Posted on 07/05/2019 6:01:39 PM PDT by marshmallow
He says Russia is a Christian nation, and that Christian values apply throughout the entire world.
On the eve of the G20 summit, Vladimir Putin spoke with The Financial Times Editor Lionel Barber and Moscow Bureau Chief Henry Foy. It is considered to be an iconic interview.
In the following excerpt, Putin talks about the moral values that are at the foundation of all society.
Vladimir Putin: Russia is an Orthodox Christian nation, and there have always been problems between Orthodox Christianity and the Catholic world. This is exactly why I will now say a few words about Catholics. Are there any problems there? Yes, there are, but they cannot be over-exaggerated and used for destroying the Roman Catholic Church itself. This is what cannot be done.
Sometimes, I get the feeling that these liberal circles are beginning to use certain elements and problems of the Catholic Church as a tool for destroying the Church itself. This is what I consider to be incorrect and dangerous.
All right, have we forgotten that all of us live in a world based on Biblical values? Even atheists and everyone else live in this world. We do not have to think about this every day, attend church and pray, thereby showing that we are devout Christians or Muslims or Jews. However, deep inside, there must be some fundamental human rules and moral values. In this sense, traditional values are more stable and more important for millions of people than this liberal idea, which, in my opinion, is really ceasing to exist.
Lionel Barber: So religion, religion is not the opium of the masses?
Vladimir Putin: No, it is not. But I get the impression that you are detached from religion because it is already 12.45 am Moscow Time, and you continue to torture me. As we say here, there is no fear of God in you, is there? (Laughter)
He’s a conservative.
Shocking. Need to process this further.
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If my father was alive, he would read this and drop dead :)
When one hears stuff like that from Putin, it does make one wonder as to whether we’re getting played by the Democrats and the Media regarding the “Russia is evil” meme.
Uh.....he’s a formerKGB goon.
Unlikely he cares at all about God or the word of God.
It is said that he regularly attends the Russian Orthodox Church.
Dems even outside mainstream commies
That commie said what?
Burn him!
I think I need a bit more than processing———— the leader of the KGB is a Christian——————and the Pope is a Communist.....
who the hell was it who wanted to live in interesting times?
Interesting interview.
Anything is possible, but remember this : once KGB, always KGB.
5.56mm
An immaculate liar. The Democrats have taught him well.
That’s been my view all the time.
This is a man we can do business with.
If Putin says it, then it must be false.
Yes, he was KGB and if we only knew half the skeletons in his closet it would make for many movies.
However, Putin is a bit of a pragmatist according to those who know him well. He is not our friend nor is he our arch-enemy. He is the President (for life) of a competing nation with interests often opposed to ours.
With that being said, Judeo-Christian values are a good basis for a polite, prosperous, and law abiding society. History and reason tell us this is true. One does not have to “believe” or actively practice faith to abide by those values and a nation that lives those values is prosperous. Putin, a student of history according to many, sees what is obvious even as we no longer teach this to our young people.
It is ironic isn’t it?
If you told me 20 years ago that there was going to be a Russian President proclaiming Christian values, I would have told you that you are full of crap.
“Russia is an Orthodox Christian nation.”
- V. Putin
Wow !
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