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Pete Hegseth: “I grew up intellectually believing the Bible is true, that…”

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A Century of Miseducation w/ Pete Hegseth

Published November 19, 2024 | Video Starts at 05:04

They miss Jesus between 12 inches. And that was me. You know, I grew up in a Baptist church. I grew up intellectually believing the Bible is true, that it's good, that Jesus is good. that I should follow him there are some rules I should follow. Maybe I'll just kind of follow the ones I want to, but I know I want to raise my kids that way. (05:04–05:10)

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Asserts that Pete Hegseth was raised to intellectually believe in the truth and goodness of the Bible and Jesus.

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“It was a Christian veneer with a secular core.”
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“Only God's perfect law frees us.”
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“The left and progressives used allegiance to state [and] patriotism as a vehicle to untether us from timeless truth.”
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“Whereas Battle for the American mind is a 100 year progressive takeover. The military... really has been a decade and a half project.”
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“The 16,000 hours, which is, was the working title of the book.”
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“Journalism today is an extension of the Democrat party, an extension of the bureaucracy, a mouthpiece for the state.”
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“Classical Christian education is a real elite education that tethers you to the wisdom of the past.”
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“We're in middle phase one right now, which is effectively a tactical retreat.”
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“The top three vote getters are effectively America first candidates.”
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