Care to respond to that directly? Or would you rather continue to make up things to attack me over?
“I never said Putin did. I only point out what many here have, which is that the Church is growing in Russia (and China),”
I’ve never seen any evidence that the Christian church in Russia is growing. I do know that Putin’s Mentor, Alexandr Dugin, promotes the ROC under the same terms as that Norwegian shooter from awhile back. As a nationalist church to unite Russia, that is, when he isn’t talking about conquering France and renaming it Gaul. That’s exactly why Putin is promoting “religious” laws to give the ROC an exalted status. Not because he is so Christian or because the ROC is so filled with the Spirit. But because of cultural and nationalistic reasons.
The church in China is growing, but it’s not the state controlled ones with Priests and Bishops assigned and ordained by the state.
The idea of Christianity being combined with state-powers, being promoted by state-powers, and aiding and abetting state-powers, is simply repulsive and anti-Christian. For our Kingdom is NOT of this world, but of the world to come.
“Care to respond to that directly? Or would you rather continue to make up things to attack me over?”
Aren’t you the one making things up to attack me over? You had me here supposedly opposing Putin’s repentance that never happened. If many people here believe that Putin is a Christian King opposing the homosexual agenda, these people lack discernment and don’t know what Christ’s Gospel is really about. It’s not a social movement. It’s not a culture. It isn’t about us at all. It is about what Christ did for us on the cross.
You can keep your filthy state sponsored religion, and I’ll stick with the Gospel.