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There are many a famous man who never got a college degree. A college degree means nothing these days. It's just a door to making money. Ayn Rand has her problems. She was altruistic and atheistic but she also spoke the truth in many of things she wrote about. One must sift the sand in order to pick out the gold. Ayn Rand has much gold in her since she did love 'truth'. I take the truth from anyone. Even the devil quoted scripture. If someone said it better than me, I will quote him. No need to paraphrase when someone else has eloquently spoken. I am not into "opinions" I am

From the 20 Volume set of The Oxford English Dictionary. 500 years of references are attached to this meaning of the word; from 1393 A.D. to 1881 A. D. There are 74 references from English literature for this word and its equivalents. {This is not a catalogue of every instance of the word.} effeminacy. Also 6 effeminaty [f. EFFEMINATE a.:see acy] 1. Effeminate quality; Unmanly weakness, softness, or delicacy. 1602 WARNER Alb. Eng. Epit. (1612) 360 Findingthe Britons alienated from themselues through ease and effeminacie. 1626 T. H. Caussins Holy Crt. 13 A spirit s

The struggle to stay on course. Much like captains and men of ships in a storm; they struggle to keep the bow pointed into the waves for if it turns left or right, the next wave will swamp them and they shall all perish. The movie "Master and Commander" is a good movie for all boys to see. The saying is "Of wooden ships and iron men". Now we live in an age of "Iron ships and wooden men". "Master and Commander" is about how "real" men live.

A man must strive to attain. No one, Socrates said, is willingly deprived of the good. To win it required all that a man could give. Simonides wrote: Not seen in visible presence by the eyes of men Is Excellence, save his from whom in utmost toil Heart-racking sweat comes, at his manhoods height. Aristotle summed up the search and struggle: Excellence much labored for by the race of men. The Greek Way, Edith Hamilton, Norton, 1930, 1993, pg 175. The truth to reconcile these truths he found in the experience of men, which the men of his generation must have reali

Under the heading of Perseverance: The Latin term for inconstancy (mollities) indicates a kind of softness or effeminacy of spirit. Catholic Encyclopaedia, Vol 11, pg 154. Virtue is a habit. Virtue by nature needs the virtue of perseverance. An effeminate man can never attain virtue since he cannot persevere. Under the heading of Long Suffering: Inconstancy is the vice of those who are unwilling to endure the tedium of prolonged action in the face of obstacles. They are soft and easily abandon the pursuit of virtue in the face of exterior difficulties, such as the jibes of others

Laurie do not know church history? How about the Arian heresy? What about the Gnostic heresy? Did the orthodox believers stand around and do nothing or did they contend for truth? We are to contend for the truth. The iconoclastic controversy in the Eastern Christianity lasted over 200 years. It says, "just as it has taught you abide in him". 1 John 2.27 "Maintain the traditions that I delivered to you" I Cor 11.2 I maintain the traditions and the teachings uncorrupted. It is others that are not obedient. What did St. Vincent Lerins say, "What has been believed by all, f

To Mr. Hunt Why trust modern scholars about anything? College degrees aren't worth the paper they're written on. Take for instance, a Republic. There is a political Scientist at the University of Tampa Florida. Her name is Susan McGinnis, if my memory serves me right. She has a PHD in Political Science. She calls this country a democracy all the time. She was on all the media outlets of newspapers and TV. With seven years of higher education and she still can't get it right along with every one of those "political scienctists" out there. None of them have it right. Not even the

I read both books front to cover with an highlighter and a pen. Just another example of the whitewashing of literature. We got to be careful not to tell boys what the end product is; we are too busy to perpetrate their immaturity and childish fun. Boys need examples and yet none is given him in the modern handbook. In the book, Sex Differences, boys naturally play war. They invent guns and bows and arrows and play that as children. Do not animals imitate their jobs while playing? Do not cats play at pouncing? Do not lions cubs on the velt imitate their adults? Do not all the

Perseverance is a moral virtue. But it is also necessary for all virtues since all virtues are habits of character. Perseverance is the golden mean between inconstancy at the low extreme and stubborn and hard pertinacity at the top extreme. To endure is perseverance. Virtue, by its very nature, demands a certain immobility and stability; all good habits demand a certain permanence. Without the virtue of perseverance no virtue would be practiced for a prolonged period of time, and thus it would be impossible to attain the perfection of virtue Catholic Encyclopaedia, Vol 11 pg153-154.

