tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post4331751353763831634..comments2023-10-31T06:32:05.082-05:00Comments on Biblical Manhood: The Best Ones Are Already TakenAnakin Niceguyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09175647581810782580noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-41036669091424129302017-11-11T21:44:06.800-06:002017-11-11T21:44:06.800-06:00If you'd like an alternative to randomly picki...If you'd like an alternative to randomly picking up girls and trying to find out the right thing to do...<br /><br />If you would prefer to have women hit on YOU, instead of spending your nights prowling around in noisy pubs and nightclubs...<br /><br />Then I encourage you to watch this short video to learn a strong secret that has the potential to get you your very own harem of beautiful women: <br /><br /><b><a href="http://dating.syntaxlinks.com/r/FacebookSeductionSystem" rel="nofollow">FACEBOOK SEDUCTION SYSTEM</a></b>!!!Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-79146250949514882422011-02-19T20:11:43.050-06:002011-02-19T20:11:43.050-06:00"one would think an equal number of Christian..."one would think an equal number of Christian women would be as dedicated and serious about their faith as many single men are. Sadly, this is not the case; and very much why many single men are very lonely."<br /><br />I've heard women say the same thing in reverse. I think we've taken this [like everything else] into our own hands and have forgotten the power of prayer. <br /><br />Ambiguity of gender roles have made men nervous to ask women out, as though women defined their manhood with a single rejection. We are looking too much to each other to define our worth instead of to God. <br /><br />This, incidentally leads to inappropriate levels of investment in our marriage partners as well - dangerous investment of our identity in another person at the cost of [rather than coming out of] our relationship with God,lifeinlonglegshttp://lifeinlonglegs@wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-40041867381526150822010-03-05T01:10:43.980-06:002010-03-05T01:10:43.980-06:00Oh, and that pic at the end is a hoot and a halF!!...Oh, and that pic at the end is a hoot and a halF!!SavvyDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02380401063646153237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-73070592285197114592010-03-05T01:09:51.818-06:002010-03-05T01:09:51.818-06:00Both sexes are disheartened. There are men who wo...Both sexes are disheartened. There are men who would find a date if they asked. Hints don't help much. The criticisms don't help much. In any case, it seems to be because society is disjointed, medicated and isolated.SavvyDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02380401063646153237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-7145191883414228252010-02-05T20:51:06.295-06:002010-02-05T20:51:06.295-06:00Sometimes Christian men dismiss and blow off women...Sometimes Christian men dismiss and blow off women who are not young and physically attractive enough for them. It works on both sides. In fact, sometimes I feel as if I am dismissed by Christian men because I am not a "church lady" and I am not thin, quiet and feminine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-30843522079806909482010-02-01T18:47:11.174-06:002010-02-01T18:47:11.174-06:00Past a certain age, it becomes pretty lame to comp...Past a certain age, it becomes pretty lame to complain that "the best one are taken"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-6588442606241035522010-02-01T00:50:12.254-06:002010-02-01T00:50:12.254-06:00is "filled with the spirit" some kind of...is "filled with the spirit" some kind of euphemism? seriously.John Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09563200602107612083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-87145642457257720602010-01-26T20:25:15.286-06:002010-01-26T20:25:15.286-06:00Looks like a case of 'Gresham's law' t...Looks like a case of 'Gresham's law' to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-86917399425568841672010-01-26T19:43:15.866-06:002010-01-26T19:43:15.866-06:00There are plenty of Godly women who want to get ma...There are plenty of Godly women who want to get married on a new site called www.marrywell.org. It was started by some folks from Focus on the Family. It is decidedly Christian and focused on forming marriages. Check it out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-7229825547941697642010-01-26T14:13:15.072-06:002010-01-26T14:13:15.072-06:00"The single men I counsel have difficulty app..."The single men I counsel have difficulty appreciating the mostly secular gold-diggers or "church ladies" (Carolyn McCulley comes to mind)."<br /><br />It's called the "madonna/whore complex", a neurosis particularly common to "serious and dedicated" Christian men everywhere.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-84121168934279718352010-01-26T13:35:18.287-06:002010-01-26T13:35:18.287-06:00Thanks Triton! Looks like I still remember some o...Thanks Triton! Looks like I still remember some of my Warsaw Pact weapons recognition classes.tannennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-72023412312004794432010-01-26T13:33:34.003-06:002010-01-26T13:33:34.003-06:00LOL Commodore! I've heard women say about my ...LOL Commodore! I've heard women say about my hometown that, "the only good men here are either gay or married" and were dead serious.<br /><br />I'm neither gay nor married, so where does that leave me?tannennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-73621676183474103392010-01-26T01:05:06.100-06:002010-01-26T01:05:06.100-06:00Anakin,
