You'd think church leaders should be setting a good example. Neighborly love, embracing non-violence but no, they say men are made for COMBAT.
Hundreds of churches encourage members to beat each other bloody because men are made for combat;
Hundreds of churches encourage members to beat each other bloody because men are made for combat;
Today over 700 evangelical US churches now integrate MMA (also known as cage-fighting) into their ministry programs. The phenomenon has even been featured in a recent documentary film, 2014’s Fight Church.
Tells us how religious militias are created?The notion that MMA and Christianity are compatible bedfellows is loosely based on the ideology of Muscular Christianity, a mostly-male, Victorian-era movement that linked the gospel with physical and mental toughness.
Delusional preachers. Maybe it's time we turned our backs on organized religion because it's like joining some army. And who are you fighting for? Men of the cloth?“I don’t think that there is anything purer than putting two men in a cage…and just seeing which man is better, and as a pastor, as a bible teacher, I think God made men masculine… Men are made for combat, men are made for conflict, men are . . . ”