I find Al Mohler frightening. Maybe, to prove my dutiful manliness, I should fight him.
Seriously, though. Notice that he doesn't mention any passages to support his crazy position on masculinity. That's because masculinity is a social construct.
Mohler also seems to forget that Jesus himself exhibited none of the supposed qualities of a real man, but instead was financially supported by women, hung out with children and other needy people, and never bothered to get married. Someone should have made Jesus read Wild at Heart.
As someone who has done a variety of work, including my fair share of manual labor, I wouldn't say that staying at home being a homemaker was the "manliest" thing I've ever done (though no less manly than driving to work and back in rush hour traffic, pathetically confined to my car. I need to get one of those man-sacks to hang from the back of my car to let everyone know that despite being stuck in traffic, i'm pretty manly), but it was the most Christian I ever felt.
svandyke
· 1 year ago
So what is the beef with Mohler anyway? I mean I understand you don't agree with him theologically...but to use words like frightening...what's so scary about Mohler...and he has to have at least 60 pounds on you....but you are much younger and quite agile...but then again...a smoker...I'd say it's a draw...but the way you make him sound...he must fight dirty...therefore the early rounds go to you, but I'd say he make take you out in the late rounds...
Seriously though... The Bible clearly defines men and women's roles, so what's wrong with masculinity...and I'm not talking about machismo... With that said I would love to see your minivan with a "sack" on it...Lord know you needs some more of those in your house.
Maybe you'll get a Bob the Builder this time instead of a Dora the Explorer.
sadcox
· 1 year ago
So what's your beef with Dora? Are you jealous of her because she's bilingual and gets to travel?
svandyke
· 1 year ago
No beef with Dora...he just has three of them and a forth on the way so he may luck out and get a "sack" with this one.
Micah
· 1 year ago
I would take a Diego over Bob the Builder anyday--Diego has the ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh Rescue Pack...comin' to the rescue, I'm the Rescue Pack, i got your back. I can turn into a kite or a kayak...
Mohler is the only person among many today who profoundly disagree with me that I can safely lash out at, from the safety of a computer. :) How's that for manly?!
Really, though, I think Mohler's problem, and it is a serious one, is that he doesn't take Jesus into account when he talks about men (and, by extension, doesn't take Jesus' mother or great-grandmother into account when he talks about women, not to mention his g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-grandmother and beyond. There's a reason Matthew includes those women in the geneology). Jesus calls all men into the embodied care of people, not away from it. Best I can tell, contemporary calls to the renewal of "biblical" manhood contradict the very things Jesus was about, in part because it uncritically accepts a model of "masculinity" that ignores Jesus own "man-hood."
I joked about fighting him because his argument is just a Southern Baptist version of the central argument of Brad Pitt in Fight Club. :)
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Seriously, though. Notice that he doesn't mention any passages to support his crazy position on masculinity. That's because masculinity is a social construct.
Mohler also seems to forget that Jesus himself exhibited none of the supposed qualities of a real man, but instead was financially supported by women, hung out with children and other needy people, and never bothered to get married. Someone should have made Jesus read Wild at Heart.
As someone who has done a variety of work, including my fair share of manual labor, I wouldn't say that staying at home being a homemaker was the "manliest" thing I've ever done (though no less manly than driving to work and back in rush hour traffic, pathetically confined to my car. I need to get one of those man-sacks to hang from the back of my car to let everyone know that despite being stuck in traffic, i'm pretty manly), but it was the most Christian I ever felt.
Seriously though...
The Bible clearly defines men and women's roles, so what's wrong with masculinity...and I'm not talking about machismo...
With that said I would love to see your minivan with a "sack" on it...Lord know you needs some more of those in your house.
Maybe you'll get a Bob the Builder this time instead of a Dora the Explorer.
Mohler is the only person among many today who profoundly disagree with me that I can safely lash out at, from the safety of a computer. :) How's that for manly?!
Really, though, I think Mohler's problem, and it is a serious one, is that he doesn't take Jesus into account when he talks about men (and, by extension, doesn't take Jesus' mother or great-grandmother into account when he talks about women, not to mention his g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-g-grandmother and beyond. There's a reason Matthew includes those women in the geneology). Jesus calls all men into the embodied care of people, not away from it. Best I can tell, contemporary calls to the renewal of "biblical" manhood contradict the very things Jesus was about, in part because it uncritically accepts a model of "masculinity" that ignores Jesus own "man-hood."
I joked about fighting him because his argument is just a Southern Baptist version of the central argument of Brad Pitt in Fight Club. :)