what is it to be a man? is it muscles? or brain? or human spirit?
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It's a well-rounded, protective, sure-footed, kind, just, selfless, heroic, firm, decisive person who is also capable of being, soft, sensitive, cuddly, quiet and introspective.
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I'm human.\n\n\nI can be all of that.\n\n\nhow about you earthguy? are you earthy enough to be human?
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For you or your partner? And is your partner male or female?  Men and women have different physiology.
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Big number one, and most important is the brain (imagination).  Second is good cardiovascular system, third would be a tie between the integument (skin) and if you are male, a reasonable testosterone level.  Beyond that, it is just what you make it.
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Well, since I believe you to be male, the answer is probably sex. I think I'm on pretty safe ground on this one.
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In his book "The Spiritual Man", I always liked Watchman Nee's light bulb analogy to explain the differences between spirit, soul and body.  \n\n"God treated man's soul as something unique. As the angels were created as spirits, so man was created predominantly as a living soul. Man not only had a body, a body with the breath of life; he became a living soul as well. Thus we find later in the Scriptures that God often referred to men as souls. Why? Because what the man is depends on how his soul is. His soul represents him and expresses his individuality. It is the organ of man's free will, the organ in which spirit and body are completely merged. If man's soul wills to obey God, it will allow the spirit to rule over the man as ordered by God. The soul, if it chooses, also can suppress the spirit and take some other delight as lord of the man. This trinity of spirit, soul and body may be partially illustrated by a light bulb. Within the bulb, which can represent the total man, there are electricity, light and wire. The spirit is like the electricity, the soul the light, and body the wire. Electricity is the cause of the light while light is the effect of electricity. Wire is the material substance for carrying the electricity as well as for manifesting the light. The combination of spirit and body produces soul, that which is unique to man. As electricity, carried by the wire, is expressed in light, so spirit acts upon the soul and the soul, in turn, expresses itself through the body."
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God is not a person in flesh. He is in the form of Spirit. Man can never become God. How can a created one become a Uncreated One?
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Every human person is endowed with a spiritual soul, with intellect and with free will. Man is rational and therefore like God; he is created with free will and is master over his acts. \n\nGod created man in his image and established him in his friendship. A spiritual creature, man can live this friendship only in free submission to God. The prohibition against eating "of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil" spells this out: "for in the day that you eat of it, you shall die." The "tree of the knowledge of good and evil" symbolically evokes the insurmountable limits that man, being a creature, must freely recognize and respect with trust. Man is dependent on his Creator, and subject to the laws of creation and to the moral norms that govern the use of freedom. \n\nAlthough set by God in a state of rectitude man, enticed by the evil one, abused his freedom at the very start of history. Man, tempted by the devil, let his trust in his Creator die in his heart and, abusing his freedom, disobeyed God's command. He lifted himself up against God, and sought to attain his goal apart from him. By his sin Adam, as the first man, lost the original holiness and justice he had received from God, not only for himself but for all human beings.
