#muscular Christianity

[captainfantasticalright]

Crowley’s flat is riddled with statues, from different time periods, from different corners of life and society.

The Wrestlers is one of my favorite angelic-demonic inspirations for the one he keeps on one end of his flat.

Wrestling in general, especially demonstrated in other statues, goes beyond the sport of wrestling. It makes the material appear soft even though it might be stone; it makes the action look soft and meditated instead of violent and brutal. And it is not limited to statues, but found immensely in art itself.

Part of this is canonically inspired and the rest is more meta-esque, but still tied with everything else.

[hamletthedane]

Muscular Christianity is objectively one of the funniest movements in religious history. Jesus wants you to be swole. He wants you to admire the giant, rippling muscles of this statue. It’s red-letter scripture that thou must never skip leg day. Eat this granola bar and drink this protein shake in remembrance of me.

[soupedepates]

Muscular Christianity, by Charles Kinsgley

[possil]

CHRISTIANITY IS A DOWN AND DIRTY FAITH

Due to its wimpification the church in the West is declining in terms of numbers and influence. Christianity is no longer a culture-challenging force; rather it has become a meek handmaiden of progressivism. Amongst denominational hierarchies their greatest fears are the frowns of the chattering class. In mainstream denominations surface evidence of decline in belief is widespread. Pride flags…

[joemusclefan]

Mike Christian

[pfctipper]

this post is only half-serious but i am constantly thinking about whatever weird body image issues dick winters had going on

i mean, the man is obsessed. look at how he talks about joining the paratroops:

'The more I looked at the paratroopers, the more I was inclined to join them as soon as I graduated from OCS. Of all the outfits I'd seen at Fort Benning, they were the best looking and most physically fit ... Airborne troopers looked like how I had always pictured a group of soldiers: hard, lean, bronzed, and tough' (Beyond Band of Brothers)

'It was at Benning that Winters first saw paratroopers up close. They were everything he'd always envisioned a soldier to be: lean, hard, well trained and disciplined, bronzed and tough. The men bore a fierce pride' (Biggest Brother)

and the main things he values in his friendship with tab:

'Later [Floyd Talbert and I] developed a personal friendship that transcended rank. Talbert was athletic and dedicated. You knew if your life were on the line, he would come through'

and he's always mentioning it in his letters to deetta - this isn't even all of them from Hang Tough:

'Is cheese fattening? What a question! What's cheese made out of? Well, is milk and butter fattening? Ok, then, stay away from the cheese, eat more proteins, like that steak, but no carbohydrates' (Letter during basic training)

'Now if you want to take off weight, you must do it every day and in addition, take it easy on the chow and liquid intake. After about two or three weeks, if you've been real conscientious, you'll see some results. This may sound like a lot of bunk to you but there are few days when I don't run between two - two and a half miles, do 80 pushups, 60 situps on a footlocker, a couple of splits, and some leg and trunk exercises after the day's work is over. As a result I keep in pretty good shape' (Letter literally written at the airfield a week before Market Garden)

'I don't believe out of 600 men [in Second Battalion] that over 10 have been married. And in about 6 cases, they drew a lemon, I'd say. Something that should come with a sack where they really wear a hat ... Starting to get in pretty good shape again, 174. Just ten pounds off my fighting weight and I could make that in three, four days. How's your fighting form? Don't answer that' (Letter from Austria)

all of which is an objectively insane way to speak to your maybe-girlfriend. did he think this was flirting? was deetta thrilled to get weight loss advice and comments about how random english women were ugly from a man in the middle of a warzone

he manages to include multiple shirtless photos of himself in his books but not a single physical description of nix. even the random man who picks him up hitchhiking and then tries to pick him up gets called 'good-looking'. irene, nix's english wife, gets 'anything but beautiful' and 'skinny' which. dick. what is wrong with you

[gaybaseball-fan]

[theexodvs]

Biblical answers to MRA’s questions

Q: What is the appropriate response to a woman beating her male partner?

A: Eye for an eye (Lev. 24:19-20) is the maximum appropriate response regulated in Scripture. Remember that this works both ways.

Q: What is the appropriate response to a woman accusing a man of sexual violence or misconduct?

A: The same for any accusation by anyone of any gender, towards anyone of any gender, for any kind of act: presume innocence, according to Deuteronomy 17:6. Remember that this works both ways.

