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Dewayne Dry Creek argues that the strength of a nation is directly correlated to the integrity of its families, which in turn depends on strong marriages and effective fatherhood. He posits a hierarchical chain where the country's greatness relies on churches, whose strength rests upon families built by men who serve as leaders, disciplinarians, and providers. According to Dry Creek, modern societal failure stems from fathers abandoning these roles, failing to act as necessary "bad guys" when making difficult decisions for long-term family safety. He emphasizes that the next generation will inherit politics, finances, and the judicial system based on the character of their parents; therefore, fatherhood is paramount because children who lack a strong male role model are destined to repeat societal failures or create new ones through poor leadership in various sectors. To illustrate his philosophy on protecting women from emotional harm and ensuring they marry good men, Dry Creek shares specific anecdotes about raising his daughters. He recounts strictly vetting potential suitors by requiring boys to present themselves before he would allow them to date his daughter until she was in her late teens. This rigorous process continued for years with some candidates who were rejected because they remained "kids" rather than becoming mature men, a decision Dry Creek made to prevent future heartache and ensure his daughters' safety. He further demonstrates this protective nature by bringing a man into his office and slamming a large knife on the desk between them as a stark warning that if any of his married children were ever hurt by their spouses or others, there would be no court proceedings; instead, he vowed to hunt down and kill anyone who harmed her until she died. Dry Creek clarifies that while he is not a tyrant nor does he interfere in the daily lives or parenting choices of his adult children, his presence serves as an unyielding deterrent known from afar like Zeus watching from Mount Olympus. He asserts that true love involves looking out for a woman's entire future rather than just her immediate feelings, ensuring she marries someone who has grown into a good man. This protective stance is balanced with respect; he never meddles in their affairs but remains available if needed, creating an environment where his children know they are safe because of the formidable commitment to justice and protection that defines him as a father. The core moral lessons Dry Creek instilled in his own family centered on absolute honesty and non-violence toward women, enforced through severe consequences for rule-breaking. He established a household deal with specific penalties: if a child broke a rule by lying about it, the punishment was doubled compared to breaking the original rule. In one instance involving hitting his sister, he punished the boy not only for the physical act but also severely for attempting to lie about it, resulting in a combined penalty of forty-five lashes. He taught that a man's word is his most valuable resource and that lying destroys one's good name, which is essential for survival; thus, children were expected to speak the truth even when it was detrimental to them personally. Ultimately, Dry Creek concludes that these strict principles regarding honesty, respect for elders, and protection of women are non-negotiable foundations for a functioning society. He believes that without fathers stepping up to be the moral anchors who enforce discipline and protect their families from internal corruption, both individual lives and the broader country will continue to decline. By modeling unwavering commitment to truth and safety, he hopes his children learned that integrity is not optional but essential for maintaining order in a failing world where many men have given up on being leaders or providers.
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what have you learned about the
importance of fatherhood you got SE I
seven children seven children yeah what
have you learned about the importance of
fatherhood all right I believe God God
made man
okay and God created man and God gave
man the word and the word at that time
was don't eat of the fruit of those two
trees okay that was a Syle that's all
the word God gave man at that time then
God gave man a work and the work was he
said take care of this
garden and then God gave man a woman to
help the man
okay that man and then the woman God
gave him that became a
marriage and then that man and wife had
children
and those children had children and then
there became
governments
okay you see where I'm
going in this country this country was
founded this was founded as Christian
country this is what I believe people
can do whatever I believe that this
country is only as strong as the
churches even our founding father says
America will remain great as long as
America is good when America ceases to
be good America will cease to be great
this country is only as strong as the
churches in this country the churches
are only as strong as the families that
make up those churches those families
are only as strong as the marriages that
those families are built on and those
marriages are only as strong and good as
the man that God built the marriages
on as goes the man so goes the marriage
as goes the marriage so goes the family
as goes the family so goes the church
chur as goes the churches so goes the
Country
everything is built on the husband and
the father and this country is a failure
today because the fathers and the
husbands have failed how failing to be
the failing to be the example they need
to be failing to be the leaders they
need to be failing to be the
disciplinarians that they need to be
failing to be the providers that they
need to be um if you don't have if you
don't have the backbone as a husband and
as a father to be the bad guy you've got
no business being a father or a
husband there's times when you have to
know this is not a good direction for my
marriage for my family and everybody's
going to be mad at me my wife is going
to be mad at me my kids are going to
hate me but in the long run this is a
very bad Direction and I'm putting my
foot down and we're not doing that and
you become the bad guy but you do it for
the
longterm
strength and safety of the family and
we've lost
that I mean we've lost that in in this
country to a very large degree and and
