Posted on 01/28/2006 11:56:02 AM PST by Tailgunner Joe
Moscow, January 26, Interfax - The passage of a resolution condemning totalitarian communist regimes by the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) might led to armed actions against countries that are still guided by the communist ideology, said Professor Andrei Kurayev of the Moscow Religious Academy.
"The PACE rapporteurs' attempt to equalize communism and Nazism implies the justification of any forms of counterpropaganda, the justification of confrontation and violence against communist regimes in general," Father Andrei told Interfax.
If communist China, North Korea, or Cuba is put on the same level with Nazi Germany, this implies "a carte blanche for any action of force, possibly including even the use of weapons of mass destruction in the fight with such an ultimately evil and demonized enemy," he said.
"The session in Strasbourg was a kind of new inquisition, in which a certain ideological and philosophic system was tried. I disagree with it, but in this particular case the judicial gag would set a sad precedent by identifying areas closed for discussion," he said.
Kurayev admitted that, as an Orthodox cleric, he assumes a position that is "far from the communist one," and this is why he said he would like to keep the right to engage in polemics with the communist ideology.
"I don't see fit to maintain polemics with voices from the underground. Therefore, to have the right to criticize communism, I would like the communists to have the right to criticize my weltanschauung. This should be left within the legal framework of cultural polyphony," he said.
Answering a question from the Gazeta daily, he noted that ‘Russia has fallen away from her communist totalitarianism much farther than judges from the PACE.
‘Nobody at least is judged for his convictions in Russia’, he noted, adding, ‘You can judge one for a theft, murder, for any other crime but not for convictions. Communist ideology is a conviction. Do not judge, and you will not be judged’.
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Communism is a way of life much more than an ideology or a state regime. By focusing on only one of multiple meanings of this word ["Communist ideology is a conviction"] Andrei Kuraev is engaging in self-interested sophistry, and is unworthy of consideration or rebuttals.
"If communist China, North Korea, or Cuba is put on the same level with Nazi Germany, this implies "a carte blanche for any action of force, possibly including even the use of weapons of mass destruction in the fight with such an ultimately evil and demonized enemy," he said."
Kind of like a gay activist on steroids.
Dead wrong. I FRmailed you an analysis, mostly after Alexander Zinoviev.
Thanks. I will be happy to read what you sent but history seems to bear me out.
Im tired of russian and chinese whitewashing of history and facts. I also tire of their continuing cat and mouse games with the west and their corrupt little alliances ergo China/Russia/Iran/Syria. I hate to say it but the world would be a helluva lot better if they were not on it.
Oops. I sent #10 to myself and it was intended for you.
‘Nobody at least is judged for his convictions in Russia’, he noted, adding, ‘You can judge one for a theft, murder, for any other crime but not for convictions. Communist ideology is a conviction. Do not judge, and you will not be judged’.
Well right out of his mouth "communism" is a religion and above judgment, I think I have heard this before...
They'll simply try to project their communist/fascist desires on another group, as they did in the past. But we'll save these links and articles for such occasions.
I have noticed that the Putin fans won't come over here. This shows that the Russian Orthodox Church is still the government of Russia's church (It was from Stalin till now), and that it still supports communism.
Re # 10: and sociological communism is indeed the most basic part of human nature [it is the regular self-preservation instinct, but directed not against saber-toothed tigers, but rather against the fellow humans in social situations]. The whole progress of civilization has been a struggle to limit or channel it, through invention of laws, morality, publicity, religion and so on. The more successful of these inventions fall under the title of "civil society", as distinct from the goverment-controlled developments.
Beware the "Church of Moscow"
If he is a real Christian than he should have no problem with taking a strong stand against Communism. Hmmmmm .... I guess that answers that question.
As a Grandson of an an Eastern Orthodox man who was born in Czarist Russia, I agree with you 100%.
You took the words right out of my mouth. You wrote the truth!
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