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To: marshmallow

There are many great things about Russian Orthodox spirituality. Sadly, its bootlicking of oppressive Russian rulers - czars, communists, dictators - for many centuries is corruptive and taints so much.

The old patriarch was a member of the KGB: https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/feb/12/1

And so was the present patriarch: https://www.forbes.com/2009/02/20/putin-solzhenitsyn-kirill-russia-opinions-contributors_orthodox_church.html?sh=4e83c39e3bf9


18 posted on 08/29/2022 7:11:09 PM PDT by vladimir998 ( Apparently I'm still living in your head rent free. At least now it isn't empty.)
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To: vladimir998

Guess you prefer the boot licking to be that of Soros, eh ?


24 posted on 08/29/2022 7:24:19 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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