# Is Church for Nancy Boys?

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**Created:** [April 21, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-church-for-nancy-boys/241159 "2004-04-21T03:22:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 21, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-church-for-nancy-boys/241159/1 "2004-04-21T03:22:17Z")

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So sayeth Minister Doug Giles of the His People Christian Church

[http://clashradio.com/rants/cp\_where\_are\_gods\_warriors\_wildmen.html](http://clashradio.com/rants/cp_where_are_gods_warriors_wildmen.html)

An excerpt:

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> Have you ever asked yourself, “Self . . . why do churches today look more like the lingerie department at Wal-Mart than a battalion of men poised to plunder the powers of darkness?” Why do men avoid going to church, and what can be done about it?
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> Certainly, the lack of men in church is not at all difficult to see. Just open your eyes any Sunday morning and go to church. Then, count the number of ladies in the pews, and the number of men. The result: you’re slapped in the face with the Jose Cuervo-like reality that men are avoiding church like Michael Jackson avoids reality.
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> More and more, we are seeing fewer and fewer mature and responsible, evil-challenging tripods who love leadership, the struggle and aren’t afraid to boldly face an increasingly godless environment with conviction, power and the love of God.
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> So why do most men avoid church? Here’s the veneer stripped-away answer: going to church for the majority of men is an exercise in unwanted effeminacy. Church, for most men, has not only become irrelevant; it has also become effeminate. Hanging out in church for most extra-Y chromosomes seems unmanly and most men more than anything want to be masculine!

There are a number of ways to solve this problem. Here is just one of the recommendations by Minister Giles

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> Put an end to preaching by cheesy, whiny, quiche eating, preening Nancy Boys . . . right now! It freaks us meat eaters out. Get it? Hire a pastor who throws off a good John Wayne vibe instead of that Boy George feeling. Know what I mean? And cheer on “Pastor Wayne” to serve up the solid meat of the scripture . . . the stuff that prods the congregation to biblical maturity rather than prolonging their infancy.

Perhaps Giles should serve BBQ after mass and sell bullets in the foyer. too.