Our friends at Match.com released their second annual Singles in America Study, showing that more
men are in favor of committed relationships and public displays of affection than their female counterparts.
While it seems that 90 % of young
men are in favor of gender equality in the home, the results aren't terribly reliable.
Not exact matches
These weren't STEM jobs, per se, but it does indicate that things aren't always stacked
in favor of
men.
The marketing
is edgy: October's «Touch Yourself» campaign
in partnership with Women's Health and
Men's Health magazines ditches traditional pink National Breast Cancer Awareness Month branding
in favor of a naked woman holding her breasts, encouraging women to do self - exams for early detection.
In fact, boar bristle brushes are still heavily favored by many men in Italy, a country where old - school barber - style wet shaving never really went out of styl
In fact, boar bristle brushes
are still heavily
favored by many
men in Italy, a country where old - school barber - style wet shaving never really went out of styl
in Italy, a country where old - school barber - style wet shaving never really went out of style.
In fact, boar bristle brushes are still heavily favored by many men in Italy, a country where old - school barber - style wet shavi
In fact, boar bristle brushes
are still heavily
favored by many
men in Italy, a country where old - school barber - style wet shavi
in Italy, a country where old - school barber - style wet shaving
The same can't
be said for the other countries
in the top five, many of which see discrepancies of a few thousand dollars tilted
in men's
favor.
It
's hard to imagine these incentive structures didn't impact the decision of
Men's Wearhouse to reject the lucrative buyout offer from Jos. A. Bank
in favor of a much riskier and value - destroying deal for shareholders.
Taking hostage a
man who
is regarded
in many quarters as a hero
is unlikely to curry
favor in other European capitals or bolster the Spanish government's already tarnished image
in the international press.
Man rejects the God that is in favor of the god man can control and desi
Man rejects the God that
is in favor of the god
man can control and desi
man can control and design.
These
are men greeds and
are unrelated to religion nor it
is in favor of religions... religion
is a direct spritual connection between the Servent and his GOD... that
was what most of us knew before we
were spoiled by the «Islamic Belt Idea» that the West had introduced and marketed it
in our MidEast area towards encouraging youth to join militants
in «Jihad» establishing that belt surrounding and fighting the communists
in Afghanistan and some Asian countries... Well now that has spoiled our life coming back on us and you but I do not see why should we innocents pay for your «Political Games»...!?
We Americans
are so selfish and we
are NEVER satisfied with anything... on 9/11 we all came together and acted like we
were all so
in favor of getting this
man... now he dies..
If all
men are sinners, and the only ones that don't go to hell
are the ones that accept Jesus, then life and the afterlife
are tilted
in favor of the people that can more easily experience God.
And if my eyes
were more filled with tears than those of a repentant woman, and if each tear
were more precious than a pardoned woman's many tears; if I could find a place more humble than the place at his feet, and if I could sit there more humbly than a woman whose heart's sole choice
was this one thing needful; if I loved him more sincerely than the most loyal of his servants, eager to shed the last drop of his life - blood
in his service; if I had found greater
favor in his eyes than the purest among women — nevertheless, if I asked him to alter his purpose, to reveal himself differently, to
be more lenient with himself, he would doubtless look at me and say:
Man, what have I to do with thee?
1 Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria,
was a great
man with his master and
in high
favor, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria.
Is it possible to have the
favor of
man and God poured out like crazy on a ministry - and that minister / leader still walk
in total surrender and humility and
be able to stay
in touch with other human
beings without thinking he / she / it have
been lifted to some elite spiritual status?
If Catholics run the risk of resolving the divine / human paradox
in favor of human free will (Co-Redemptrix), Protestants run the danger of resolving the paradox
in favor of divine decree (double predestination —
man is a zero).
So
in the first place I thought that if you
were hetero then you liked women how
is it that they
were hetero and gay??? How do you explain the fact that they would not take lots daughters to mean that they
were passing by women
in favor of
men that sure sounds gay to me.
He taught trust
in the omnipotent beneficence of God and proclaimed that faith
was the act by which
men earned God's
favor.
Such happiness may not
be the only recommendation necessary to establish a
man's character, but, other things
being equal, it should count heavily
in his
favor.
That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can
be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all
men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience, and that no particular religious sect or society ought to
be favored or established by law
in preferrence [sic] to others.
And having degrees from Moody Bible Institute and Dallas Theological Seminary, I
am aware of the arguments
in favor of the «only
men must teach the Bible» view.
It
is these injustices that would lend their opinion immediately
in favor of the officer and against the
men whose lives
were taken by them.
Islam does not make distinctions between
men,
is not
in favor of class distinction; Arab, Turk, occidental, oriental, a
man of the north or of the south — they
are all alike.
