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Is Christianity too feminized?
| August 9th, 2017 at 3:05:06 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18204 | Fr Gamble, assuming you have not blocked me, you are on the spot here, input? Is Christianity too feminized? Interesting article, part of a series over at The Art of Manliness. It puts forth that not only are women going to church in far greater numbers than men are, but the men who do go are less likely to be in a manly job or follow manly pursuits. Other than the unusual Post WWII period 1950-1970, it seems this has been the case for 2-400 years. Article says in some denominations, men will be nearly driven out in a generation. Discuss. Discuss without trying to push atheism, please. The President is a fink. |
| August 9th, 2017 at 3:52:59 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | Church is first and foremost a social place where friends and neighbors meet, religion has little to do with it. Women are much more socially inclined so they go to Church more than men. My wife has 3 sisters and they are always shopping for a new church every few years. My wife has had 4 in the last 10 years just because she grew to dislike the women there. Men are much more the loner type, they don't need that influx of gossip and catching up that women get from church groups. I didn't read the article, does it say this? There really is no other explanation. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| August 9th, 2017 at 5:42:06 PM permalink | |
| ddloml Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1 Posts: 27 | Christian churches are skewing towards an older demographic. Women live longer than men. Churches that I have attended always seem to have a larger number of widows compared to the widowers in the pews. |
| August 9th, 2017 at 5:52:40 PM permalink | |
| odiousgambit Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 154 Posts: 5098 | In response to this it is often mentioned Jesus could be quite manly at times, such as when overturning the tables on the money-changers. However, overall the message perhaps appeals more to women. I'm Still Standing, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah [it's an old guy chant for me] |
| August 9th, 2017 at 6:07:35 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
No no NO! Do you really think these women are going to church more than men because of the message? It's where their friends and family are, it's where they socialize and get caught up on the news. Been that way for hundreds of years. Men find all that boring, I don't know any Christian men that go on a regular basis. My wife's FB page has dozens of friends from her church. It's in the culture, for decades we see in movies and TV where a wife is always trying to get the husband to go with her and he wants nothing to do with it. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| August 9th, 2017 at 6:16:06 PM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | I read about half. Got to the part about bridal imagery and how it turned men off. Looks like the ratio has most always been skewed toward more women. I think people are motivated by what they think benefits them. Same reason we toss donations into the red kettle. It makes us feel good, so we do it. If there was a sign spelling out the percentage of donations that actually reaches charity, much less would make it into the jar. If you don't see the benefit, you probably aren't joining up. Some people need church, they just do. A lot of them do bible talk and argue who know's it best and their faith is a good model for them. We are clannish. Goes way back. In the article the ration has been as high as 9/1. I don't see how a guy could have gotten a word in edgewise. It seems everytime I think the world is on to the scam of life, another cult pops up with a big bunch of followers thinking they are the only ones who got it right? I hope you have watched Bill Burr on Netflix and saw his specials? Worth it, start at 1;10. https://youtu.be/lZDGMI_6LXM The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
| August 9th, 2017 at 6:18:18 PM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | It always boils down to the money. The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
| August 9th, 2017 at 6:52:03 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Lot of stuff in this one I've been saying to FrG for years about they get to you young and brainwash you. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| August 9th, 2017 at 7:24:11 PM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18758 | I'm with Tom Sawyer. Unless a stray dog appears and starts playing with a crawling beetle during the service, it's an exercise in boredom. Also...
You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| August 10th, 2017 at 3:29:26 PM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | Man is overly domesticated and needs these re-wilding movement that instill greed, drive and ambition instead of 'civilization' and feminine values. |