When one is very serious about one's ...Anakin,<br /><br />When one is very serious about one's walk with God, it is even a more difficult thing to find a life partner who could possibly share one's commitment.<br /><br />The single men I counsel have difficulty appreciating the mostly secular gold-diggers or "church ladies" (Carolyn McCulley comes to mind). <br /><br />Being a serious and dedicated Christian is difficult. It can cost friendships, jobs, relationships, etc. However, one would think an equal number of Christian women would be as dedicated and serious about their faith as many single men are. Sadly, this is not the case; and very much why many single men are very lonely.<br /><br />Your thoughts?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-39471125837294288282010-01-25T15:15:28.744-06:002010-01-25T15:15:28.744-06:00Triton, how can you tell, by the mag and flash sup...<i>Triton, how can you tell, by the mag and flash supressor?</i><br /><br />Yep. The magazine has a slight curvature indicative of the 5.45 round, not the more pronounced curvature of the 7.62x39. And the muzzle brake is typical for the AK-74. You <i>can</i> get that style of brake for the AK-47, but it's most often seen on the -74.Tritonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08881747667052152482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-50657323215875755122010-01-25T13:55:08.067-06:002010-01-25T13:55:08.067-06:00Anonymous says:
lol. You're assuming that the ...Anonymous says:<br /><em>lol. You're assuming that the men rejecting the women who aren't yet taken are doing so on the grounds that those women aren't spiritual enough, by Prov 31/1 Peter 3 standards. As if that's the first thing that's on the average Christian guy's mind when he complains, "the **best** ones are already taken.<br /><br />Come on fellas. Lose the halo already.</em><br /><br />Anakin is correct, and so are you. Neither side is wearing halos on this one, although some--like myself--might fantasize about doing a HALO jump or two...<br /><br />It is true, that the best mates--and this is for both sexes--get taken early. That should not take a rocket scientist to figure out. <br /><br />If you do not find your mate by age 25, you may have to do some serious searching to find a good one. And it may take longer than you wanted.<br /><br />Are there good ones out there? Yes. But they are scattered all over the place, and in churches of various denominations and not always in the place one would expect to find them. And the Church is not set up in a way that is conducive to helping singles find them.<br /><br />Are the men looking for the Proverbs 31 woman? Yes, except the men generally forget about the "beauty is fleeting" part. LOL<br /><br />Then again, it's not like the women are thinking in terms of "beauty is only skin deep" either.<br /><br />Is it because the women are all feminists? No, although there are enough of such women to make the search difficult for the men. <br /><br />Is it because the men are looking only for a woman with a heart for Jesus and the body of a porn star? No, although there are enough of such men to make the process difficult for the women.Amir Larijanihttp://www.singlemind.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-12049589504511488932010-01-25T13:04:36.346-06:002010-01-25T13:04:36.346-06:00"The Bible is clear about the kind of woman a..."The Bible is clear about the kind of woman a man should date or marry (Proverbs 31:30; 1 Peter 3:1-6). This simplifies the picking and rejecting to a great extent."<br /><br />lol. You're assuming that the men rejecting the women who aren't yet taken are doing so on the grounds that those women aren't spiritual enough, by Prov 31/1 Peter 3 standards. As if that's the first thing that's on the average Christian guy's mind when he complains, "the **best** ones are already taken.<br /><br />Come on fellas. Lose the halo already.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-75375258268313131772010-01-25T12:13:59.356-06:002010-01-25T12:13:59.356-06:00Nice post, and I'll agree. I do have to chortl...Nice post, and I'll agree. I do have to chortle at the title though, reminds me of an old joke:<br /><br />Women are like parking spaces...all the good ones are taken and all the rest are handicapped.Commodorenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-24702791509282028162010-01-25T11:53:52.501-06:002010-01-25T11:53:52.501-06:00Good post AN. As I've been reading your and o...Good post AN. As I've been reading your and other stuff on this spectrum of issues over the last year, I've slowly noticed that all misguided marriage/gender role huffing and puffing may stem from a faulty theological view of what mankind's (and later on, the church's) relationship to the LORD was/should have been from the beginning. I need to think and read my bible heavily more on this, so I won't say more right now. Except that the church calling itself 'evangelical' has lost this overarching view and is therefore vomiting this legalism all over un- and never married Christians.