Paul wrote
in Galatians 1:10, «For
am I now seeking the
favor of
men, or of God?»
We need not anthropocentrically imagine the evolutionary process to culminate
in man, for it
is quite conceivable that
in time it might bypass
man and the entire class of mammals to
favor some very different species capable of a greater complexity than
man can achieve; if not here on earth, then
in some other planetary system.
If we substitute «Jesus Christ» for «neighbor» Christians
in general will accept that statement; but there
is danger
in that substitution as well as the possibility of enlightenment, since the relation of Jesus Christ to our other neighbors
is often obscured
in theology; his revelation of what it means to
be a
man is often forgotten
in favor of exclusive attention to his disclosure of what it means that God
is, and
is Good.
Ancient
man was at their mercy, and it
was in his own interests to win and retain their
favor.
George Mason, a member of the Con - sti - tu - tion - al Convention and recognized as The Father of the Bill of Rights submitted this proposal for the wording of the First Amendment All
men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience and that no particular sect or society of Christians ought to
be favored or established by law
in preference to others.
The young
man in Matthew's narrative asks Jesus about his good deed; he would settle at one stroke all doubts about
being in or out of God's
favor.
«
In assuming responsibilities so vast I fervently invoke the aid of that Almighty Ruler of the Universe in whose hands are the destinies of nations and of men to guard this Heaven - favored land against the mischiefs.
In assuming responsibilities so vast I fervently invoke the aid of that Almighty Ruler of the Universe
in whose hands are the destinies of nations and of men to guard this Heaven - favored land against the mischiefs.
in whose hands
are the destinies of nations and of
men to guard this Heaven -
favored land against the mischiefs...
In the elect
man, Jesus, not only all human
beings but the whole creation has
been elected to receive God's
favor and fulfill God's will.
But if this
is true of «ordinary» species, what duration may we not look for
in the case of
Man, that
favored race which, by its intelligence, has succeeded
in removing all danger of serious competition and even
in attacking the causes of senescence at the root.
The new formula,
in consequence,
was that
man's happiness and misery come from God as the evidence of his
favor or disfavor; that one thing supremely pleases God, moral goodness, and one thing supremely he hates, moral evil; that whenever
men are fortunate they must have
been virtuous and whenever they
are wretched they must have transgressed; that all human suffering
is thus punishment for sin — «Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?»
Jesus
is called «Son of God», sometimes
in the sense of a
man chosen and called to
be a servant or agent of God and a special recipient of God's love and
favor.
And a teenage girl absorbs the idea that a woman
is someone who
is sexually desirable to a
man; her worth lies
in her value as a sexual commodity and her ability to control the male with the sexual
favors she provides.
Rick Perry may truly
be a religious
man, but I keep reading between the lines that he
is a
man who has demonstrated that he can
be bought for the right price, does not care much about the environment, people except for the upper class, and who shuns science
in favor of the party line and cash
in pocket.
People targeted our children to gain
favor with the church leadership — like the
man who
was helping with Sunday School who insisted my 11 year old daughter speak
in tongues, laying hands on her and yelling at her
in front of the other kids — all without our knowledge.
The best case
in it
's favor seems to
be made by this quote: «The crucifix
is the sign of a God that loves
man to the point of giving up his life for him.
God
is not
in favor of religion because it
is of
man.
May the elemental gods find
favor in this found son of
man that he may not
be afflicted with this world's power but rather he should carry upon him the angst from his manhood till his natural death.
In the light of this analysis, then, my own scenario is cautiously hopeful, depending on (1) whether a creative minority of dreamers and doers with visions of a new life - fulfilling social order really emerges in strength, (2) the alliances that can be worked out with blacks, the poor, and other minorities now excluded from major social benefits, (3) the extent to which the populist idealism of the lower middle classes and working people generally favoring the extension of rights and equality to the «little man» everywhere wins out over the reactionary fears and prejudices which establishment elites and opportunist politicians are all too willing to exploit, and (4) what takes place at the center of the political spectrum itself under the pressure of events and in response to challenges to the established system from militant seekers of chang
In the light of this analysis, then, my own scenario
is cautiously hopeful, depending on (1) whether a creative minority of dreamers and doers with visions of a new life - fulfilling social order really emerges
in strength, (2) the alliances that can be worked out with blacks, the poor, and other minorities now excluded from major social benefits, (3) the extent to which the populist idealism of the lower middle classes and working people generally favoring the extension of rights and equality to the «little man» everywhere wins out over the reactionary fears and prejudices which establishment elites and opportunist politicians are all too willing to exploit, and (4) what takes place at the center of the political spectrum itself under the pressure of events and in response to challenges to the established system from militant seekers of chang
in strength, (2) the alliances that can
be worked out with blacks, the poor, and other minorities now excluded from major social benefits, (3) the extent to which the populist idealism of the lower middle classes and working people generally
favoring the extension of rights and equality to the «little
man» everywhere wins out over the reactionary fears and prejudices which establishment elites and opportunist politicians
are all too willing to exploit, and (4) what takes place at the center of the political spectrum itself under the pressure of events and
in response to challenges to the established system from militant seekers of chang
in response to challenges to the established system from militant seekers of change.
