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The Damage of Pacifism on the Minds of Men

What the Church has Taught Men

For some time now, the Church has taught men that masculine aggression is to be avoided at all costs and that pacifism is a virtue. Because for some reason aggression is equivalent to violence in the minds of these individuals. People fear that if their sons grow up and manifest aggression, they will end up in gangs, crime or domestic warfare. This highlights a fundamental problem in the thinking of most Christian people – a misunderstanding of the proper, valuable uses of aggression.

Because the modern, civilized world is so peaceful and safe, people do not appreciate an aggressive, masculine man anymore. There is no need, generally speaking, for men to protect women and children against violence from other men. Were there this need, people would be able to regularly see and appreciate the value of masculine aggression when it is used for the good of society. This is what people have forgotten: masculine aggression tempered with wisdom benefits society, it does not damage it. Instead pacifism has been promoted as the key to being religious.

Instead of promoting this masculine aggression, however, the Church has chosen to preach against it. This is extremely damaging to men as it has made them weak, effeminate and fearful, unable to defend themselves or others.

Aggression is preached as “evil”. Pacifism is preached as “good”.
Idiotic views of government and punishment are caused by the suppression of appropriate aggression.
The use of violence in self-defense situations has been replaced with “turn the other cheek“.

The result is that men are not only unable to resist violence and evil, but are unwilling to do so as well. Men do not even have the capacity to protect their families. Most Christian men would forgive a man for raping his wife while he is still raping her – that is the extreme to which “live peaceably with all men” has been taken, and it is an inappropriate extreme.

This is most evident with more progressive Churches. When was the last time you saw an aggressive, masculine man attend “Yoga for Jesus“?

This is also readily apparent in pacifist denominations such as the Baptist or Methodist Churches. If this applies to you, I would encourage you not to take this statement personally, but take a good look around your Church and ask yourself, “Are there any truly masculine men here?” I tend to notice that most Baptists come out of the womb docile and tame. I have never met an aggressive Baptist. If you are a Baptist, you have the responsibility to make yourself more aggressive, unless you are too busy being offended by this paragraph to see its importance.

What Spartans Believe – Masculine Aggression is highly appropriate.

Even a casual student of Biblical history is aware of the commands of God to utterly destroy various peoples. The book of Joshua outlines many of these conquests and battles. God commands MEN to utterly destroy these peoples because they are evil – many of them burn their own children alive as sacrifices to their gods. Most would agree that this single crime is punishable by death, and therefore is the justification for the obliteration of their infanticide-based society.

In order to destroy these infant murdering societies, men would have to employ extreme aggression. Men would be required to kill other men in hand-to-hand combat. The psychological burden of warfare on the mind’s men had to be extraordinary. For these men to override their immediate fears of battle, they had no choice but to use aggression. To engage in pacifism would have meant turning a blind eye to the evils of those countries.

Men cannot kill other men without aggression combined with the will to kill.

Through the properly channeled use of aggression, many of those evil societies were destroyed. Even to this day the same principles still apply. The evils of Germany were subdued by the applied bravery, training and AGGRESSIVE MENTALITY of brave Allied forces. Appropriately applied aggression saves the world during war, and contributes to the progress of society during peace.

How We Must Correct the Damage done by Weak Christian Men.

The aggression muscle of Christian men has expectedly gone flabby due to lack of use and training, but it can just as well be restored through training. Men have a responsibility to encourage their natural aggression and use it for the benefit of society. Here are a few basic applications of Masculine Aggression:

Aggression is to be Internal and Concentrated at the Weakness of Self.

Grace is not going to fix your personal problems. Grace will not take away your addiction to cocaine or pornography. God’s Grace will not allow you to overcome the weaknesses of your character. Grace covers your sin, it does not magically cure you of your sinful behavior. Each of your problems must be overcome by the proper application of masculine aggression. No problems were ever solved by pacifism.

When you become angry at your own shortcomings, you fuel yourself to destroy those shortcomings. You must hate evil and strike it with a mighty slaughter. Just as Paul hated his shortcomings (Romans 7:13-22) you must as well. You will find that simply learning to encourage feelings of anger and disgust towards your shortcomings can give you the energy you need to improve. I never advise chronically using anger for every little tiny detail of your life, at some point you need to be able to use discipline to behave properly. But until you get to that level, anger is a great burst of strength and power that can be used to destroy immediate temptation and weakness. Pacifism never destroyed anything.

