No More Christian Nice Guy

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My thoughts are I’m a woman. I’m offended by those that judge a woman by the amount of femininity she has at various times of her life. So why wouldn’t I be offended by those that try to categorize a man that way. Yeast to be wary of.
 
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“cursing of the fig tree”
“denunciation of the pharisees”
“Peter- get thee behind me satan”
“storm on the lake - rebuke apostles for no faith”
“who touched my cloak - woman with hemmorage”
“canaanite woman - cast bread to dogs”
“leaven bread - rebuke apostles for not understanding”
“possessed boy - Jesus said how long do I have to put up with you”
“cleansing of the temple”
“unfriendly samaritan town - rebuked apostles”
“denunciation of lawyers”

Just some examples. Now you can say Jesus never raised his voice in any of these instances and did everything with love, gentleness and kindness. But for me only, I believe Jesus was angry and did display “fits” (righteous or not) at times in his life. He was God but he was also human. Just my two cents.
 
Perhaps it’s influenced by peoples actual, real experiences of Christ. Have you ever had a religious experience that was sarcastic, depressive, and filled with rage?
 
Now I really do want to read the one for girls.
I thought about it too, in the exact terms presented here. Why do I think it’s important - because the truth is important. So our faith is not some lukewarm dream made in the image of our expectations from Him.
I disagree however if these arguments are being used to imply that Christians are able to judge instead of Jesus Christ or just bring an end to our struggle to follow Him in His sacrifice.
Or it’s an excuse for us girls to stop following Theotokos in her meekness as presented in the Bible. To say - I have received the Body of Christ, now I am overpowered and He’s doing things through me - I believe it’s wrong. So to analyze exactly how Jesus is not nice, according to Scripture, is very important. So that we know how to not be nice without straying away from following Him and be loving.
 
You called these “fits of rage.” The word fit implies an ineffectual, childish way of acting, and the word rage implies a disproportionate anger.

Yes, Christ showed appropriate anger at the times such was needed. He did not have a temper tantrum like a little kid being carried away by his mother.
 
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