References to the word man in the l948 Handbook 1, You are in the company of men; 8, men; 18, group of men; 20, great men of history; 22, 2X men, man; 23, men; 24, he was outstanding as a strong, virile man; 25, two men; 34, great men of history; 35, Great men; 39, You and all men; 43, Those are the qualities that make great and successful men.; 47, woodsmen; 59, Woodsmen; 61, What a man your Scoutmaster is! 62, to be real men; 64, men; 103, The men; 104, both the boy and man leaders; 118, young men; 120, 2X men, men; 121, group of men to serve boys; 122, 5X statesman, men of toil, men,

Culture defines Politics. I have provided three seperate witnesses to this truth. Culture defines Politics is a principle of LIFE. Only the foolish man ignores this principle. With socialist culture comes socialist politics. With socialist politics comes socialist culture. One cannot divorce the two. Everything exists in a harmony. The Web of Life. Feminism is socialist modality. This points to the fact of socialist politics in our society. WOW. A convergence. There is harmony between the culture and the politics. This is stated in Plato's Republic. Microcosm/Macrocosm

The Scout Oath and Law are not "values" as I pointed out in the post "Socialist Words vs Christian Classical Words". The Scout Law is a list of virtues. The Scout Law is not a complete list of virtues either. How can a boy reach manhood without having ALL the virtues? Where is the virtue "Prudence" in the Scout Law? Yet it is marked out by Plato, Aristotle and the writer of 4 Maccabees as the most important virtue of all. When is a boy scout going to hear "prudence"? Is there room for perfection? The Scout Oath is an encapsulation of masculinity and manhood. It is not a valu

Thanks. I meant that Custer DID set a bad example, therefore he is a good example for WHAT NOT TO DO. Yes, Hubris and stupidity led to his demise. I see the same hubris and stupidity here also that is leading the BSA program to its own demise and ultimately the demise of masculinity and manhood.

Sirach 14.20 "The multitude is easily decieved." Sirach 13.8 "Beware that thou be not decieved." In Deut 22.5 "The apparel of a man shall not be on a woman, neither shall a man put on a women's dress; for everyone that does these things is an adomination to the Lord thy God". "Putting on the apparel of a man". What is the policeman's uniform? What is a soldier's uniform? What is the Boy Scout uniform? The apparel of a man. Just like it is forbidden to "wear" it is also forbidden to do the job of a man. Women are forbidden to do the job of men. There are exceptions

Terry, I have been trying to keep my posts relative to Scouting. In the interrelationship of human life; i.e. the web of life, the impact of politics affects our discernment. Politics is the outgrowth of one's philosophy. Philosophy is like a DOS program. Whatever's ones philosophy determines ones, mentality, modality, and terminology. Many people out there have a false impression of Fascism that it is of the right and slander Christians with the word Fascism. I have proven in the post Politics 101 where fascism is a product of socialism and of the left. This is relevant to scouting

I stand corrected I was wrong about the part being "golden". The point is "The Old is Good." Whereas many on this website want to trash the Old because they are dead-white-men. Jesus confirms the Old as Good. Liberals and socialists, being the progressives that they are, hate the Old. They destroy the old in order to build the new. I am not an Anarchist. I just don't practice the Roman Mentality of "Total Obedience to authority". Look up the post to "Socrates: Culture defines Politics" where I point out HISTORICAL situation where Alexander the Great commanded all to kneel to him. The Persia

