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Originally Posted by shackleton  Quote:
Originally Posted by BobVigneault "men are becoming more passive"?
I don't believe so, read about Adam's great stand against the serpent again in Genesis. The passivity is in our blood, we struggle against it, however, like other sins, our culture no longer struggles against it and encourages us to give in to our 'nature'. | So I guess what you are saying is that men have always been passive and the ones that know what is good for them (and know how to keep peace) just let women have their way? |
Huh? Not sure how you misread Bob there.
What he's saying is that the natural man is passive. Our culture now says that passivity is the way to go - so the culture tempts men to act according to their natural tendency.
However, the Bible calls men NOT to a passive but a loving and active role in the home - we must struggle against our nature in order to take that active role. That's all Bob was saying (hope he doesn't mind me speaking for him).
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