TIL Muscular Christianity was a Victorian doctrine which suggested that participation in sport could contribute to the development of Christian morality, physical fitness, and “manly” character.
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Also known as "Cross Fit"
Jesus didn't die on the cross, he fell asleep for 3 days and woke up in a cave.
WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!!!
Then he smashed his way out though solid rock.
"When I started Cross Fit it wasn't necessarily by choice..."
As someone whose fitness is CrossFit adjacent, it’s so true for a significant portion of gyms.
From Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation by Kristen Kobes du Mez
That's why I'm fat. I'm just too much of an atheists.
My issue with these "progressive" christian takes that hateful, controlling christianity is a recent phenomena, is that christianity has been hateful and controlling for all of its existence.
Its just denial.
Sounds like the freaky shit that Kellogg's guy was on about
IDK about all that, but it definitely produces some hot-ass closet cases who like to smash on the DL so, I guess whatever
Gaaaaaaay
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5T9IiO0ZLOM
I mean I think this actually does help, but not for the reasons their dumbasses thought it did.
Early manosphere
Ironic how the homophobic jesus cult is so obsessed with how 'manly' men are.
yeas it’s true