Posted on 03/27/2014 7:54:59 PM PDT by goldstategop
One of the strategically interesting things about Vladimir Putin is that he has been careful not to set himself against religious belief but attempted to align himself with it. He has taken domestic actions that he believes reflect the assumptions of religious conservatives. He has positioned himself so that he can make a claim on a part of the Russian soul, as they used to say, that his forbears could not: He is not anti-God, he is pro-God, pro the old church of the older, great Russia. ...
At the top, religious references. Crimea is "where Prince Vladimir was baptized. His spiritual feat of adopting Orthodoxy predetermined the overall basis of the culture, civilization and human values that unite the people of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus."
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
That Putin is also taking measures to suppress non-Orthodox Christianity is most telling as to Putin's purposes with the church. Putin helps the Orthodox church to the extent the Orthodox church helps Putin.
Noon an has it wrong Prince Vladimir was baptized in Kiev by priests from Byzantium. That is why the Main Street in Kiev is called “Kreschatik “ or baptismal street
She is still a clueless dweeb IMHO
In danger?
I think not.
I think it's already a done deal!
Having undertaken, for the Glory of God, and advancements of the Christian faith and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic; for our better ordering, and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony; unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names at Cape Cod the 11th of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France, and Ireland, the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth, 1620.
Oh heck: read WORLD history!!
RELIGION has shaped human history MUCH more than Politics has!
No; you would NOT have found this out by reading USA's education history textbooks.
Regarding the following, I have been reading and studying this for about a year now and am a bit more than half way through it. I admit to having doubts occasionally, but have come to more or less accept all of its claims as written.
It is from that point of view I offer a few of the Messages from True Life In God regarding Russia:
I Will Resurrect Russia As I Have Resurrected Lazarus January 4, 1988
Satan Offered Russia The Deadly Fruit January 5, 1988
Russia Will Be The Symbol Of God's Glory February 1, 1988
Prophecy: Russia Will Govern The Rest Of My Children In Holiness October 20, 1992
Prophecy: I Will Lift Her (Russia) To Become The Head Of Many Nations October 25, 1992
The messages to the shepherd children by Our Lady of Fatima are more to the point and have been approved by the Church. IMO it is more important to promote those.
Had it not been for the Messages in True Life In God, it's unlikely I'd have heard, let alone paid much attention to, her warnings, nor to our Holy Mother Mary.
I'm a lo-info non-denomination Christian and don't have the hostility to the many flavors of Christianity, especially toward Catholics or to The Church, as so often is seen here.
None the less, the Church sat on St. Mary's warnings from Fatima until it was too late to take them to heart. The same is said about Garabandal.
Satan has covered the world with his smoke, including the Church, so doing our own research and letting His Spirit lead each of us would seem to always be good advice.
April Fool's Day must have arrived a few days early this year.
Sorry, while I enjoy seeing him poke Obama, Putin is no hero. He is a Stalinist who is actively trying to rehabilitate the image of old Joe the mass murderer.
bump
2 Peter 1:3
His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him who called us by his own glory and goodness.
I wonder...
...did Peter know that an apparition would appear saying...
But WAIT!!
There's MORE?
Noonan is dead to me.
You bring up Iran.
But this thread is about Ukraine. You want to go to war with Russia over Ukraine? McCain seems to want that. Maybe you’re a McCain follower. I sure as h am not
Our destruction as the power that brought the USSR down is all part of his grand plan.
Says who? You speak a whole lot of bluster, with nothing to back it up. Georgia, Crimea, Ukraine - it doesn’t matter to us who’s in charge. I’m sure that two months ago you couldn’t have named any of the leaders of these areas, but now because McCain says you’re supposed to be afraid and angry about what’s going on there, you’re dutifully saluting McCain and Lindsay and getting afraid and angry — about areas of the world that have no relevance to you or US interests. You should spend your time and energy on things that have a real impact on you and your family, not these fake foreign “crises” that the neocons want us to buy into.
And your proof is . . . What? I was referring to an article quoting Putin from some fifteen years ago. In the anominity of your basement you feel free to spew insults and unsubstantiated claims. If you feel I’m so vile, get me zotted, jerk.
I’m not advocating war against anyone, nor am I a McCain fan. I’m pointing out a fact, which you may not be a fan of either. You can not wish facts away just because they do not make Putin look good. Maybe you don’t mind if the mad mullahs get a nuclear weapon. I know some Putinistas don’t.
FreeRepublic's attracting a lot of dumbed down conservatives who cannot figure out that Putin isn't one of us. Strange brew, WilliamIII.
Putin has got a vendetta.
As does Obama. Unfortunately their vendettas are more parallel than opposing.
I guess. Putin seems so transparent. Of course, the internationalist, socialist Obama seems equally transparent. Thanks.
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