When I was growing up, I always viewed cowboys as the pinnacle of manhood. My dad always watched an hour of westerns in the morning before going to work, so the first thing my tired eyes seen in the morning was usually Matt Dillon and Festus keeping peace in Dodge City. This continued until I was in high school, so seeing my dad look up to these fictional cowboys made me look up to them as well and I always viewed them as men's men, with John Wayne being the ultimate man. To me, manhood was synonymous with packing a gun, having perfect stubble, being lean, talking with a lot of grit and having a killer survival instinct. The Bible, however, paints a very different picture of what a man should be: kind, gentle, forgiving self-controlled, hospitable and pure. This is the exact opposite of what today's culture claims a man should be. Men today strive to be an "alpha male": harsh, detached, greedy and immoral. These stereotypes are perpetuated throughout culture. Societ...