Q: What is the appropriate response to a woman falsely claiming a man is the father of her child?

A: The ninth commandment.

Q: What is the appropriate response to a woman misusing child support money provided by who is assumed to be the biological father of her child, conceived in intercourse rather than IVF, etc?

A: The mother and father should have been married before considering intercourse (Genesis 1:28, 2:24). If the woman is, in fact, misusing the money in this fashion, she is violating the eighth commandment.

Q: What is the appropriate response to women taking everything from their ex-husbands during a divorce?

A: Divorce should be a method of last resort, when absolute push meets absolute shove, for reasons relating to adultery (Matthew 5:31-32, 19:9). The Bible has no direct teachings on division of goods as a result of divorce, but Biblical divorce is subject to strict legal processes and permits a divorced woman to marry, suggesting the intent of Biblical divorce law is to ensure the woman survives (Deuteronomy 24:1-4). It is arguably appropriate, then, for a man to pay his ex-wife alimony as long as she does not remarry. Jesus tells us to seek out-of-court settlements, and to be on guard for being deprived of all our wealth if we proceed with a lawsuit (Matthew 5:25-26). This is a complicated issue that is to be resolved on a case-by-case basis.

Q: What is the appropriate Biblical response to intercourse between a female teacher and her male student who has not achieved the age of majority?

A: The Bible rejects any concept resembling an age of accountability (Psalm 51:5, Romans 3:23, Ephesians 2:3). Before we concentrate on the teacher, we need to concentrate on the young man. His parents were responsible for teaching him (Proverbs 22:6), and that includes the seventh commandment. So if he has intercourse with someone to whom he is not wed, both he and his sexual partner are guilty of violating the seventh commandment; if this is in violation of his parents’ clear instruction, he is also guilty of violating the fifth commandment. If, however, we was not instructed to pursue his personal purity, it would have been better for his parents to be tossed into the sea with millstones around their necks (Matthew 18:6).

Q: What is the appropriate Biblical response to young men conceiving children before the age of majority, borne and birthed by women above the age of majority, and being required to pay child support?

A: Fathers have a primary duty to ensure the survival of their children (1 Timothy 5:8). Notice, it says, “And whoever does not provide for relatives and especially family members has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever,” rather than, “And whoever has achieved a certain age to be arbitrarily defined 2000 years after this writing and does not provide for relatives and especially family members has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” Even the controversial laws regarding slavery in the Bible, found in Deuteronomy 20, are to ensure the survival of POWs, war widows, and their children. If a father cannot find a means of employment, then the child’s grandparents, who should have instructed the father on proper conduct, would be responsible.

Q: What is the proper Biblical response to male-only conscription?

A: The Bible is actually more vocal on which men shouldn’t go to war than should (Deuteronomy 20:5-8). It is worth noting that after the Conquest of Canaan, ancient Israel never fought a war of choice unless it was in a state of mass idolatry. If conscription constitutes chattel slavery, as has often been argued, it violates Exodus 21:16. Thus, regardless of what’s between a soldier’s legs, there is nothing in Scripture to support conscription, and plenty to suggest that conscription and the sociopolitical situation which usually belies it are transgressive.

[notokbutthriving]

sorry Taurus looks like that, I can't draw muscled men

[fastwhippets]

Christian Zagarella

[f8lfool]

Ken’s blood moon. I struggled a lot with this piece, it started with a thumbnail I made a year ago but I’m glad I could finally complete this vision.

[chimichangasanddoorknobs]

Deadpool Volume 3 #24

Note: that’s actually not true.  

[gaybaseball-fan]

I haven’t found a man to marry yet, but no one else is making proposal gifs. I graduated Magna Cum Laude in college. It’s an equation I first learned in high school (BCTI)

[lyledebeast]

I just finished Frailty (2001), which is a film I watched so long ago that I forgot the big plot twist at the end until I was watching it, and there are still several details I didn't recall.

It's a about a father who has a vision from God giving him the mission of slaying demons, and he involves his young sons in this mission.

What was in the water in the early 2000's? "You know what would be a great father and sons bonding activity? Murder!"

Bill Paxton's character is still a better father than Benjamin Martin, though. I'm just saying!