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1 posted on 10/05/2015 8:58:21 PM PDT by NKP_Vet
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I don't believe Putin believes in any God.

But, I think he has a keen sense of the value of an extra-governmental moral authority, and repository for the culture of a nation.

2 posted on 10/05/2015 9:18:06 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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It seems undeniable to me.


4 posted on 10/05/2015 9:44:58 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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I respect what they are trying to do but I do not think they should make it a criminal offense to insult the sensibilities of Christians. In the age of the Gaysapo that may be necessry. But better to just let people get over the insult in the normal manner with social disapproval. I do, however, agree with banning the gay propoganda. I would have defended their free speech except around children back when the courts didn’t mandate everyone side with their opinions, but now...I would favor just banning the whole thing.


5 posted on 10/05/2015 9:49:30 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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The amazing image for me was the Orthodox Priests blessing the Russian fighter jets before the Syrian bombing runs.


6 posted on 10/05/2015 10:01:23 PM PDT by BigEdLB (Congress will have blood on their hands if anything happens because of the Iran appeasement)
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Must keep in mind Islam dominates and assimilates a country by sheer numbers.

The most important issue for a future America is to have a strict control of the maximum amount of muslims in the country. Like .5 percent.

Even 2% can get out of control if they are part of the government.


10 posted on 10/05/2015 10:22:55 PM PDT by Daniel Ramsey (Trump to win! He wins, we win, the nation wins!)
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The article is false. Russia is more overtly Orthodox Christian, but it is not actually Orthodox Christian. Their church attendance is incredibly low in comparison to how many people identify as Orthodox. The number of people who attend church just once a month is around 7 percent out of the entire population. In comparison to the US, where the church is considered “in trouble,” it’s around 27 percent attendance, if memory serves.

Russia is a dysfunctional, extremely corrupt country where even day to day casual life is bound to include instances of criminal behavior. Russia is no “Christian” country. They simply pretend that they are. It’s really a nation of bloody (and I mean murderous) hypocrites.


16 posted on 10/06/2015 3:20:48 AM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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Russia still has its problems, but after 70 years of Communist rule, the execution of “some 200,000 clergy and believers from 1917 to 1937,” the destruction of thousands of churches, “and the churches that survived the purge had been “turned into warehouses, garages or museums of atheism,”

I don't believe anything has changed from this. I'm just wondering why Putin is playing the audience who he is playing. Maybe Communist Russia just hates Islam more than Christianity.

23 posted on 10/06/2015 8:42:58 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son...)
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