<br /><br />Coffers, haven't heard that word for a while, reminds me of, "as the coin in the coffer rings, the soul from purgatory springs".<br /><br />Triton, how can you tell, by the mag and flash supressor?tannennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-92083166905920054642010-01-25T06:45:12.027-06:002010-01-25T06:45:12.027-06:00Love has a way of accomplishing what coercion cann...<i>Love has a way of accomplishing what coercion cannot.</i><br /><br />But what are those women who find themselves unable to evoke love in a man to do? Write books & blogposts promoting a mandate would be an option, I suppose.<br /><br />It seems to me that marriage-mandate theology is little more than a call for a 'bailout' for snotty, entitlement-minded princess types who are accustomed to getting their way. What do spoiled children do when they don't get their way? They throw at fit and demand that you give them what they want (and surely deserve, no doubt).wombattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11264811733162299968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-66546095559083425772010-01-25T05:20:47.085-06:002010-01-25T05:20:47.085-06:00I am wary of Christianity not because of the Bible...I am wary of Christianity not because of the Bible but because of the Christians, and that has been my experience my entire life. I grew up raised on the bible and recited it like nobody's business and adopted many of its morals for my own personal life, but I've been "agnostic" for many years. Maybe I will return one day to "true faith," but I don't even know if that's an accurate term. I don't know if I ever had true faith to begin with, and faith is notoriously hard for men of reason.J. Durdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04375379773057800113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-79447273600902230932010-01-25T03:09:50.479-06:002010-01-25T03:09:50.479-06:00Love the photo. AK-74 ftw.
The Christian man who...Love the photo. AK-74 ftw.<br /><br /><i>The Christian man who has turned his back on the dating scene is not to be consumed with bitterness, selfish anger, vengefulness, or hate.</i><br /><br />Those feelings are inevitable:<br /><br /><b>Matt 24:12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold</b><br /><br />All we can do is "endure unto the end".Tritonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08881747667052152482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-9630534299654978562010-01-24T07:38:57.133-06:002010-01-24T07:38:57.133-06:00"If he finds a woman filled with the Spirit, ..."If he finds a woman filled with the Spirit, and if he is filled with the Spirit, there will be very little holding each of them back if the Lord is pleased to have them together. The two of them won't need a "mandate" and won't have much use for pretense and stratagems. Love has a way of accomplishing what coercion cannot."<br /><br />Well said Anakin!Kathy Farrellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16532126739204105127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-16094963639593360882010-01-24T06:44:53.257-06:002010-01-24T06:44:53.257-06:00Of course having your wife ranking you as #2 in he...Of course having your wife ranking you as #2 in her life means if she ever gets a thought in her head about #1 that disagrees with your understanding of God, it means you can rapidly find yourself on the outside of her heart looking in.<br /><br />Nothing like theological differences to drive a huge wedge between a man and his wife.<br /><br />Honestly I think Christianity causes more relationship troubles than it cures. Which is part of the reason I left the church et al.Athol Kay: Married Man Sex Lifehttp://www.marriedmansexlife.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-81218631572337436252010-01-24T05:41:33.914-06:002010-01-24T05:41:33.914-06:00EW, there is a riposte, albeit somewhat sarcastic,...EW, there is a riposte, albeit somewhat sarcastic, to these well-meaning dabblers/meddlers.<br /><br />Simply state that if God has no mandate for you in the arena of marriage, why should they, mere mortals, claim to know better than God about what's good for your life?!<br /><br />Gets them and shuts them up every single time!Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01863779309087356666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4423802276620945726.post-72663041794772954922010-01-24T02:35:32.431-06:002010-01-24T02:35:32.431-06:00A great post, Anakin.
I really do feel for the ...A great post, Anakin. <br /><br />I really do feel for the single men and women in the Church these days. <br /><br />So dispiriting for those, the majority of men and women who feel called to marry, to be so unsuccessful at separating the wheat from the chaff.Elusive Wapitihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16825547465295622621noreply@blogger.com