Every Man’s Battle- Won!

Every Man’s Battle- Won!
10/5/11

A few years ago, a Chrstian published a book titled, Every Man’s Battle. It dealt with the ancient and lifelong problem of lust (Gr: epithumia). As a man, I know how difficult it is to keep my eyes and mind off of women. I may be middle aged, but I am still virile and my eyes do wander toward women. My mind still calls up erotic images.

This dallying distraction can be very annoying, or even dangerous. Spiritually, we find that Christians are bound by the word of Christ, in which he says, “If you look at a woman lustfully (Gr: pros ton epithumisai autin, for the purpose of lusting after her), you have already committed adultery with her in your heart.” Obviously this would apply to fornication also. Therefore, whether marred or single, Christian men find themselves sinning every day, many times a day. And this is before they act on their lust.

Physically, erotic thoughts distract men from more important duties, such as operating machinery. I myself have looked at women on the road, and have come close to hitting other vehicles while eyeing some beauty. I am not sure what solutions Every Man’s Battle suggests. Probably they involve prayer for purity, etc. Paul plainly says, If they cannot contain themselves, let them marry. He repeats this message several times in 1 Corinthians 7.

When the apostles say that, because of the severity of divorce, it is better  not to marry, Jesus answers, “All men cannot receeive this teahing (i.e., celibacy), but only those to whoim it ahs been given.” Therefore for those to whom the gift of desirelessness has not been given, satisfaction in marriage is the Bible answer.

Unfortunately for men, marriage rarely satisfies for long. Our eyes begin to wander, our desire begins to build, and we often get tanlged in the snare of adultery or worse. The fact is (and this applies to women in some cases also), men need more than one woman. We can speculate or debate the reason for this abundance of virility, but I see it simply as insurance that the human race will survive. A woman can bear only one baby per year, whereas a man is both fertile and virile every day.

What shall we do with this cornucopia of concupiscence? How to avoid sinning in our hearts, or being dangerously distracted during important tasks? I have a solid-gold solution to every man’s struggle. Turn your desire to have sex with a woman into desire to protect her from rapists.  

In Red Dawn, the young patriots have just witnessed unarmed people, including their relatives, being massacred. They are disheartened, and one in particular is crying inconsolably Patrick Swayze’s character embraces him, comforts him in his grief. Swayze begins crooning, “Let it turn to something else...let it turn to something else...let it turn...” The young patriot’s grief does turn into grim determination to destroy the enemy, and he becomes a fierce freedom fighter.

All men face a similar battle every day. We see women, and immediately, intensely want them. We gaze goo-goo eyed at them, and some of us will do anything, give them anything, to enjoy their sexual favors. This overpowering reaction to the female form arises from the male sexual hormone, testosterone. We men have a continual sex drive, unlike a womens’ desire, which comes and goes with their moods and menstrual phases. This is simply because we have approximately ten times the amount of testosterone as they do. This hormone can be a man’s best friend, or his worst enemy. Testosterone does not have to be your enemy! It can be your best ally, but it must turn from the woman to her enemies.

The technique is simple. When you see an attractive woman, and feel the physical desire rising, immediately imagine a man about ten feet away, also looking at the woman, and lusting to take her by force. How do you feel right now? Good. Forget the call to “love your enemies”; this is defense of the weak against the predator. It is not about love; it is about preserving the woman’s body and destroying her enemy. Where is your desire now? It is off of the woman, and intensely on her imaginary attacker.

To make this scenario even more realistic: when you see that sexy woman, and feel testosterone beginning its work in your heart, imagine three Muslim thugs getting ready to lauch at her. These three will not stop at raping her; no, they will curse her as a “whore, cunt”, etc, and proceed to rape and beat her half to death. You see, the Muslim does not see infidel women simply as sex objects; they sse a  woman unveiiled as an insult to their precious Islam. Therefore they attack with special viciousness.

Currently, there is an excellent example of a survivor of one of these Muslim gang-rapes on Google (Images: “Linda Muslim Rape”). Look at her face carefully. Muslims raped and beat her until she needed surgery in more than one place. No man stood up to protect her from those barbarians. Now how do you feel? Good.

Biologically, you are diverting sexual energy into defensive power. The same testosterone is working, but in a very different way. I find that this technique not only works, but works even better as the woman’s beauty increases. The non-marital sex drive, which Christaians consider sinful, and which anyway distracts a man completely and dangerously from his work or mission, can be transformed into healthy, manly defensive drive.