem of an article and wrote about it here.
A growing trend in Christianity is the idea that Jesus suffers from an effeminate nature tacked onto him by Christians. He’s too light, too airy, too thin, and too female. Although his appearance and his actions can be contested: he was a carpenter by trade and he did, in fact, manage to ruin a whole temple bazaar, this “manly man” breed of Christianity seems to be simply be a way for men to justify their bad habits.
Here, of course, is the irony:
Eldredge runs “soul-searching” wilderness retreats in Colorado that prompt men to bare their innermost needs. Men’s Fraternity gets guys talking about their psychological “wounds” and encourages them to ask their dads: Do you love me? Are you proud of me? BattleZone Ministries, based in Clovis, Calif., has posted an online video on how to pray for a man without freaking him out — but its recommended approach still involves guys laying hands on their buddy.
Posted on December 11th, 2006 by Joy
Filed under: News, Religion, Uncategorized
Whoa, girl. I don’t think you understand what it’s all about. Jesus was a rough beer-swilling dude. One of the boys, ya know? He went out fishing with his buddies, got pissed off when someone wakes him up to clean up the occasional storm, etc.
All kidding aside, there are quite a few not so manly men (downright asexual by the looks of it) that I wouldn’t mind following. More often than not, the male gender amuses me with its own insecurity.
Finally, I hope the blue box is a quote, because I don’t think many manly men would feel comfortable letting another dude lay their hands on their “buddy.”
kyon
I always thought it’s ironic how people have always tried to depict Jesus as effeminate because nowhere in the Gospels does it show that. Quite the reverse.
He was someone who stood up to injustice, was not happy with the status quo and turned much of it on his head, confronted the establishment and basically took no crap from anyone he didn’t want to. He was highly political and to many, a troublemaker to some because he walked the talk and threatened those who had power and privilige at the expense of those who had neither.
As well as being far from effeminate he also couldn’t possibly have blonde hair and blue eyes.. but that’s another story.
Perhaps he was called effeminate because he was kind,patient gentle had a heart for those who were in pain and didn’t seek the trappings of life like money… after all, any of those characteristics are all but drummed out of men in their infancy in favour of more “manly” “bad-boy” traits. And as we know, women aren’t keen on men who show “unmanly” traits and have a tendency of leaving them in the dust.
No matter what they say.
Well, I don’t think he would have gone around telling his wife to put the toilet seat down. Maybe.