Posted on 07/19/2020 10:39:30 PM PDT by rintintin
And it’s not in the USA? What is more corrupt than our courts and the Federal Government, especially the legislative branch?
Putin’s job is not conquering the world. Putin’s job is saving Mother Russia from sickness and death.
He is a salesman, advertising his only products worth a damn, weapons. To survive he must sell what he makes that is exportable.
Because Putin doesn't want to speak about freedom of religion, speech, protest, etc.
Oh please. If you want to do anything in America, put an addition on your home, buy a car,if you need a trades person, anything like that do you ave to pay a bribe?
Russia's Newest Law: No Evangelizing Outside of Church | News ...
Christians are Severely Persecuted in Putin's Russia – But That Could ...
Christian Persecution Increasing in Russia - Christian News Headlines
Report: Non-Orthodox Christians Face 'Strong Discrimination' in Russia
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Moscow church destroyed in sign of new Russian repression Posted on Sep 26, 2012 | by Jill Nelson
Russia's De-Facto State Religion : Persecution : http://www ... www.persecution.org/?p=9350&upm... International Christian Co... Putin frequently appears with the Orthodox head, Patriarch Aleksei II, ... Baptists, evangelicals, Pentecostals and many others who cut Christ's robes like bandits, ...
Government Returning Land to Religious Organizations to Favor Orthodox Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009: An ambitious draft law on the transfer of property of religious significance to religious organisations may reignite a process begun in 1993.
Pentecostal Seminary Targeted for Liquidation
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I don’t know...I believe all of these stories are at least 3 years old and there are a few that are much older than that. It’s been only in the last few years that Putin has been sticking up for traditional values....I wonder if somethings changed now.
One with some common sense should support conservative values vs liberalism in the interest of national preservation, but for which Orthodix church is a means, and completion is not welcome. The 2016 Yarovaya laws has not been revoke, which bans "Russians from inviting outsiders to join their faith, even online or in their own homes, unless they have a government permit through a registered religious organization, and even then they can only evangelize in designated churches and religious sites."
More than half of all cases of alleged violations last year were against evangelicals. Of the 159 individuals and organizations prosecuted for demonstrating their faith in public, 50 were Pentecostals and 39 were Baptists, according to analysis by Forum 18, a news service covering religious freedom issues in Russia and surrounding countries.
Orthodox Church heed the restrictions, violators are more likely to face punishment when charged by authorities. The fines start at 5,000 rubles for individuals (~$75) and at least 50,000 rubles ($750) for organizations.
“Believers are afraid to carry the Word of God to the masses, because they fear fines,” Pentecostal Union lawyer Vladimir Ozolin told Forum 18. “As ever, law enforcement agencies assume that any church activity is missionary activity, which is certainly not true.”
For some Protestant Christians, the rules have turned into a no-win situation: Even displaying the full name of their organization to comply with one provision of the law has been interpreted as a violation of another. Last year, a Baptist pastor in the Perm region was found guilty for hanging a sign reading, “House of Prayer of the International Council of Churches of Evangelical Christian-Baptists, worship service every Sunday from 10am,” Forum 18 wrote.
“The placement … suggests that [the defendant] carries out missionary activity aimed at disseminating information about the beliefs of [the church] among other persons who are not members,” the verdict concluded. (The vast majority of Protestant congregations worship on property designated for residential use since laws restrict churches’ ability to lease or buy land for themselves.)
The Constitutional Court decided that notices about services, ceremonies, or events only violate the anti-missionary laws if they indicate missionary activity will be a “defining feature” of the gathering.
But evangelicals still haven’t been able to avoid the penalties. Last month, authorities appeared in the middle of a Sunday worship service near Novorossiisk, along the coast of the Black Sea. According to reports, the choir stopped singing “Jesus Is My Lighthouse” as the pastor, Yury Korniyenko, disputed with officials. Two days later, he received a summons alleging illegal missionary activity.
Yevgeny Kokora, an elder in the 50-person congregation, told Radio Free Europe that they had started receiving weekly calls from investigators demanding summaries of Korniyenko’s sermons and reports of attendance. \More
“That only makes him a better leader than almost any prominent Democrat.”
You are so right! The Bible certainly teaches us that we can be forgiven of our sins and redeemed in the eyes of our Lord.
Putin is standing up for his country. Too bad we can’t say the same about our leaders — from both parties! We are in a global world now. Our leaders can preach diversity and inclusion until the cows come home and continue to indoctrinate our next generation until there is nothing left. They’ve already accomplished that quite successfully to a huge extent. It is quite obvious. Just read the news on any given day.
So, Putin and the Russians are protecting their homeland and we are sending out people like those in Portland and Seattle to be our leaders. How do we compete with China and Russia in a world where Darwin’s “survival of the fittest” takes no quarter.
We are headed for a rude awakening! Putin sure seems to be doing his job — protecting his nation! Too bad, we can’t seem to do the same these days.
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