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Putin: America Is Godless, Has Turned Away from Christian Values
Breitbart ^ | 06/29/15

Posted on 06/30/2015 8:10:22 AM PDT by Enlightened1

Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the West, including the United States, for eschewing Christian values and opting instead for a “path to degradation.”

In his State of the Nation speech last month, Putin asserted that, “Many Euro-Atlantic countries have moved away from their roots, including Christian values… Policies are being pursued that place on the same level a multi-child family and a same-sex partnership, a faith in God and a belief in Satan.” Russia has adopted new laws that ban homosexual propaganda and criminalizes the insulting of religious sensibilities.

The law on religious sensibilities was approved in the wake of a protest in Moscow’s largest cathedral by a female punk rock group, Pussy Riot. State-run television said the group’s “demonic” protest was funded by “some Americans.” Russia’s newfound embrace of traditional values has prompted a rise in Orthodox vigilantism. Extreme groups such as the Union of Orthodox Banner Bearers, an ultraconservative faction who adopted a slogan “Orthodoxy or Death,” are gaining prominence.

It was not that long ago that the United States was accusing Russia for being a “godless nation.” On March 8, 1983, Ronald Reagan said this about Russia to an audience of evangelicals:

Yes, let us pray for the salvation of all of those who live in that totalitarian darkness–pray they will discover the joy of knowing God. But until they do, let us be aware that while they preach the supremacy of the state, declare its omnipotence over individual man, and predict its eventual domination of all peoples on the Earth, they are the focus of evil in the modern world.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Russia
KEYWORDS: america; blindsquirrel; godless; putin; turnedaway
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To: Starboard

Look at Greece they are STILL demanding their goodies, I DO NOT think I will see turn around in my lifetime which will be another 30 years or so!!!!! It has taken these bastards 40 years to get us here it will take another 40 years to turn it around!!!! You have to realize it will take that long for ALL of these bastard tenured professors to die off!!!! The faster way would be for the citizens to keep their kids out of our universities but that happening is next to nil!!!!! The government has convinced most that you MUST have a college education to be successful, however maybe just maybe people will start to realize that VERY EXPENSIVE college education is getting them no where!!!!!


41 posted on 06/30/2015 8:30:38 AM PDT by Kit cat (OBummer must go)
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To: lormand
Maryland, the freak state, did vote on homo marriage, and approve it.

The US government, which is functionally "the US" to foreign observers, asserts that homo marriage is a fundamental human right, right up there with the right to speak your mind.

And if THAT position is contrary to what the US population finds, then all the more, the US is godless - or has substituted government for god.

I take no personal offense at Putin's remark. It's not directed at me, it's directed at the federal government, which is proudly godless.

42 posted on 06/30/2015 8:31:27 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Enlightened1

Well, we’ve been saying it for a while, so thanks for catching on


43 posted on 06/30/2015 8:32:16 AM PDT by Viennacon (liberals are like vomit in many ways)
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To: lormand

It isn’t just homo marriage. It is our whole system.


44 posted on 06/30/2015 8:32:18 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Enlightened1
Pretty sickening


45 posted on 06/30/2015 8:32:22 AM PDT by McGruff (Eat a snickers...)
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To: FreeReign
Khrushchev(“We do not have to invade the United States, we will destroy you from within.”)...you magnificent b@stard!
46 posted on 06/30/2015 8:33:21 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo
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To: lormand

ummm, some did


47 posted on 06/30/2015 8:33:30 AM PDT by Viennacon (liberals are like vomit in many ways)
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To: FreeReign
"Oh please. It was the KGB, Putin and his ilk who started all of this by undermining our country going back to the 1950's and even before that.

During the Great Depression, Soviet Russia made great inroad using propaganda like this to siphon off nationalist pride in America. They did the same in every country.

This had a very negative effect in Germany. Many Germans became communists and sang soviet tunes while marching in the streets in thousands. This caused a nationalist outrage among many Germans, and a guy named Hilter exploited this masterfully. Not to be outdone by the communists, the Nazis just added "nationalism" to their same utopian view of social engineering.

Its a shame that so many people don't know the history of the Soviet union and how they exploit citizens of other countries. He is succeeding here on FR, much to my dismay.