An increasing number of
men are neglecting the roles God clearly outlined for them
in Scripture (Genesis 3:19, 1 Thessalonians 5:26, 1 Timothy 2:8)
in favor of blatant cultural capitulation.
Christian books and conferences tend to perpetuate the idea that a woman's worth should
be measured by the details, rather than the message, of Proverbs 31, and like the magazines
in the checkout line, often focus on fitness, domesticity, beauty, and success as ways of earning the
favor of God and
men.
May the elemental gods, the true sons of God find
favor in these cherishing crevice - found sons of a common life
man that they may not
be afflicted with this world's power based truancies but rather they should carry upon them their angst from their manhoods till their natural deaths.
Even the point about what
is best for other creatures, which may seem very modern,
is not without foundation
in Hebrew Scriptures
in such passages as the law against taking the hen - bird as well as the eggs from the nest (Deut 22:6), or this saying from Proverbs: «A righteous
man has regard for the life of his beast» (12:10), where,
be it noted, the quality that makes a
man considerate of his working animals
is not prudence or good business sense but «righteousness,» a point all the more significant when we remember that
in the Hebrew Scriptures one of the marks of righteousness
is not mere evenhandedness but active
favor to the weak and deprived.
Of course, this also means there
's no need for
man - made religion
in the first place, if God finds
favor with people who have no knowledge of the bible.
Abraham looked up and saw three
men standing nearby (Gen 18:2 NIV)»... Furthermore, there is a good reason to study the old Orient, the rituals and cultures of the Middel East, especially at that time,,, i myself being Half Egyptian and having been raised there, am blessed with this foreknowledge for certain things that are still the same way now as they were at th etime of Jesus and earlier,,, where Men kiss to greet one another for example,,, so when King David talks about the love of Jonathan being greater than that of a woman,,, and at the same time knowing that the Hebrew litreature (as the Arabian culture to quite an extent still is) was very poetic and used éndless symbols and parabels to express an idea,,, one might do himself a favor not jumping to conclusions which satisfy only his very own ideas and thoughts,,, the biggest problem with Bible interpretations lately is Verses ripped out of the context and interpreted in such a way that has nothing to do with its original context... «To the law and to the testimo
men standing nearby (Gen 18:2 NIV)»... Furthermore, there
is a good reason to study the old Orient, the rituals and cultures of the Middel East, especially at that time,,, i myself
being Half Egyptian and having
been raised there,
am blessed with this foreknowledge for certain things that
are still the same way now as they
were at th etime of Jesus and earlier,,, where
Men kiss to greet one another for example,,, so when King David talks about the love of Jonathan being greater than that of a woman,,, and at the same time knowing that the Hebrew litreature (as the Arabian culture to quite an extent still is) was very poetic and used éndless symbols and parabels to express an idea,,, one might do himself a favor not jumping to conclusions which satisfy only his very own ideas and thoughts,,, the biggest problem with Bible interpretations lately is Verses ripped out of the context and interpreted in such a way that has nothing to do with its original context... «To the law and to the testimo
Men kiss to greet one another for example,,, so when King David talks about the love of Jonathan
being greater than that of a woman,,, and at the same time knowing that the Hebrew litreature (as the Arabian culture to quite an extent still
is)
was very poetic and used éndless symbols and parabels to express an idea,,, one might do himself a
favor not jumping to conclusions which satisfy only his very own ideas and thoughts,,, the biggest problem with Bible interpretations lately
is Verses ripped out of the context and interpreted
in such a way that has nothing to do with its original context... «To the law and to the testimony!
Feminists have taught us to read our history
in a way that shows how even the more
favored women have
been treated as male property, excluded from the possibility of developing and expressing their independent capacities, identified chiefly by their relations to
men, and expected to shape their lives for the sake of husbands and children.
We have now amongst us a sister whose lot it has
been to
be favored with sundry gifts of revelation, which she experiences
in the Spirit by ecstatic vision amidst the sacred rites of the Lord's Day
in the church; she converses with angels, and sometimes even with the Lord; she both sees and hears mysterious communications; some
men's hearts she understands, and to them who
are in need she distributes remedies.64