so I
think I mean our next Generation our
next generation is going to run the
politics you're going to run the
finances they're going to run the
judicial system everything in this
country and they're going to be the
result in a very large degree and
there's going to be those who don't
agree with this but they're going to be
the result of whatever their fathers
made them or whatever they become
because they didn't have a
father and
so I think fatherhood is
Paramount I think it's Paramount for the
future of a society
speaking of doing things that make your
family mad at you I heard that you
didn't let your daughter's date until
they were in their late teens is this
right right and that you grilled the
potential suitors when they started
dating them every boy had to come to me
tell me the process tell me the story
there well they they would come you know
the boys would come hey you want to you
want to and she was taught you got to go
talk to Daddy we don't even talk about
this you go talk to Daddy two of my
son-in-laws today for years they would
come and like I'd like
to and they would they'd come to me and
they're like I'd like to you know write
your daughter I'd like to I'm like
no
nope well what about this no why not
it's like look you're a good you're a
good kid but my problem with you is
you're a kid all right grow up and two
of my son-in-law state there were
literally years they kept coming back
and I'm like no let me see what kind of
man you're going to
become okay my daughter's not marrying a
boy and a lot of boys they grw up to not
be good men so why let her get into an
emotional attachment with a boy who will
never grow up and why am I not
protecting her from that heartache in
the future and both of them now are
married to my daughters but there there
came a point years later I'm like okay
I've watched you all right you grew up
you can contact my daughter
now how did that go down with the
daughters I don't know they wouldn't
come fuss to me but I think my daughters
appreciated knowing they had a father
who was not just looking out for them
today their feelings today their
whatever but looking out for their
entire future and putting them on the
right Road I brought a man in my office
off one time and I had a desk along the
wall we sat down in front of the desk he
was sitting in front of me I pulled out
the middle drawer in my desk pulled out
a buoy knife about that long slammed it
on the desk between it I said do you
have any
questions he said no sir no sir I don't
have any questions I said all right then
put it back to the door closed it and we
got up and left they never had any
questions my daughters are married all
my daughters that are married are
married to good man good men and I've
told every one of them at the wedding
I've pulled every one of them at the
wedding aside I said if you ever hurt
her they will never find your
body I said there will be no
court there will be no um what they call
it a uh you know you go down and you
swear out a uh you can't come with so
many Fe a protective order I said it
won't be any of that if you ever hurt
her they won't find your body she'll be
my to the day she dies and they all they
all know everybody knows you know it's
just like and I think they appreciate it
and I think I'm sure they appreciated
that on the wedding day yeah oh yeah
well I didn't tell them he may have
later but that's okay but you know
there's I I think there's a lot of women
out there would just say man I wish I'd
had somebody in my life that that had
that kind of commitment to my safety and
to my future
why do people think that you were saying
that is it because you're a tyrant is it
because you wanted to domineer over your
daughter's lives or is it because you
love them and you want the best for them
and you want them to be safe and
protected and happy just that because
I'm not every one of my children when
they got married you're adults and I
never interfere in their decisions never
I never say you can't go here you should
do that I never tell their husband you
should get this job you should do that
you we don't interfere in how they
raised their children my children are
not raising their children the way I
rais them I never say anything about it
it's you're an adult I raised you being
an adult you're a parent those children
are your children I'm not a tyrant at
all but they know from a distance Zeus
is looking from Olympia and he will
throw that Thunderbolt down to some
tries they know that it's like dad's
always there he's never meddling he's
never in the way he's never in our
Affairs but if he's always there if we
ever need him what do you think were the
most important lessons that you taught
your kids or what do you hope that your
kids
learned um your
word do don't your word is your bond
don't lie now I I would go to jail for
this today but my kids are grown and
gone uh we had a we had a deal in the
house and it's like and I spanked my
children okay there there it is there's
there's a set penalty for breaking this
rule if you do if you break the rule
you're going to get that penalty if you
lie about
it the penalty is
doubled so it's like my boys it's like
you don't hit girls you don't hit girls
all right and so you know if if
uh you know if they haul off and smack
their sister comes in you know he hit me
she's crying there's red mark on the
side of her face call him in it's like
did you hit her now if it's proven that
he did hit her you know there's going to
be like 15 legs I mean the the penalty
was severe you don't hit women all right
if he said no I didn't hit her oh son
don't do that no I didn't hit her and
then two of the other siblings come and
say he did we saw it well he got the 15
licks for hitting his sister but he got
30 licks for lying about it so he got 45
licks total it's like lying is the worst
thing do not lie go through life you be
honest you speak the truth even to your
harm even to your detriment you do not
lie and you don't hit
women so don't lie don't lie uh your
your word is
your a man's most
important a man's most valuable most
important resource is his good name if a
man ain't got a good name he ain't got
nothing so don't lie be respectful you
know be respectful to others be
respectful to your elders even if even
if they're not respectable they still
been through life enough you know their
position earns them what their behavior
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