'Christian' bootcamps aim to cure 'nice guys'

[KurtNYC]

From the Chino (christian in name only) crowd.

Churches and Christian groups worldwide are organising military-style boot camps and "weekend warrior" retreats to help men fight their perceived emasculation within church-going societies. The inspiration for the movement is Wild at Heart, a book by Colorado-based author John Eldredge, who believes "God designed men to be dangerous". The book has already sold 1.5 million copies in English and been translated into 16 languages.
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He believes most men abandon paths of adventure and risk, and Christianity, which often "feels like nothing more than pressure to be a nice guy", is in part to blame.

"It is no wonder that many men avoid church, and those who go are often passive and bored to death," he says. The kind of character Mr Eldredge cites is Russell Crowe in Gladiator as he fights noble battles and finds adventure.

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