I am in a state of constant amazement how we have all these faux "Christians" just gagging to be persecuted for their "faith." You see it everywhere. The latest trend is so-called "Christians" dreaming of oppression by "practicing their mugshot for when they make it illegal to preach the true gospel of Jesus."

Which is, of course, hysterical.

Especially in this country where Christians are writing their faith into law and forcing people to live in accordance with their bullshit.

Say, I have an idea! Rather than buy into this idiotic fantasy from the future that will never happen... why not live in accordance with Scripture RIGHT NOW by actually help people who are struggling and suffering? Show the world just how big of a real Christian you are BY ACTUALLY FOLLOWING THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS. Because pretending you're going to be persecuted while persecuting others just makes you a hypocritical joke.

In order to not be in a constant state of despair, I seek out compassion and kindness from everyday people who aren't constructing some kind of elaborate performance... they're just living their life. Which is to say if they ARE Christians, they are following Jesus with their actions instead of their words... and if they ARE NOT Christians, they are actually demonstrating Christian ideals more perfectly than those screaming how superior they are because they fantasize about getting persecuted in the name of Jesus.

Just look at this (here's a link in case TikTok is being a dick)...

I'd take a hundred of this guy over "Christians" with a fantasy persecution complex. Any day of the week.

As a geography nerd, of course I've heard of Krubera Cave (aka Voronya Cave) and also the (relatively) nearby Veryovkina Cave... the two deepest caves in the world. Not to be confused with Sơn Đoòng Cave, the largest cave in the world (that one is in Vietnam).

But anyway... Krubera Cave is insanely deep... 14.3 miles deep.

A factoid that I never really thought about until I saw this post by Simon Shows You Maps which shows an actual map of this crazy-deep cave...

Now, alas, the map is rendered virtually unreadable thanks to Facebook reducing the size so much, so I went hunting on the internet and found that I can't blame Facebook after all. Every version of this map is a mess. So I took a look at the map that Wikipedia is using and it's a doozy. Especially when you look at the twisty nature of the passages at the very bottom...

Can you imagine being the first person down there? Not knowing where the crack you're squeezing through goes or what's going on underneath you? And even if you had a map, can you fathom wanting to climb through the Millennium Pit to reach Game Over?!? These cave explorer spelunkers have to be some of the bravest people on earth. And also the most bat-shit crazy.

If you aren't claustrophobic, there are numerous videos available where you can see people descending into the cave. This is one of the more recent, and there were too many times I felt like shitting my pants as they wedged their way into tiny crevices despite the fact I am safely at home on my couch...

I'm with Simon on this one. Hard no from me. You couldn't pay me enough to even attempt it. I'd die after 15 minutes.

Probably even sooner.