Aggression is to be Targeted at Evil.

If you come in contact with evil, there are multiple ways to use aggression to overpower it. Never suppress aggression, instead learn to channel it.

Target aggression at your sin as mentioned before.
Aim aggression at the Devil, despise what he offers you, curse the immediate enjoyment of his “gifts”.
Despise the actions of evildoers, but do not despise the individuals themselves.
Hate your own cravings to do what is wrong.
Hate your intellectual, physical and emotional poverty.
Use aggression in real, physical warfare to destroy evil.

Aggression is to be Harnessed for the Improvement of Self and Society.

You are no longer allowed to be satisfied with where you currently are in your personal, physical and mental development. You are not satisfied with the development of those around you and of society as a whole.

It is vital that you harness this dissatisfaction and your aggression to build a better life for yourself and for others.

Use aggression to train your physical body. This must be done daily and it a critical component of properly channeled aggression. Physical training is the easiest place to learn the basic procedure for how to channel aggression into an endeavor.
Use aggression in politics, if you dare. Overpower evil and attack it with violence.
Attack your bookshelf, wage war on ignorance.
Use aggression to override any discomfort you have with talking to others, disciplining your children or working in the marketplace.

The damage that weak men in the Church have done to the new generation of men by promoting pacifism can be undone, but it will be very difficult. Until men have something real and tangible to fight against, the majority of them will not change their ways and voluntarily become strong. But you are different, you have read to this point so you must already desire strength and personal power. Use your God-given masculine aggression to create the life, mentality and character that you want to have.

Addendum: Soon to be introduced to the site will be the AGGRESSIVE STUDY SERIES, which is a Scripture memorization list that will provide you with Words that are very aggressive. As a man you need to be able to know why it is important to be aggressive, the value it provides, how you can use aggression to better your life and how to defend your aggressive position with Scripture. Men cannot argue against scripture without arguing against God.

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The Effeminate Man

The lack of any real trials or persecution are also to blame for the weakness of modern man. Why does man need strength at all? There is no real demand for it.

“ Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.”
1 Corinthians 6:9-10

Most men in the religious work are weak and soft. 99% of them are corpses of what once was masculinity. The Shell is a man, but the inside is nothing but weakness and ovaries.

Certain ideologies give birth to specific types of men. Conservatism gives birth to dogmatic traditionalist men. Liberalism gives birth to weak, ignorant and effeminate men. This feminization of man is a problem that pervades the Church. Womanly men are an abomination to the masculinity of man, and you can thank modern feminism that these womanly men exist.

The lack of any real trials or persecution are also to blame for the weakness of modern man.

Why does man need strength at all? There is no real demand for it. The growing demand for strength is much more subtle and most do not recognize it for what it is. It is the talk of women about how there are “no eligible men in the Church to marry” (you can thank helicopter moms who babied their sons until they essentially transformed into daughters with penises).

It is the talk of the unwise aged who complain about the new generation. And it is the effeminate dress of the weak men, walking into the Church with shorts as if it was a social club or some homosexual nightclub. Modern liberalism and feminism has given birth to the most effeminate generation of our lifetimes thus far. Religion has been feminized with regards to sex as well.

It is also difficult to do anything about effeminate men.

Very few weak men are willing to change, just as very few men would be willing to read this article. No one wants to be a man anymore, it is too difficult. No one wants to do the work and do things that once were masculine. Now we live in the age of alternative rock (because hard rock is too “angry”), homosexuality (which is fundamentally anti-masculine) and the deification of patheticism.

Boys boast of their physical and mental weakness and do nothing to build character or integrity that is required of men. Most men wouldn’t survive life just 200 years ago, much less during the time of the life of Christ. They make jokes about how tough girls could beat them up, as if they are headlining Comedy Central (They satisfy the “no testicles” requirement to be on Comedy Central, so this wouldn’t be surprising).

The only thing we can do is improve ourselves.

The effeminate will not strengthen their feeble knees, so they will be utterly destroyed by life.

We have time on our side right now, and we must use it to build the strength of character and willpower that will last a lifetime. That is the Spartan way. That is the way of men.

Improve yourself and purge the epicene. Be a man. Reject the modern notion of what it is to be male. This day is a chance to be more masculine than you ever have been before. Take advantage of it or die in your weakness.

