First off, thanks to Itanshi for providing this ridiculous story. Secondly, if you haven’t heard of the term “man up” then you are obviously a girly man and need a little reeducation ;)
Gone are the days where Jesus was viewed as a passive, peaceful, loving and caring individual. Let’s face it, that’s boring. In this day and age where Hollywood action films reign supreme, there isn’t any room for a wimpy Jesus. It’s time for Jesus and his male followers to MAN UP damnit!
Brad Stine, comedian and founder of GodMen, has had enough of all this feminine church crap. He’s set off to create a manlier version of Christ. A Christ that doesn’t take sh*t from anyone — “the Christ who took a whip to moneychangers, and used the word “dung” when he had to.” The Terminator ain’t got nothing on this Jesus.
Stine is fed up with Christian men getting in touch with their feminine side and singing sissy songs in church. In Stine’s church you can be a real man. Wanna talk about porn? Go ahead! Wanna bend metal frying pans with your bare hands? This is your place. Hell, there’s even a TV for watching NFL clips. And the best part is there are no women to bother you. Got a girlfriend? Leave her at home; she’s not welcome. Oh but what about my wife? Too bad, tell her to clean the house and have your dinner ready when you come back home.
Now many of you are probably thinking this is a joke, but fortunately for this site it isn’t. I watch this video and can’t help but to laugh. Is Christianity so desperate now, that they have to resort to these antics? Christianity has turned into a product that is losing business and thus the marketing has changed to improve market share. This group is just one of many resorting to these desperate measures because consumer demand is falling.
Do you all see this the same way or am I just delusional?
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March 16th, 2007 at 12:53 am
Probably off topic but why does an omnipotent being need a gun?
Is Jesus suffereing weapon envy?
March 16th, 2007 at 1:19 am
I don’t see it as christianity being desperate. I think its more about having a group or place for men to be men without getting condemn for being chauvinist. Just think about, had those people not had religion as an excuse to do what they did, most people would probably think differently about it. The guy even said it himself. Its kinda clever from that guy to do that under the guise of religion since most people accept just about anything when religion is mixed into it. That way he can escape the feminist crying about it being some sort female oppression center.
March 16th, 2007 at 1:29 am
I don’t think a true religion needs to resort to “antics” to get their message across. That was never the way it was done. People live the faith and it shows in everything they do. People who don’t have it come and ask these people what they have. They tell them and the others want it. And that’s how it still is in many places. The US seems to be on another planet somehow or maybe this site is just a little biassed? ;)
March 16th, 2007 at 8:40 am
Ah awesome, ya have the video ^^ ‘Antics’ yeah that was my idea, I just didn’t have a word for it. Good post there. Say there actually is a website http://www.cowboyupwithgodsword.org not entirely professional, but thats one thing I found additionally. ^^
March 16th, 2007 at 8:48 am
The interviewee lost some series credibility points when he claimed that Christianity is the only religion that teaches us to love our neighbor. What, is being ignorant part of being a man?
“That way he can escape the feminist crying about it being some sort female oppression center.”
As if most religions aren’t female oppression centers to begin with.
“The US seems to be on another planet somehow or maybe this site is just a little biassed?”
There is a large and powerful group of Christians in this country who want to enforce Christianity on all US citizens.
March 16th, 2007 at 9:14 am
My favorite line: “There is nothing wrong with me getting with a bunch of guys and just doing guy stuff.”
I can’t help seeing something vaguely homoerotic about these macho-fests. I guess it is the whole overcompensation factor, especially with the founder talking rather unconvincingly about how much he needs his beard, er…I mean wife. Plus for a comedian, he really has no sense of humor.
March 16th, 2007 at 10:33 am
That’s the irony I was seeing in this Sid.
For thousands of years religions and governments have been putting women in “their place”. Now all of a sudden a bunch of guys feel “crowded” by their congregations, and that their sexuality is being threated somehow?!? I thought they are all closet homos; and this is the only way that they can tell themselves their lifestyle is ok.
On a similar note, this weeks South Park is high-larious! Cartman and Butters catch “the gay”, and Butters gets sent off to a big Christian camp for “confused bi-curious” young males. Needless to say, Christianity the world over got taught an important lesson on this one…
March 16th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
Well, this is certainly enough to make the vomit rise to the back of my throat. A bunch of guys don’t think CHRISTIANITY is male-oriented enough. What with the very male god, very male son, bunch of stuff about wives submitting to their husbands in every way, and all that. It’s so feminine it hurts.
March 16th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
Yikes! Does anyone else get the feeling watching the video that these guys are about 1 step away from turning into a lynch mob? I can imagine that pig racer with the “rope and a good tree” from the previous article fitting in “real good right here”….
@Gas
So are you saying x-tianity has “jumped the shark?” :)
And if that guy is a comedian, then this is his Magnus Opus, whether he knows it or not!!!!
