The “irrelevant” Bible’s relevance for manly child rearing is particularly pertinent during this day of emasculation. The fem’s not only find men insufferable, but they’re also repulsed by the Bible because it puts the “go” in the male gonads. For instance, in the first three chapters of the book of Genesis, we see how the Designer designed His boy to be competent in the wild . . . a confident leader, who is to be a profitable park ranger over creation and a slayer of dragons. Having examined the first three musts for parents to instill in their sons in my last three columns, here’s volley number four: Born to Slay Dragons.
In Genesis chapter three, when our first parents got tossed out of the sweet haven of Eden’s crib, God said He was going to redeem this hamartialogical mess by raising up a Son who is to crush the serpent. Where God’s first man, Adam, blew it by not being the dragon slayer, His second man, the Last Adam, took care of business and turned the malevolent slithering one into a grease stain.
If you as a parent take your cue from Christ in raising your son, then your boy will grow up to be a mini-me slayer of serpents. He will not be a pacifist in the face of evil. He will not roll over and wet himself when confronted by crap. He will not play the wimp when faced with difficult situations.
Look, I know it’s hard for some of us to square Christ with slaying dragons . . . given all the androgynous, soft-focused paintings of Jesus that we’ve had jammed into our psyches for the last few centuries. However, if, if, you take the scripture straight (as I do my whiskey), the man of peace is painted as an eschatological warrior who has great joy in giving the devil hell. No matter how hard the softies try to make Christ out to be the benign, bearded lady raconteur, or a 19th century liberal, or a 21st century feminist, the exegetical fact remains: if you take the holy text in its entirety, He does not fit into the effete mold.
Therefore, mom and dad, have your boy get used to confronting nonsense—first and foremost in himself. Gear him up to be a fighter and defender of that which is just and good. Let him play, as one author said, with toy weapons instead of Barbies (if you can find any). He’s not going to turn into a terrorist. It’s not going to warp his wheel. Your son has to learn that he is growing up in difficult times that demand he be able to deal with “snakes.” Yes, your boy needs to learn not only to be nice, but also to be strong, sacrificial and courageous. You know . . . the very God-given and nature-expected stuff that the female chauvinist pigs are seeking to sift from him.
To be continued . . .
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