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To: Kazan
If we asked both Russians and Americans if the opposed same-sex marriage, which country would be more opposed to it? If we asked both Russians and Americans if homosexuality was sinful, which country would be more opposed to it? If we asked Russians and Americans if they supported gender transitioning, which country would support that more? You damn well know that answers to those questions. In every single case, Russian public opinion would be far more in line with Biblical morality.

And just how does that negate the charge or justify "Russia's War Against Evangelicals"??? Seriously, conflating Americans with evangelicals actually refutes your attempted argument against this reality of Russia's War Against Evangelicals since historically they have been the most conservative major religious body even in the US. Which is why the Left abhors them. Just replace the term "Russians" with "Evangelicals" in your questions!

If you're really a Christian gives a hoot about the cause of Christ, you might want to focus your attention on how depraved our country is instead spreading propaganda about Russia.

Actually, If you're really a Christian gives a hoot about the cause of Christ, you might want to focus your attention on how anti-evangelical our country is instead spreading propaganda about Russia being justified in criminalizing evangelism by the most conservative major religious body under the "Christian" classification. Or denying that the The Yarovaya law does just that.

To really be a faithful Christian is to oppose both the anti-Christ Western Left as well as anti-Christian Russian repression. The RO itself is not the true faith, being too akin to Rome. Neither is Putin worship.

77 posted on 05/10/2024 3:35:59 AM PDT by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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To: daniel1212
And just how does that negate the charge or justify "Russia's War Against Evangelicals"??

Because it's not occurring.

Nothing is suppressing the religious freedom of evangelicals in Russia. Evangelical churches exist. Russian citizens are free to attend evangelical churches. Evangelicals from various parts of Russia gather at conferences.

We have plenty of similar headlines here claiming Biden is waging war on Christians, pro-lifers and Catholics. If someone ignorant of what is going on here read those headlines, they would believe there was no religious freedom in the US. But, there most certainly still is.

78 posted on 05/10/2024 4:05:32 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: daniel1212
Or denying that the The Yarovaya law does just that.

I certainly didn't deny it existed. In fact, I proved previously that law didn't equate what you and propagandists in the Western media claim it did.

So, answer the following questions:

Do evangelical churches exist in Russia?

Are Russian citizens allowed to freely attend evangelical churches?

Do evangelical churches in Russia have websites making Russian citizens aware of their existence?

Are evangelicals across Russia traveling and gathering to meet in large cities like St. Petersburg?

The answer is yes to all those questions. And, this proof that your claim about the Yarovaya law is nonsense.

And, I posted this before to refute your nonsense and got no reply back:

https://orthochristian.com/95503.html

TASS describes in more detail just what religious activities are effected by the laws:

“A separate block of corrections [to the bill approved by the Duma on June 24] defines what ‘missionary activity’ is and forbids it to be carried out by religious communities with aims that contradict the law.>B> The document also contains a ban on missionary activities aimed at disrupting social safety and order, extremist actions, forcing adherents to break up families, and intrusion upon the personality, rights, and freedom of citizens.

“Also forbidden is missionary activity aimed at inclining people towards suicide, obstructing the reception of compulsory education, inducing citizens to refuse to fulfill their civil duty as established by law.

Actually, what the law appears to be designed to prevent is the Western perversion of Christianity that would advance the LGBT agenda or undermine the Russian government (which Western intelligence groups and NGOs regularly attempt to do)>

80 posted on 05/10/2024 4:23:46 PM PDT by Kazan
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