March 17th, 2007 at 6:14 am
gasmonso: if you look at religion as a means of collectively molding people’s minds, then this video clip conveys some fairly disturbing things. The purpose of this whole movement isn’t trying to appeal to a broader audience… it is trying to MANUFACTURE a certain type of person, en mass. The guy admits it without putting it in so clear a fashion… or maybe that’s just his product selling rhetoric. Either way…
So the next question should be, what uses would this new manufactured group of people have? What kind of agenda would you be able to support with the kind of group that is being molded by this movement? Politicians make use of groups of people like this in precisely that way.
Sound crazy? Sounds logical to me. Maybe I am crazy… To me, the guys fueling this movement look like criminal con artists.
March 17th, 2007 at 6:45 am
^^That post looks insane.^^ :/
I still think the guys are con artists, though. That much seems obvious to me, yet… I can’t prove it.
Hmm.
March 18th, 2007 at 8:07 am
“Whipping someone is assault and battery in the United States. It looks like a sin. But Jesus (when whipping someone) didn’t sin.”
All right, I’m just beginning to understand the scope of this.
March 19th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
Now Sam Kinison would have kicked that guy’s ass. He was a preacher early in his career, and morphed into one of the hardest hitting funnymen ever.
God came calling too early for Sam.
Maybe God will give Stine cancer to test how tough he really is.
April 8th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
It is nothing to do with religion only its a group of men getting together to assert their authority because they feel threatened by women.
And they can’t even recognise it!
April 17th, 2007 at 12:59 am
I discovered this site yesterday and was initially kind of disgruntled. Today, hovever, I am realizing it to be a blessing. Alot of people have trouble relating to a loving father in heaven because their relationship with their earthly father was flawed, or terrible or non-existant. I’ve seen Brad Stein three times live and he is very funny. He’s also very hard-core with his beliefs and that christian men need to be accountable to each other. That’s the core of God-Men. He’s about being faithful to our wives and children. He stands for male leadership in the home by example to not just our kids but wives as well. Do you think it’s easy for those men who stood up in front of their peers and admitted that they are addicted to pornography. You all have it wrong. God Bless You!!
April 17th, 2007 at 1:53 am
Hey there jesuslovesyou, it’s good to have another voice. But man you really have presumed a lot in you post. How do you know a lot of people are here due to problems with their father? Are you just lumping the Atheists and agnostics in that group or the muslims and other faithful too? Careful with your strawmen there my friend. You are setting up an argument that people here need a father (who doesn’t?) and saying those who disagree with your beliefs are evidence of lack of a father.
I don’t believe in god or jesus because it’s illogical and there is no evidence to support any of the illogical stuff in the bible. That’s the reason.
April 24th, 2007 at 6:27 am
ooh ooh ‘Jesuslovesyou’, I think u touched a nerve here with Brian…maybe you should dig a little deeper with that ‘problems with their father” thing. i think you are on to something…
January 12th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Is it just me, or is there a VERY STRONG homoerotic streak in this whole “GodMen” thing?
“Man Up” indeed!!!
Besides, isn’t “God Man” a recouring satirical character in a Village Voice cartoon?
January 16th, 2008 at 5:26 am
the problem u people have is u r all ruled by women.the whole western society be it atheist or christian are feminized because satan has lied to atheist the woman are an opressed lot and they need liberation.he lied to christians woman are better spiritualy and they need equality if not more.thus western society is ruled by people who think on the above 2 lines.such a woman ruled society is inviable in itself and will get destroyed by more manly forces.i think only then the western male will no he needs to be man to survive.it shall be WW3
January 16th, 2008 at 6:20 am
What I think “god” forgets is females are pretty important in the whole reproduction thing, so you can’t just have a whole world filled with dudes. I know that may seem appealing to people like “god”, then you wouldn’t have those damn to get in the way of all your man-on-man fun.
By the way, how many western countries do you see with females leaders?(the queen of GB doesn’t count).
You are a spineless little cunt who needs a poorly-written book of fairy tales to feel like you’re slightly less pathetic. Do the world a favor and blow yourself up, that way we don’t have to endure your idiocy and you’ll get those virgins you want so badly. But make sure to ask for female virgins, otherwise you could end up with a whole bunch of dudes.
January 16th, 2008 at 4:52 pm
god:
“such a woman ruled society is inviable in itself and will get destroyed by more manly forces.”
..and still Queen Elisabeth I destroyed the spanish worlddomination and made England the greatest power in the world at the time and noone has ruled more land than Queen Victoria who sat on the throne for 63 creating the “victorian age”.
Wikipedia:
“Victoria’s reign was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire; during this period it reached its zenith, becoming the foremost global power of the time.”
April 13th, 2008 at 1:33 am
I saw Stine several yrs ago with my sister who is a fundie and I did not think he was funny at all. He was a ranter. He gets pissed and badmouths people who do not agree with his fundamentalism. Wow. Funny guy.
April 13th, 2008 at 1:47 am
I forgot to post before that this kick-ass Jesus stuff was also big in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The book Muscular Christianity by Clifford Putney shows how church leaders back in the day thought church was too feminine and wussy so they started all-male sports and faith groups. sound familiar…?