Mantra

Masculinity or death, there is no other way.

Application

As with any characteristic, masculinity is built on a foundation of microscopic character traits. Masculinity is built one brick at a time. Today you just pick one trait and stick to it.

Stop lying.
Quit saying “I feel” in front of every sentence like a prepubescent girl.
Stop looking at pornography like a voyeuristic child.
Chop some wood.
Pound the iron.
Don’t go for a jog like a frail, paltry fat boy, instead go for a sprint like a man.
Read.
Stop playing video games and watching sports, go play some real sports.
Violently pursue your goals.
Go to work.
Be a man.

Be the Spartan

Conduct Yourselves Like Men.

Make The Most of Your Time

We have only so many hours to exist in physical form, so we need to budget them effectively. We need to arrange all the tasks we need to accomplish so our life isn’t a complete and utter waste like it is for most betas in the Church.

Time ticks away constantly, you can sit and watch it happen.

“Teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom”.
Proverbs 90:12

Every day we are approaching our death, and this gives everyday value. Man would accomplish very little if he could live forever, because he would have no reason to accomplish anything. The stone age would have been extended several thousand years without the constant approach of death.

You have the choice to either be sad that life is quickly coming to an end, or you can distract yourself every day with work and progress.

Is work really a distraction? Absolutely. Because unless you have developed the fortitude of mind to be able to stomach the fact of the inevitability of your death, you need to distract yourself. This is why very few men can sit down and be alone with their thoughts.

While it is true that we believe that we will go to heaven upon death, that makes death no less scary. Death is still unknown, dark and lonely. Time is the only barrier between us and death. For this reason we must make the best use of time every single day.

Pathetic boys waste time, men make the most of every day.

Boys burn time away with frivolous activities while men build disciplines and better the lives of others with their work.

Time is slipping away, my friend, what exactly are you doing with your time? Watching football for six hours on Saturday? Do explain how that is benefiting you in your life.

Are you more intimate with your sports and video games than you are with your wife? Probably. Change now. Stop being the beta, the loser and be a man. Budget your time, spend it on things that matter. Focus and do something with your pathetic and meaningless existence.

Mantra

Time is all that is between me and death, so I make this day one of value.

Application

Stop blowing away time. Install Rescue Time on your computer. It will keep track of how you spend your time and give you statistics based on how much time you waste.

Outside of that, write down how you spend your time every day for a week. Don’t live differently than you normally do and lie to yourself for the week, do what you normally do and write it all down in 15 minute or half hour blocks. I guarantee that you are wasting your life, and you will know this after examining your time budget after a week.

Have you had bad breaks in your life? Is life unfair? Are some people overnight successes? No. Absolutely not. Have some ownership because your life is exactly how you created it by all the choices you made. Wasting every day and complaining is how you built your life, and today is the day that stops.

Conduct Yourselves Like Men.

Character

“More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.”
Romans 5:3-5

“But the Lord said to Samuel, ‘Do not look at his appearance or on the height of his stature, because I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.’”
1 Samuel 16:7

Character: the internal code of conduct that we stand by. The collection of values, mindsets, and philosophies within the mind of man.

People often talk about “building character”. They usually use the phrase as a way to justify giving you a very undesirable task. Why do they say “building character” instead of “getting character”, or “acquiring some character”? Because the character of the individual is built one decision at a time.

Just like anything else in life, every loser wants instant results, and everyone who succeeds knows that success only comes after a long duration of work.

Character is built by small and repetitive action. And it is only noticed by others after a long period of construction.

An individual’s character is a set of defining traits that distinguish that individual from everyone else. To be set apart from all other men is the result of being different from them in hundreds of small ways; ways that you may think do not even matter.

You drop trash on the ground, so you pick it up and throw it away. Most people just leave it there, after all, someone else is paid to get it for them.

You take your shopping cart all the way to one of the designated areas instead of leaving it in the parking lot. Most people just leave the cart in everyone’s way. After all, there are people who get paid to collect those and return them to the store.

You stay at the job you hate until the hours you agreed to work each day are fulfilled. You could dart out at 4:56 p.m., but you don’t, you have character.