Rooster. This woman was denied by every court on the way up. Every jursist said she could not be a lawyer. Righteousness is about staying within one's boundaries. Not to exceed them. Being a lawyer, policeman, soldier, are all "manly functions". These jurists are expressing the Christian culture. This decision preserves Christian culture. Unadalterated from socialist influence. Feminism is unrighteousness. It tells a woman to covet and to usurp the authority and leadership of men. Adam was led by his wife Eve. Look at where that led us. This has nothing to do with "spiritual head

Notice how Fuzzy Bear does not quote a single thing. It is just like Ayn Rand has said. He has done no research. He references nobody. It is ALL HIS OPINION. How can opinion be truth? It is not. As regards to openness, Socrates: "Truthfulness will never intentionally receive into their mind falsehood, which is their detestation, and they will love the truth." Republic, Jowett, sec 485; pg 216-7 Socrates "And will the love of a lie be any part of a philosopher's nature? Will he not utterly hate a lie? Reply: He will. Socrates: And when truth is the captain, we cann

This is taken from the book, "The Church Impotent", by Leon Podles. He is a Roman Catholic with six sons. His sons are in Scouting and is an Assistant Scoutmaster. "In almost all societies, learning to be masculine also means being initiated into the religion of that society, since religion teaches the meaning of the mysteries of the life and death. The holy is a masculine category: men develop their masculine identity by a pattern of seperation, both biological and cultural, and to be holy means to be seperated. The more transcendent God is, the holier he is and the more masculine he is."

This is taken from the book, "The Church Impotent", by Leon Podles. He is a Roman Catholic with six sons. His sons are in Scouting and he is an Assistant Scoutmaster. "In almost all societies, learning to be masculine also means being initiated into the religion of that society, since religion teaches the meaning of the mysteries of the life and death. The holy is a masculine category: men develop their masculine identity by a pattern of seperation, both biological and cultural, and to be holy means to be seperated. The more transcendent God is, the holier he is and the more masculine he i

This is taken from the book, "The Church Impotent", by Leon Podles. He is a Roman Catholic with six sons and is an Assistant Scoutmaster. "In almost all societies, learning to be masculine also means being initiated into the religion of that society, since religion teaches the meaning of the mysteries of the life and death. The holy is a masculine category: men develop their masculine identity by a pattern of seperation, both biological and cultural, and to be holy means to be seperated. The more transcendent God is, the holier he is and the more masculine he is." pg 197 "Learning to b

As Igor Shafarevich wrote in his excellent essay Socialism In Our Past And Future and Alexander Solzhenitsyn wrote in From Under the Rubble, the destruction of religion and the family are central to socialist ideology. This is from the Thread: "Socrates: Culture defines Politics".

As Igor Shafarevich wrote in his excellent essay Socialism In Our Past And Future and Alexander Solzhenitsyn wrote in From Under the Rubble, the destruction of religion and the family are central to socialist ideology. This is from the thread Socrates: Culture defines Politics(This message has been edited by WHEELER)(This message has been edited by WHEELER)

That's right Trail Pounder. Your merit badge book on Citizenship for country has a flawed definition of a Republic. None of you including your executive committee has a clue on what virtue is. I spent my time to know, you spend your time to gain money. For the importance of this post: As Igor Shafarevich wrote in his excellent essay Socialism In Our Past And Future and Alexander Solzhenitsyn wrote in From Under the Rubble, the destruction of religion and the family are central to socialist ideology.

From "A Dictionary of Americanisms; On Historical Principles", editied by Mitford M. Mathews. Pg 1895, Yahoo is "an early settler in California". 1855 SIMMS Forayers 203 The Yahoos were another tory banditti; ther name, with a strange tast, self-chosen... 1872 POWERS, Afoot&Alone 282, It is ot these Yahoos alone who find themselves without wives, for the best old Spanish blood goes a begging. Dunderment A state of astonishment or confusion. "I was kind of struck with a dunderment." "You never see'd a fellow in such a dunderment in your life". Dunderheads is my creat