Timothy Birdnow

Interesting; Russian Orthodoxy is growing by leaps and bounds in no small part because it values masculinity.

Young US men are joining Russian churches promising 'absurd levels of manliness'

You can tell by the tone of this (an article from teh BBC) that the authors fear and disapprove of this. That says it's on the right track to me.

Men need to reclaim their masculinity. For a long, long time now men were told masculinity was evil and we should be ashamed of being men. We have told that the idea is to be girlish. In fact, so many have been told this that we've seen a huge rise in transgenderism as young boys realize there is no future in being male and so try to join the other team. What is lacking, and has been lacking, is an unapologetic defense of masculinity and the virtues therein.

We used to understand those. When I was a kid we had the Boy Scouts whose mission was to inculcate those values in young boys so they would grow into decent, God fearing men. Such men were the backbone of society.

Is it any wonder society is incrasingly in a mess at a time when masculinity is despited and discouraged?

And that no doubt played a part in the election of Trump, who is clearly testosterone fueled, unlike the limp-wristed candidates the GOP put forward in days of yore.

So I say Godspeed to the Orthodox church and the men who are reclaiming our God-given male heritage.

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