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Questor, I'm going to go out on a limb (again).This may not be the type of answer you intended to receive . To me spirit is Identity and energy is Action. Quote;"Identity may be termed action which is conscious of itself. For the purposes of our discussion,the terms 'action' and 'identity' must be seperated, but basically no such seperation exists. An identity is also a dimension of existence, action upon action, an onfolding of action upon itself,--and through this interweaving of action with itself, through this re-action, an identity is formed. The energy of action, the workings of action within and upon itself, forms identity. Yet though identity is formed from action, action and identity cannot be seperated. Identity, then, is action's effect upon itself. Without identity action would be meaningless, for there would be nothing upon which action could act. Action must, by it's very nature, of itself and it's workings, create identities. This applies from the most simple to the most complex. ....action is not a force from without that acts upon matter. Action is, instead, the inside vitality of the inner universe--it is the dilemma between inner vitality's desire and impetus to completely materialize itself, and it's inability to do so. This first dilemma results in action, and from action's own workings upon itself we have seen that identity was formed, and that these two are inseperable. Action is, therefore, a part of all structure. Action, having of itself and because of its nature would seem to destroy identity, since action must involve change, and any change seems to threaten identity. It is a mistaken notion, however, that identity is dependent upon stability. Identity, because of its characteristics, will continually seek stability, while stability is impossible. This is our second dilemma. It is this dilemma, between identity's constant attempts to maintain stabilty and action's inherent drive for change, that results in the imbalance, the exquisite creative by-product that is 'consciousness of self'. For consciousness and existence do not result from delicate balances as much as they are made possible by lack of balances, so richly creative that there would be no reality were balance ever maintained....Identity must seek stability while action must seek change; yet identity could not exist without change, for it is the result of action and a part of it. Identities are never constant as you yourselves are not the same from one moment to the next. Every action is a termination...And yet without the termination, identity would cease to exist, for consciousness without action would cease to be conscious. Consciousness, therefore, is not a 'thing' in itself. It is a dimension of action, an almost miraculous state, made possible by what I choose to call a series of creative dilemmas. It should be fairly easy to see how the second dilemma evolved from the first. I have said that the second one resulted in ---and constantly results in---consciousness of self. This is not ego consciousness. Consciousness of self is still consciousness directly connected with action. Ego consciousness is a state resulting from the third creative dilemma, which happens when consciousness of self attempts to seperate itself from action. Since this is obviously impossible, since no consciousness or identity can exist without action, we have the third dilemma....consciousness of self involves a consciousness of self within---and a part of---action. Ego consciousness, on the other hand, involves a state in which consciousness of self attempts to divorce itself from action---an attempt on the part of consciousness to perceive action as an object...and to perceive action as initiated by the ego as a result, rather than as a cause, of ego's own existence. These three dilemmas represent three areas of reality within which inner vitality can experience itself. And here also
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So, in the light of the Additional details you furnished, here I am with my answer-\n\nIn my view, the quintessence of an "ideal" (I presume) man in society constitutes of the following attributes:-\n\n1- Communication\nSome are introverts, some are extroverts; some talk less and some talk more but, inspite of the varying communication levels, there has to be a certain amount of communication with others in a man's life.\n\n2- Action-Reaction\nUnlike other species, us men are affected to a greater degree by the sociological and environmental happenings. As a rule of thumb, our way of thinking IS affected by what happens in our surroundings.\n\n3- Fun\nMankind finds a way to somehow entertain itself. We have a sense of humour and thus, rejuvenate ourselves with the things we find amusing. This attribute is somewhat exclusive to mankind. We also have a terrific musical sense and can enjoy and appreciate music.\n\n4- Hygine\nThis too is an important attribute. Us men have a better sense of hygine than other species and perhaps this sense has contributed a lot in our development as an species.\n\n5- Competitive nature\nA will to excel in all the known fields of study, education, sports and politics also constitutes the major defining attributes of the species we call "men".\n\nThere are a few more categories and sub-categories further down the list but, I better not list them all or I'll put you to sleep.\n\nBest Regards.
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That is true - sex is a biological standpoint, gender is a physiological standpoint. So basically, when you are born a doctor says male or female and that is your sex. Your gender is what you feel you are. Usually sex and gender are the same, but some people, especially in North American culture, are born, let's say male, and feel they should have been female - that is a gender issue.
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IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOMTHING TO DO WITH YOUR MANHOOD OR SOMTHING ABOUT BEING A MAN.
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when u r ready to become a man.
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its the male hormone. its what determines your masculine traits and tendencies.
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To start with, "all" means human beings -- not animals.  Secondly, in context with the theory of evolution, I don't believe it was a physical image in which He created us, but perhaps our souls that resemble Him.  As far as gender goes, God is neither man nor woman.  The male figure in early literature was always considered the dominant gender, so to represent God's dominion over the world, He has always naturally been assimilated to masculine terms.
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Human biology. I like it best because there is so much that we can and will learn about the human body. The human body is the most sophisticated machine ever created. God is a total genius.
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The study of man or mankind