This blog is about, in alphabetical order, Christianity and men's issues.
Therefore, this blog isn't for you, because:
You’re a
Christian woman or man who fears that this blog is about something like the
Promise Keepers, bewailing the ordination of women in the Anglican church,
believing in “clear God-given roles” for men and women, being against
“limp-wristed pansy modern men”; calling for a resurgence of men’s issues, by
which I mean women shutting up about their lot in life, and getting hysterical about the "teaching masturbation to children in schools".
Or because
you’re a men’s issues activist who isn't Christian, and you see Christians as being either too "feminised" or simply irrelevant (Rogera Irrelevant?) regarding the nitty-gritty of
men’s concerns.
Or because
you don’t care for either men’s issues or Christianity.
That’s more
or less the entire human world. Even my (neutered)
cat looks at me with disinterest as I write this article* No, this blog is simply about me being a man,
a Christian and a men’s issues activist (of sorts). As I shall point out in my next article, the victims of the massacre of the Holy Innocents (you know, Herod wanted to kill Jesus but was tricked by the Magi and therefore he ordered the massacre of boys) didn’t happen because they
were babies per se, but because they were boys.
Boys and men have their own crosses to carry, a cross that we to some extent create and maintain for ourselves, a cross that is ancient but one that has evolved, a cross that needs more attention, so I believe. (Girls
and women have a different cross, a cross that we males have a lot of
responsibility for.)
What are my
qualifications for writing this blog?
Armed with my Churches College Certificate (well, I wrote assignments on
“the theology of Matthew Fox”, “Judaism in the Gospel of Matthew” and
“Johannine Christology and the Paraclete”, all subjects entirely relevant to
this blog you’ll agree, and yes, that I wrote these assignments in the 1990s
means that I totally remember whatever it was that I wrote), having read/heard various articles/books/talks on “male spirituality” that I disagree with (finding them too simplistic, macho or stereotypical), not even
attending a church where I understand/listen to most of what is said (for I
live in Poland and split my attendance between a Russian Orthodox and Roman
Catholic church, while I am Anglican) and never having discussed these matters
with anyone who shows even the slightest inclination towards being interested
in my unreflected ramblings, I aim to provide for you, dear reader (in the
singular, and that’s being optimistic) some kind of, well not support, consider
me more the awkward guy in the pub you avoid, some kind of what I shall
positively call a “modest contribution”.
Alright, that's enough of not taking myself seriously (some people born in GB have been encultured into not taking oneself seriously. Self-mockery is therefore sometimes misunderstood as denoting a lack of confidence. In fact I reckon I've got boss opinions that you really should read). This blog may be of interested to people who are vaguely interested in the subject of Christianity and men's issues (I call them issues, not rights, in that the men's rights movement is tainted with the view that activists want women to be subjugated. Certainly a men's parade here in Wrocław is organised by ultra-conservative members of the RC church).
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| It's best to ignore the German word that almost exists here (taken from George Htakei) |
So far I have two articles planned: One on the massacre of the Holy Innocents, and one on the circumcision of Christ, both festivals in most catholic churches. We'll see what happens with future articles. It'll deffo involves festivals.
*I don’t
actually have a cat. I wrote that line
for comedic effect.