48 posted on 06/30/2015 8:34:50 AM PDT by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: Altura Ct.

The majority of America is not Godless, only the majority of the supreme court is.

The problem is that our government is no longer run by the people, it is run by a cartel of elites all acting in their own self interests and in the interest of socialism for the purpose of grabbing more power.


49 posted on 06/30/2015 8:36:03 AM PDT by bigtoona (tr)
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To: Altura Ct.
So the "system" in Russia is better than the US?

We have the ability to make change here. Ordinary Russians are total slaves to a lifetime despot.

50 posted on 06/30/2015 8:37:34 AM PDT by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: P.O.E.

What a sad testimony that ole Putin is one of the few world politicians to speak this Truth.


51 posted on 06/30/2015 8:38:27 AM PDT by FiddlePig
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To: All

LOL, says the long time KGB operative who supported the atheistic Soviet Union.

Putin is a phony. If anybody is Godless it is Vlad Putin.
You can’t take the KGB out of the commie.


52 posted on 06/30/2015 8:38:30 AM PDT by rbmillerjr (Reagan conservative: All 3 Pillars)
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To: Enlightened1

Putin = Pot
Obama = Kettle


53 posted on 06/30/2015 8:38:50 AM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: Enlightened1; McGruff

Official Putin Lover Thread!

If you're hate for Obama has somehow made you into a Putin lover, or maybe you are simply a paid Russian troll, this thread is for you.
If you harbor one or more of the following feelings…

      
  1. You Hate Obama, but cannot hate two tyrants at once, so you pick a foreign tyrant to love   
  2. You blame America for the world's problems   
  3. Cheating on every treaty and document Putin ever signed is OK
  4. Cheating on elections...no problem
  5. Someone pointing nuclear missiles at you gives you a thrill up your leg
  6. Invading Georgia and the Ukraine gives you a thrill up your leg
  7. Threatening Europe with nuclear annihilation….nothing to see here
  8. Providing Iran with weapons, nuclear knowledge/material and support is just fine
  9. Providing North Korea with weapons, nuclear knowledge/material and support is just fine
  10. Hacking American institutions and companies is OK
  11. Downing civilian jets…...what's the problem?
  12. You are a paid Russian troll

….then this thread is for you! If you want to be on the Official Putin Lover Thread ping list, let me know.

54 posted on 06/30/2015 8:39:09 AM PDT by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: lormand
Bravo Putin, you are a master of Propaganda. Too bad many of us see thru it.

Finally! It wasn't the case for a long while. Seemed the only ones countering these BS artists was me, Thunder90, and Tailgunner Joe.

55 posted on 06/30/2015 8:40:03 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: lormand

Economically speaking we pay higher taxes.

Russia has only a 13% flat tax. That’s it!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_tax


56 posted on 06/30/2015 8:41:33 AM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: ETL

Ping me if you need. I have plenty of firepower to add.


57 posted on 06/30/2015 8:41:36 AM PDT by lormand (Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
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To: Enlightened1

Putin is cynical and godless himself//// But what he says about the US being godless? We are sure acting this way with all the people who have no problem with gay marriage etc. Abortion. Lots of godless and minimally god-believing pastors and rabbis out there. But its a good paying gig in a rotten economy.


58 posted on 06/30/2015 8:42:19 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: McGruff
Pretty sickening

Of course it is. But we don't need to hear it from Putin, or any of you (possibly paid) butt kissers of his.

59 posted on 06/30/2015 8:43:39 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: RckyRaCoCo
Khrushchev(“We do not have to invade the United States, we will destroy you from within.”)...you magnificent b@stard!

Yup.

Back then the US was a moral, liberty loving country. Internally, we had very little interest in changing.

We would have stayed that course if not for the KBG's interest to destroy our country.

So along comes the KGB and their infiltration of our media and other institutions. The immoral propaganda started with them. Now decades later we are immoral and we have lost our liberty.

And Putin lectures us on morality????

Putin the False Prophet should get down on his knees and apologize for their contribution to what has happened to our once great country.

60 posted on 06/30/2015 8:46:31 AM PDT by FreeReign
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