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Some days its difficult to focus on football. While we keep it as light as possible here at Seahawks Wire, the last several days have been harrowing for anyone following current events.
The short version: Russian president Vladimir Putin has invaded Ukraine in an unprovoked act of aggression putting all of Europe at risk for a new world war. So far the Ukrainian people and their President have responded with an incredibly courageous resistance despite being overwhelmed by a far superior military force. Picking sides here should be easy for anyone with a moral compass especially those who profess to call themselves Christians.
Seahawks great Doug Baldwin hit the nail on the head in a late-night tweet, calling out Christians who support what Putin is doing in Ukraine.
Link to tweet
Baldwin may be just speaking in general terms, but its possible hes referring to one specific individual. Former Republican Delaware Senatorial candidate Lauren Witzke has made the news in recent days for saying she identifies with Putins Christian values more than President Joe Biden.
Link to tweet
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/doug-baldwin-calls-out-christians-who-say-they-support-putin/ar-AAUl7m6
onecaliberal
(32,489 posts)They are blood thirsty monsters.
Walleye
(30,729 posts)Lets see, which one aligns with her values. Hmmm
I thought she was Kate McKinnon there for a minute. Embarrassing that she purports to be from Delaware. Hannity et al tried to get Christine ODonnell elected in 2010. She was no Delawarean either
Wounded Bear
(58,440 posts)Tanuki
(14,893 posts)"Russia Keeps Punishing Evangelicals in Crimea
Since Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014one of the central points of conflict in the current clash between the two countriesProtestant Christians in the territory have faced greater government penalties for practicing their faith.
Like elsewhere in Russia, meeting together to sing and read Scripture or letting others know about a church gathering puts believers at risk under a strict 2016 anti-evangelism law. Last year, authorities prosecuted 23 cases of such activity in Crimea, up from 13 the year before, according to Forum 18, which tracks religious freedom violations in the region.
Evangelical Protestants in Crimea received the most penalties. At least nine people from Pentecostal, Baptist, and other Protestant churches were fined for missionary activity.
Four of those cases involved members of the Potters House, a Protestant congregation in Sevastopol, a southern port and the largest city in Crimea. Pastor Evgenii Kornev leads efforts to proclaim the gospel online and in the streets; his Twitter feed features clips of an Easter procession and service, new home Bible groups, ministry to former drug addicts, and open-air evangelism. Even when Kornev came down with COVID-19, he continued to preach over video."...(more)
uponit7771
(90,225 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,651 posts)Plain as the caps on her teeth.
brush
(53,475 posts)instead of her own president. And what makes her think Putin is a Christian?
How dumb to spew plainly stupid repug talking points praising someone who just ordered an unprovoked invasion of another country.
Kid Berwyn
(14,651 posts)Some are surprised to discover they so often are the same people and so stupid.