You Might Fear Men If...

I wish these were as funny as Foxworthy's. A sampling from Ed Welch's When People Are Big and God Is Small (p. 15-17):

• Do you ever feel as if you will be exposed as an impostor? Many business executives and apparently successful people do. The sense of being exposed is an expression of the fear of man. It means that the opinions of other people--especially the possible opinion that you are a failure --are able to control you.
• Do you get easily embarrassed? If so, people and their perceived opinions probably define you. Or, to use biblical language, you exalt the opinions of others to the point where you are ruled by them.
• Do you ever lie, especially the little white lies? What about cover-ups where you are not technically lying with your mouth? Lying and other forms of living in the dark are usually ways to make ourselves look better before other people. They also serve to cover our shame before them.
• Do you avoid people? If so, even though you might not say you need people, you are still controlled by them. Isn't a hermit dominated by a fear of man?
• Aren't most diets, even when they are ostensibly under the heading of "health," dedicated to impressing others? The desire for the "praise of men" is one of the ways we exalt people above God.
• Do you feel satisfaction only when you know your blog is being viewed often (read=when people think you are great)?

Ok, I added the last one.