Russia's Newest Law: No Evangelizing Outside of Church
Putin's War on Christianity Is the Russia that Cannot Be Ignored
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the local police officer came to a home where a group of Pentecostals meet each Sunday,” Konstantin Bendas, deputy bishop of the Pentecostal Union, told Forum 18. “With a contented expression he told them: ‘Now they’re adopting the law I’ll drive you all out of here.’ I reckon we should now fear such
******* I will see if I can find more here I think Putin has a very strict Christian religion, he wore a gold cross from his mother for years.
PS Jocko only facts take the rest to email hugs j
More on Putin...good read
Also a street named after him in Israel...
Putin’s Personal Religion
Vladimir Putin’s father was an atheist and his mother was an Orthodox Christian. Vladimir was baptized into the Orthodox Church as an infant.1
In an interview with Russian journalists published in 2000, Putin explained the significance of his well-known Orthodox cross pendant:
In 1993, when I worked on the Leningrad City Council, I went to Israel as part of an official delegation. Mama gave me my baptismal cross to get it blessed at the Lord’s Tomb. I did as she said and then put the cross around my neck. I have never taken it off since.1
In an interview with Russian journalists published in 2000, Putin explained the significance of his well-known Orthodox cross pendant:
In an interview with TIME magazine for their “Person of the Year” cover story in 2007, Putin was asked about his religion. Here’s how he responded:
TIME: One of the issues that is being discussed in our presidential election is the role of faith in government. One of the old stereotypes that Americans have about Russia, and certainly the Russia of the U.S.S.R., is that it was a godless country. You have talked about your own faith. What role does faith play in your own leadership and what role should faith play in government and in the public sphere?
PUTIN: First and foremost we should be governed by common sense. But common sense should be based on moral principles first. And it is not possible today to have morality separated from religious values. I will not expand, as I don’t want to impose my views on people who have different viewpoints.
http://www.religionfacts.com/putin
Thanks for that. Data on both sides.
I’m not betting in either direction on this one.