What the heck does a spiritual warrior fight??
Satan??
Ignorance knows no bounds I see.
This whole warrior thing just bugs me like crazy. We like to use poor theolgical imagry and we like to pretend to hold up to a set of ideals that never really existed.
Actually they did. Read a history book some time. There were chivalric codes. they existed. You lose.
And personally I don't have to be macho to be a man.
That's your problem. Sorry to hear.
In fact when I read my bible I see Jesus as being anything but macho.
You've obviously never done physical labor. Jesus built houses. Without power tools. He also beat people with a whip.
Jesus is a man, he is the best of men, the example all men should follow. But he wasn't macho.
No. He was manly.
He didn't talk about how he was a warrior, he didn't pound his chest, he just went and silently protected those he loves. And the funny thing is he was the one and only true spiritual warrior.
He didn't talk about going to the bathroom either. You'd better stop.
I think some people need to seriously put down "Wild at Heart" and start reading their bible's. You arn't going to be a warrior unless you are in the military.
You too. Start with Revelations. Then go to the OT.
A guy living in a comfortable suburban & christian life with his wife and kids is NOT a warrior of any sort. He's in no way a brave and couragous warrior. He will probably never face a life and death experience and if he does, protecting your family is not brave, its nature!
Not in the literal sense. But those of us with a 9th grade education know what simile & metaphor are.
In the same way a man is not a spiritual warrior, the term is nearly blasphamous. A warrior fights, but the only bad thing out there to fight is Satan.
yeah, 'cause rapists are bad :rollseyes:
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Some did. Some did not. Depends what era of history you are talking about.
You are not a cowboy, they quite enjoyed womanizing when they got into town.
Again, some did, some did not. That's like saying "you are not a plumber, they are fat, let their pants ride low, and jump on goombas.
You are not a warrior of any sort unless you are in the military.
Again, see "High school education". it's a metaphor.
You are not Tarzan, Tarzan doesn't use a computer and a cell phone.
Actually Tarazan is a fictional character, so he doesn't really do anything.
I am Kirk. I am 6'1 1/2" rougly 175 pounds, I can't swim and I'm afraid of fish.
I am Matthew. I am 6'3", 220 lbs, I swim like a duck and I've cleaned out restaurant grease traps with my bare hands.
I probably couldn't fight my way out of a paper bag and my body does not in any way resemble a greek god.
I've studied martial arts since I was seven, and can use a katana, knives, rapier, saber, staff, shotgun, or even just my bare hands to do serious damage to people.
I've never stared down the barrel of a gun and the closest I've came to death was falling into fthrough ice into freezing cold flood waters while lost in a forest during the winter.
I've never stared down the barrel of a gun either. Can't say I've been close to death either. But there are guys who have.
And I'm acutly aware that while my stupidity got me into that one, God got me out.
That's nice.
I'm a ballroom dancer, and if you think that is not something men should do then I have little time to listen to you.
I do West Coast Swing.
I'm a Lutheran Sunday school teacher and I make no bones about it that I belive that all of the Lutheran doctrines that I teach are completly 100% true and grounded strongly in scripture. And I also believe those things that are opposed to the doctrines I teach are false and harmful teachings.
Good
I'm a saint, I'm a sinner and a forgiven man of God that needs forgiveness and grace every day.
Actually "saints and sinners" is a dichotomy that refers to saved and unsaved. But anyway . . .
I'm not a warrior of any sort, I prefer not to take those risks but have immense respect for those who do.
Again, see the word 'metaphor'. it's ninth grade literature. And that's being generous.
Besides they won't take me in the military because I have mild epilespy. I also have essential tremors despite the fact that I'm only 25.
OK. I'm 25 also.
And I don't belive I need to be any sort of warrior to be a man.
Here, I'll do it for you. This is from a document called "
English Basics", which you appear to have little knowledge of:
Metaphors are comparisons that show how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in one important way. Metaphors are a way to describe something. Authors use them to make their writing more interesting or entertaining.
Yes, it is true. Most Christian men are not warriors. However, the metaphor can be used to show how they are alike in a significant way.
Personally I think the metaphor is very worn out, and that you are justified in discouraging its use, but only because it is so worn out it has lost a lot of its original clarity. That is where our agreement ends.
