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===Old Testament===

===Old Testament===

The relationship between [[God]] and Men is tumultuous from the start. The first three men written of in [[Genesis]] are [[Adam]], cast from [[Eden]] after eating fruit from the [[Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil]] <ref>http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/kjv/gen003.htm</ref> and [[Cain]] and his brother and victim [[Abel]], the elder sons of Adam and [[Eve]]. <ref>http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/kjv/gen004.htm</ref>.(Men were punished with an Adams Apple when the forbidden fruit lodged in his throat)

The relationship between [[God]] and Men is tumultuous from the start. The first three men written of in [[Genesis]] are [[Adam]], cast from [[Eden]] after eating fruit from the [[Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil]] <ref>http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/kjv/gen003.htm</ref> and [[Cain]] and his brother and victim [[Abel]], the elder sons of Adam and [[Eve]].<ref>http://www.sacred-texts.com/bib/kjv/gen004.htm</ref>(Men were punished with an Adams Apple when the forbidden fruit lodged in his throat)

===New Testament===

===New Testament===

The New Testament states that man "is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man."<ref>I Corinthians 11:7 [http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/popup.pl?book=1Cr&chapter=11&verse=7&version=kjv#7]</ref>

The New Testament states that man "is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man."<ref>[http://www.blueletterbible.org/cgi-bin/popup.pl?book=1Cr&chapter=11&verse=7&version=kjv#7 I Corinthians 11:7]</ref>

==Masculine identity==

==Masculine identity==

Dr. [[Joseph Nicolosi]] wrote:

Dr. [[Joseph Nicolosi]] wrote:

{{QuoteBox|Increasingly today, we are abandoning support of our boys’ formation of masculine identity; particularly the support needed from the [[parents]].  For the [[boy]], the father is most significant in the identification process.  If he is warm and receptive and inviting, the boy will disidentify with [[mother]] and bond with [[father]] to fulfill his natural masculine strings.  If the father is cold, detached, harsh, or even simply disinterested, the boy may reach out, but eventually will feel hurt and discouraged and surrender his natural masculine strivings, returning to his mother. <ref>Nicolosi, Joseph, [http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/narth/selfreinvention.html Gay as Self-Reinvention] ''Narth Bulletin'', December 1997.</ref>}}

{{QuoteBox|Increasingly today, we are abandoning support of our boys’ formation of masculine identity; particularly the support needed from the [[parents]].  For the [[boy]], the father is most significant in the identification process.  If he is warm and receptive and inviting, the boy will disidentify with [[mother]] and bond with [[father]] to fulfill his natural masculine strings.  If the father is cold, detached, harsh, or even simply disinterested, the boy may reach out, but eventually will feel hurt and discouraged and surrender his natural masculine strivings, returning to his mother.<ref>Nicolosi, Joseph, [http://www.leaderu.com/orgs/narth/selfreinvention.html Gay as Self-Reinvention] ''Narth Bulletin'', December 1997.</ref>}}

==References==

==References==

*[[Women]]

*[[Women]]

==External Links==

==External links==

*[http://www.aim.org/wls/category/men/ What Liberals Say - Category: Men], [[Accuracy In Media]]

*[http://www.aim.org/wls/category/men/ What Liberals Say - Category: Men], [[Accuracy In Media]]

*[http://bertschlossberg.blogspot.com/ A Plea for Men (but it doesn't come about by a plea!)]

*[http://bertschlossberg.blogspot.com/ A Plea for Men (but it doesn't come about by a plea!)]

[[category:Human Beings]]

[[Category:Human Beings]]