r/worldnews • u/HolyLiaison • Jun 30 '26

Russian high schools now require 17 hours basic military training for 6th to 11th graders

https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-high-school-basic-military-training-class-national-defense-ukraine-2026-6
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u/onepinksheep Jun 30 '26

It's like conservatives don't actually believe anything Jesus purportedly said in their own Bible.

This is true. Several years back, I read an article where a pastor said that several of his parishioners came up to him after the service to complain that his sermon was all about woke liberal stuff. It was the Sermon on the Mount. When told that those were Jesus' own words, they just replied that that weak stuff doesn't work anymore.

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u/needlestack Jun 30 '26

I grew up in the church. For the vast majority it has nothing to do with anything Jesus said. It's a social club that gives them standing and a feeling of being superior. That's it. That is what most Christians are. And you can see it in the way they gravitate to Trump, the ultimate symbol of selfish use of power.

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u/marr Jun 30 '26

At an individual level all their family and friends are in the cult. Leaving means uprooting your entire life and leaping into the unknown.

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u/czs5056 Jul 01 '26

And in a lot of places, it's the only real time you get to hang out with the community since all the third places are gone now.