[Agog]

I think there are some here who also wonder about Putin's divinity.

[BigEdLB]

God is inside Vladimir Putin

Dunno about that. Maybe a bowl of borscht is inside Vlad... But God inside more or less than any of us? Incense inside an Orthodox Church can be awful strong..

[1rudeboy]

'We're Not Worthy'

As techno music murmured in the background, Tsorionov paced with a microphone in front of a large screen showing psychedelic lights. He opened by citing Vladislav Surkov, once the Kremlin’s chief ideologist, who said in 2011 that Putin "was sent to Russia by fate and by the Lord."

Tsorionov cited the Russian government’s harsh crackdown on opposition protests and Putin PR stunts like his staged discovery of sunken artifacts and his participation in the rescue of endangered cranes as divinely inspired acts.

[lightman]

Moscow historically has fancied itself to be the “new Rome”.

Not surprising this “New Rome” would develop a cult of Emperor worship.

[Gay State Conservative]

God can bring an airliner down with a thunderstorm.Vlad can do it with a surface-to-air missile.Hey,maybe they're on to something here.

[cizinec]

I’m Serbian Orthodox. In so far as we say “All you who have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ,” (Jelici vo Hrista krestistesja, vo Hrista oblekostesja) that would be true. From an Orthodox perspective, that would include all who are immersion baptized three times in the name of the Holy Trinity, and not just Orthodox Christians.

The claims made for Putin seem to me to be what a poorly translated version of what Orthodoxy teaches for ALL baptisms would be: Christ restoring in the individual through His death and resurrection that which we destroyed, allowing us to unite ourselves to God. This is also often used AGAINST baptized politicians who fail to live up to what they are called to through Baptism, a charge I have seen levied against Putin as well.

If the priest is claiming something more, then he’ll probably be dealt with fairly quickly.

[free_life]

Likely candidate for being the anti-christ.

[Jan_Sobieski]

Putin has only been recommended to be a man with "God in him", Obama has actually been called "God" by his fans!

Which is worse?

[Redmen4ever]

The Russian Orthodox Church say it is God inside of Putin. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church say it is the devil

http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2014/09/09/putin-is-under-satans-influence-says-leader-of-kiev-orthodox-church/