tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123966.post2538616578326697739..comments2023-08-07T05:58:59.078-07:00Comments on Random Musings: The mark of a true leader?Rebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01847552432061325769noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123966.post-9087283609610934912010-09-03T11:09:20.264-07:002010-09-03T11:09:20.264-07:00LOL - that's hilarious!LOL - that's hilarious!EMBGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123966.post-19864680282290409682008-09-04T15:22:00.000-07:002008-09-04T15:22:00.000-07:00Rebecca,I love your spoofs!You know, the more I lo...Rebecca,<BR/><BR/>I love your spoofs!<BR/><BR/>You know, the more I look around at men's and women's chests, the more I see that the men are the ones who are more like the women than the other way around. Some of them have bigger breasts than I do and that is saying something. <BR/><BR/>Also, you are exactly right that people are trying to MAXIMIZE not minimize their gender specific attributes. I think I am about the only one at our neighborhood pool that hasn't been enhanced in the breast dept. It is so prevalent now, not just for the celebs. <BR/><BR/>Good thing that God didn't choose His leaders based on the size of their biceps. <BR/><BR/>And, if upper body strength is the major prerequisite for leadership, I am quite sure there are many women who could out pushup their pastors.Corriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13771878099332439981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123966.post-72608492646216556612008-09-04T13:40:00.000-07:002008-09-04T13:40:00.000-07:00While we're attempting to be funny, I've got to pa...While we're attempting to be funny, I've got to pass on this latest howler from Mr. Bayly on his blog:<BR/><BR/>"You know, more than anyone else academics such as yourself should rejoice that there are a few of us left who love sexual diversity instead of seeking to minimize, surgically alter, minimize, and squelch it."<BR/><BR/>Enough laughing. Now for a semi-serious response:<BR/><BR/>I'm trying to figure out who these masses are who are trying to minimize, surgically alter, minimize (said twice for emphasis!) and squelch this sexual diversity --- especially the surgically alter part. If anything, people are trying to surgically enhance, emphasize and maximize sexual diversity, not the other way around --- look at all the many breast augmentation surgeries being done today. (To say nothing of the near constant spam I get about how to enhance the size of the male organ.)<BR/><BR/>Now I'll readily admit that there are some feminists who are very vocal in their opposition to breast augmentation surgery. But I hardly think they should be accused of attempting to minimize sexual diversity. I think they are opposed to the idea that a woman should feel she needs to augment her body in this way.<BR/><BR/>I'm not a feminist, and I'll be honest --- despite some extreme pressure, I have not succumbed to breast augmentation. For some reason, God saw fit not to give me the sort of figure that most men prefer to gaze upon. No hourglass here. But, bigger is not necessarily better, and my function has certainly proven better than my form. When a male doctor once made scoffing remarks about my "inadequate breasts", my midwife stopped him and said, "They were more than adequate --- no, they were superior --- in providing her six babies with everything they needed to thrive."<BR/><BR/>But that's not the sort of diversity most men are interested in today. But it is the diversity I have refused to surgically alter.<BR/><BR/>On to more humorous note: when an older woman I know was rudely informed by her doctor that she had "immature breasts" (breasts that, by the way, had no trouble feeding her babies) she shot back, "They're a lot older than you are, laddie!" And a great deal more mature, I'd venture to say...Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847552432061325769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123966.post-66723162798196317122008-09-04T10:24:00.000-07:002008-09-04T10:24:00.000-07:00I probably should attribute the two quote to Tim B...I probably should attribute the two quote to Tim Bayly:<BR/><BR/>"My own thoughts begin with broad shoulders and superior upper body strength when it comes to God’s gifting for the calling of ruling men."<BR/><BR/>"Feminists aren't limited in their rebellion to the commands of Scripture but hate and seek to obliterate even the distinction between man and woman visible on our chests. So sad, really--isn't it?"<BR/><BR/>But the rest of the post really isn't about anyone in particular, except for perhaps my strong and fit son.<BR/><BR/>I have never met Tim Bayly, so I don't want anyone to think I was describing him. I have no reason to believe that he might be either "a kindly, gentle-spirited man" or "well, not exactly slim. If his shoulders are broad, it is only because the rest of him is broad. And wide. And deep." Nor do I have any reason to disparage his upper body strength. Honestly, I have no idea. For all I know, he might be the next Mr. Universe. This post was really about a fictitious pastor. It's a joke. Just to be clear!<BR/><BR/>It was inspired, obviously, by the silliness of equating superior upper body strength with gifting for leadership. I'd like to see the Biblical argument for that one.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847552432061325769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7123966.post-65898903496025445372008-09-04T08:19:00.000-07:002008-09-04T08:19:00.000-07:00Is this the same Trim Brawly who operates a blog w...Is this the same Trim Brawly who operates a blog with his brother King David over on the Brawly blog?<BR/><BR/>Or is it the Brauny blog?<BR/><BR/>I forget which!simplegifts3https://www.blogger.com/profile/08000500581749760466noreply@blogger.com