She, who has brought wise men to their knees
Published September 02, 2004
Women are said to be weaker than men, honestly speaking, they are stronger than men with their charms and sweet perfumes.
By Joel Savage
After the creation of man, according to the Bible, God gave him dominion over all things. Despite this power given to man, God still discovered that he is very lonely, so he made a woman out of the man to make happiness. From then, women had been relevant in the life of men. Their influence on men is undoubtably strong and powerful.
For some men women have brought them success and for others they have brought their downfall. "Behind every successful man, there is a woman" they say and the old adage says however that "It's not everything that glitters is gold" Some women had contributed to the wreck of homes and societies. Is it the lust of men or their inability to resist the woman that often caused the downfall of men? Or should we always blame woman as the "evil" one.
I was compelled to write this article, after listening to a recent argument on whom to blame for the "misfortunes of men entangled in some funny relationships with women" The first fall of man recorded in the Bible, was when Eve convinced Adam to eat the forbidden fruit. The man ate it on trust from his woman. But God punished him for that mistake he did. Another scripture tells us of King Ahab, married to a pagan called Jezebel. Urged on by his wife to seize Naboth's vineyard, Naboth's death was plotted and he was killed.
Then Samson, one of the judges of the tribes of Israel, fell in love with Delilah, a woman from the Philistines, an enemy of Israel. She used all her tricks, to unlock the strength of Samson and delivered him unto the hands of his enemies. Samson was captured and later died in the camp of the enemies. Even God's own King David, a composer, who wrote the book of Psalms, couldn't resist the nakedness of Uriah's wife. After failing to persuade Uriah to sleep with his wife, to concede his sin and pregnancy of Bathsheba, David, sent Uriah to the hottest part of a battle field to get him killed.
The story of the wisest king that ever lived. King Solomon. Despite his wiseness, he lost forcus because of his lust for women. The Queen of Sheba, made him to worship other God's and she brought idols into the land of Israel. Giving examples of strong religious and wise men, floored by women, could be a complete volume of a book, so let's shift to our present generation.
About five years ago, the world was shocked, when it was revealed that former president of America, Bill Clinton was involved in an affair with a former staff of the white house, Monica Lewinski. I watched as I saw people swearing that the story couldn't be true. But why? Is Clinton different from other great men women have brought them down? To make matters worse, after the denial by Bill Clinton himself of not having any relationship with Monica, there was no room any where to contain the lies. He confessed to the whole world of entering that relationship with Monica Lewinski.
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- Published: September 02, 2004
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Hello Mr Bryan Mckay, thank you very much for your sharp opinions over the above article. The purpose of writing this article is to stop men blaming women for their misfortunes of affairs, behind their marriage, as married men or married women. In short nobody should blame Monica Lewinski for exposing Bill Clinton over that secret love affair. The world should blame The Ex-president for it, because it was his lust that floored him. Even if Monica was the one who started it all up, he is a man, he has the strength to resist the temptation. Thank you. From the Writer.
Ah, okay, I get it now. As men, we should have the strength to resist the temptations of these foul sirens. Even if both parties are at fault, of course, I'm sure it's just the man's fault for not having the strength to resist, right? We can't expect women to have that sort of strength, especially if, after all, they're the ones here to tempt us in the first place. I see it all so clearly now.
Your wife must be a very happy woman!





Alright, well, I don't buy into much of this religion stuff as it is, but you seem to be insinuating here that women exist for the purpose of tempting men?
Could the lure of men by women be another sort of temptation then?
I find this line of thinking preposterous. I may be looking at this from a bit of a biased perspective, being a born and bred atheist and all, but who would really buy into such an idea? I'm certain that most women who read the site would take offense to it. Do you honestly think that women exist for this purpose? I'm not even sure what to say to this, really. I understand you are not saying that men should blame women, but even arguing that there could be reason to blame them seems ridiculous by me.