Or maybe you don’t do any of these things. Maybe you allow the small details of life to slide by because they are “unimportant”. Take a good look in the mirror, what you will see is a man who lacks character. It is nothing more than the cumulative result of hundreds of small choices like the ones listed above. They aren’t any big deal, or so you think. But when added together they mean more than when they are examined individually.

Any man who will slack off and make excuses in the little endeavors of character will do so in the great endeavors.

Do you really think you will suddenly “snap out of it” when everything is on the line, or when it actually matters? No, you will fail. Your lack of character will have compounded over those small choices, leaving you as just another loser, like everyone in the world and just like most men in the Church. Don’t be those weak, pusillanimous me, have some character. Be a man. Give the Church a good name.

Mantra

Every small action I take reflects my character.

Application

Start actually taking those small actions. You will never build any character without those small actions that seemingly “don’t matter”. It is really that simple. Not always fun or convenient, but simple.

Then you repeat those small actions every day. Eventually you begin to associate them with your identity as a man of character. If you put two days of action together, it becomes easier to get that third day as well. Now you have momentum on your side. Now you have very little reason to ever be that same person who lacked character ever again.

With the momentum, you add more positive traits, more small actions, new actions that make you better as a man. Add up all these small decisions and you are a man of character.

Conduct Yourselves Like Men.

The Work Ethic of Man

Work ethic is built daily. As with anything else in life, you have to acquire the correct mindset before you start the process of change.

Work Ethic is the capacity and ability to perform intense or large volumes of work without complaining and while maintaining enthusiasm.

“He who has a slack hand becomes poor, But the hand of the diligent makes rich”.
Proverbs 10:4

“The hand of the diligent will rule, But the lazy man will be put to forced labor.”
Proverbs 12:24

Work ethic will forever be a predominant differential between masculine men and beta males.

It may not be the differential in success itself, because someone can always ride the wave of their natural talent to moderate success. However, this does not make them masculine, it makes them lucky. To put your hand to the grindstone makes you masculine. To use that work ethic to build the strengths and correct the weaknesses of character is where the spirit of man rests.

Each generation wants to blame the following generation for being lazy and having no work ethic. The first problem with this accusation is that the people who are complaining about the next generation are the same people who raised the next generation. The second problem is that every generation is riddled with the lazy no matter where you look in history. No generation is special, and none misses out on their fair share of scobblelotchers.

A weak generation complains about another generation instead of doing something about it or at the very least taking ownership of the fact that they produced that generation. They complain about the very children they created. It would be the same as a carpenter finishing putting together a nice table, examining it and then complaining, “Wow, they just don’t make things how they used to. Look how this piece of garbage turned out”.

Work ethic is built daily.

As with anything else in life, you have to acquire the correct mindset before you start the process of change. You must decide to have a great work ethic before you can start making one. Just as you must decide to build a great physique before you start training to create it.

Work ethic extends beyond your 9-5 job. The weak have a work ethic only at work. Anyone can generate a work ethic from the ether if someone is paying them to do so, but that is not what a man does. A man comes home after his work and immediately begins to work on things that will improve him personally. A man cranks out his habits and disciplines when he gets home at night or early in the morning before he works. He does this work like a machine. He reads, writes, builds, trains or does whatever he sees fit. A man does not plop in front of the television for a four hour “decompression” session.

Weak boys try to take the edge off, men try to get the edge.

Work on yourself in your off hours, it will increase your value to everyone around you, from the company you work for to your family at home. Do your work to the highest possible level, it is in this work that you build confidence in yourself and in your character as a man.

Mantra

All work I do is done to the highest possible standard of work.

Application

Work ethic truly manifests in the small details of your work and life. Work ethic determines if you do a whole job or whether you skip out on the small details you think no one will notice. Even if no one notices, you notice. You recognize your own lack of character and integrity. If you are just starting to build work ethic, this is where you start, in the things no one will notice. If you can discipline yourself to work on things no one will see, then when the time comes for others to see your work, you will be mentally equipped to do a full job.

Go the extra mile when no one is looking. Pick up the trash on the ground near your work area even if you think you are “above it”. Do the jobs that seem below your pay grade. Do the extra repetition in your training. Write the extra sentence in your book. Most importantly, do not clock out of work ethic when you get home. You need to work at home too. Have projects or books to train your work ethic at home because only betas come home, turn off their work ethic and turn on the television. Be a man, do the work. Be Successful.

Conduct yourselves like Men.

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