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In reply to the discussion: Ukraine Is Now 'Holy War,' Russian Church Declares [View all]IthinkThereforeIAM
(3,078 posts)27. No surprise...
... the Russian Orthodox church was one of, if not THE first organization that the Putinistas co-opted for just such a purpose. The Russian Orthodox church and clergy do whatever the KGB/FSB or whatever tells them to do, in exchange for not burning down the churches and putting the priests in the gulag.
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Me too. Nobody out does the Russian Orthodox priests when it comes to ridiculous.....
RussellCattle
Mar 30
#33
The government of the Soviet Union followed an unofficial policy of state atheism, aiming to gradually eliminate
Celerity
Mar 30
#21
God acted immediately in 2022, but his will is limited to the speed-of-light, so it just got here.
Gore1FL
Mar 30
#24
I like it. God is two light years away, so we have some lag time in our favor. No?
RussellCattle
Mar 30
#37
Good question. Is it still holy if Russia loses? Maybe they were hedging and Putin made a call.
RussellCattle
Mar 30
#35
Russian Christians are as bad as American Evangelicals. They just dress flashier. nt
Gore1FL
Mar 30
#22
Shit, that's it. Muslims. I knew I had heard of holy wars somewhere before.
RussellCattle
Mar 30
#39
Jesus saved his harshest words for hypocrites, especially religious hypocrites.
colorado_ufo
Mar 30
#29
Let's face it, the Russian Orthodox Church is nothing more than an arm of the FSB
tornado34jh
Mar 30
#44
God is a hatchet guy like in a corp takeover. The goal is to kill everything on earth. Just follow him.
RKP5637
Mar 31
#51
And this, my fellow Americans, is what you will get with White Christian Nationalism...
Hekate
Mar 31
#55
[humor] Putin buys entire stock of Trump Bibles for Holy War. Trump is a billionaire again.
SupportSanity
Mar 31
#60