Yet another article, this time from the Times of the New York variety, asking: “What are (the) boys up to?”

I reckon there will be plenty of opinions this topic, so I will throw in my 20 cents worth.

I have two daughters and one wife (and one female cat, and until recently two female sheep) and from years of observation I have concluded that we just don’t think the same — the different genders that is. Yeah, yeah, I can hear you: “THAT’S A SWEEPING GENERALIZATION”, and of course it is, but that does not mean there is not a large dose of truth in it.

So here is my theory. I reckon that girls are, by nature, generally much more compliant, and generally much less philosophical, than boys. I have seen this in the school classroom, and in philosophy in general. So if my theorizing has any worth to it, then let’s apply it to the modern secular worldview that is forced upon us from every direction, and to the life of (post)modern boys…

CHILDREN ENTER CLASSROOM… AND TEACHER BEGINS…

Good morning boys and girls. Today we are going to talk about how life came from non-life by an unguided process of Darwinian evolution. That’s right. You are the product of time + chance + the struggle to survive against all odds over eons of time. Before that, did you know that the universe that you live in came from nothing … by nothing … and for no reason. That’s right — it just popped into existence, totally meaninglessly. Indeed, a very big cosmic accident! Wow, isn’t that great?!

As you sit there, children, consider that point of it all. Everything. The universe. Life. Love. Dreams. All this came from a cosmic accident followed by a bloody survival game where the fittest made it and the rest were erased. That’s us children. We made it!!!

And how many of you children like icing on your cake? Well, the news is good. One day in the future, the universe will become uninhabitable. All the stars will be burnt out and the universe will experience a heat death. Yes, that is the icing on the universal cake — a slow cold death. Totally pointless and without meaning. But at least it is icing!

Oh, that’s the bell children. End of lesson. Now, off to psychology class where you can learn about self esteem and about how to feel good about yourselves.

When I was growing up, this is the worldview that I shared. By 17, I had decided to make my first million by 30, then live for pleasure until my body broke down. At that point I was going to terminate my life. Sad eh! But this thinking, as far as I can tell, is entirely consistent with the secular worldview, and makes very good sense of the data. If life is ultimately meaningless, then why live for anything other than pleasure?

Indeed, most boys may not think through the logic of this until they reach their mid to late teens, but the seeds are there, ready to be watered. I suspect deep down many boys may believe this, so they are sitting there saying: “what’s the point of all this schooling stuff? Why should I care about it. It’s a waste of time…” I certainly did.

What do you think? Where are your boys heading regarding their schooling?

Wassup with da men? Well, simply put, too many of us are losers. But why?

Check this article out. It is written by Dr. Albert Mohler, president of Southern Baptist Seminary, and he clearly spells out the case.

Is this huge gender imbalance a problem? Ubetcha it is. What are home schoolers doing about their boys and girls? Are we also raising a generation of male losers? Mark Driscoll has a few things to say to men about this. Check it out here.