Posted on 12/27/2016 11:22:26 PM PST by RedWulf
It’s worth hoping for. However, much of Putin’s long term plan involves things that put him on a collision course with all of the Western nations. His Russian chauvinism may have its moments when he praises Christianity, and claims Moscow is the third Rome. But if he were such a great Christian he could use his power to end abortion by ukase. He could allow faiths other than Russian Orthodox to practice freely. And it’s worth remembering that the Russian Orthodox Church service the interests of the Russian state. It is not a break on Putin’s power; it’s a tool of his power.
Been telling people all over social media that Russia is a Christian country and that Putin is doing the job of stopping the Muslim invasion while Obama winks and looks the other way. LIvs who voted for Obama are very uncomfortable with this perspective.
You might want to examine some of the outward actions of Putin and see if they comport with the teachings of Jesus Christ. Or if they're mostly cynical policies designed outside Christ's teachings, designed and developed opportunistically. You will find he is using Christianity as a faith of chauvinism to give the Russian people a good reason to kick crap out of others.
Yes, you can judge that tree by its fruit, or you can believe something Putin propagandist publish about his deep Christianity.
I can only hope that Putin’s words begin to be matched with Christian deeds. As a president for life, he will likely be on the scene for a long, long time.
>>Really? You can judge my soul?
You can judge Putin’s soul?
A tidbit from an Internet Forum:
“What is Putin’s faith?
Putin’s father was militantly atheistic, but his mother was a devout Russian Orthodox Christian who had Putin secretly baptized into her church. However, her son conformed
to Soviet secular convention until two events in his adult life caused him to reexamine his religious beliefs.
In 1993, his wife was involved in a car accident; three years later, his family was traumatized by a life-threatening house fire. Putin then began questioning his atheism. Before he departed for a diplomatic trip to Israel, his mother gave him a baptismal cross. He said of the occasion: “I did as she said and then put the cross around my neck. I have not taken it off since.” In a nation where soldiers were forbidden from wearing crosses to the end of the U.S.S.R., his statement has been widely noted.”
You can’t judge his soul bit you can judge his actions. A mass murdering KGB goon is not a Christian in any way, and is certainly not defending Christendom.
And since then he has killed tens of thousands. What a good little KGB boy! Lol!
Btw, which wife are they talking about? The 15yo gymnast he’s banging?
Luckily, you and elhombrelibre are both powerless and won’t have any say so in what Trump will do as far as foreign policy is concerned. Thus your axes that both of you seem to have to grind against Russia and how Trump will strategically deal with her and with Putin, will be an exercise in your own futility.
Politics makes for strange bedfellows, such as the Roosevelt/Churchill/Stalin axis during WWII. Sometimes the enemy of your enemy is your friend. I trust Trump and his advisors, not what either of you two have to say. Interesting that you are in the same anti-Russia/Putin camp as John McCain and his girlfriend Lindsey Graham, neither of whom are friends (to say the least) of the President elect.
What evidence do you have for Putin committing or even ordering mass murders?
Why are you holier than thou?
Let’s not get carried away here, Putin is a murderous dictator
>>You can’t judge his soul bit you can judge his actions. A mass murdering KGB goon is not a Christian in any way, and is certainly not defending Christendom.
Did he engage in mass murder? That would change my mind about him. Can you provide some details that I can research?
Now if he was just a murdering KGB goon, then we have to remember that a murdering Pharisee goon once changed to become a pretty strong defender of Christianity.
"15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thornbushes or figs from thistles? 17 Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them."
A mass murdering KGB goon is not a Christian in any way, and is certainly not defending Christendom.
The Apostle Paul (formerly Saul) was a mass murderer, putting to death Christians in the 1st century. He became a founder of the religion which you claim to be a member.
Know this, when you’re still alive, it is never too late to come to Jesus, honestly seek repentance, and turn your life over to Him.
Matthew 7:15-20
So, now opportunists say and do things which run counter to what would be at their advantage?? He would've been deified if he had simply been another progressive Eurocrat who sold out his country to the globalists. Dude, look up the definition of opportunist.
>>No, I am reporting his action. Matthew 7:15-20
What are Putin’s prophecies?
I take Trump at his word; he wants to make America great again. At some point his desire to make America great is going to clash with Putin’s desire to be the dominant world power in Europe, to destroy NATO, and to make all the former Soviet colonies kowtow to him and his cult of personality. I have no doubt he’ll dupe some people, and I’ve no doubt that there will be quislings willing to aid him. Reality will matter more than the fluffy flattery Putin has used on Trump.
Dude, I looked it up. Putin’s picture was by the definition, dude.
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