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64. People are free to have opinions and reactions of their choice

Tue Apr 2, 2024, 07:03 AM

Apr 2024

People are free to think that this is not a holy war, that there is no such thing as a holy war, and that Putin is the fifth gunman

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Ukraine Is Now 'Holy War,' Russian Church Declares [View all] Valdosta Mar 2024 OP

Oh, holy shit... Gidney N Cloyd Mar 2024 #1

Ohh Pun 3auld6phart Mar 2024 #17

Yep, HOLY, that's the propaganda Model35mech Mar 2024 #19

Remonded me of this. brewens Mar 2024 #28

This is why the ROCOR exists ripcord Mar 2024 #59

. dalton99a Mar 2024 #2

I had a physical reaction to those photos - nausea alittlelark Mar 2024 #3

Same here PatSeg Mar 2024 #6

Me too. Nobody out does the Russian Orthodox priests when it comes to ridiculous..... RussellCattle Mar 2024 #33

If I considered them Christian perhaps I'd have the same reaction. Igel Mar 2024 #62

I grew up in the U.S. Army. barbaraann Mar 2024 #4

They worship a cruel and capricious god. hunter Mar 2024 #5

Kirill has sold out to Putin ripcord Mar 2024 #57

This is the result of a merging of church and state. TomSlick Mar 2024 #7

Orthodoxy's usually been like that, historically. Igel Mar 2024 #11

And in so doing the church loses its mission and voice. TomSlick Mar 2024 #15

Church equals Brain. State equals Body. Neither can prevail without the Other. Drum Mar 2024 #63

No such thing. Qutzupalotl Mar 2024 #8

It's not going to help with oasis Mar 2024 #9

That's the first thing I thought! slightlv Mar 2024 #23

History repeats... WarGamer Mar 2024 #10

Remember when all religion was banned in the Soviet Union...? Grins Mar 2024 #12

The government of the Soviet Union followed an unofficial policy of state atheism, aiming to gradually eliminate Celerity Mar 2024 #21

Corrupt leading the corrupt.... bahboo Mar 2024 #13

What happens when you mix church & state! KS Toronado Mar 2024 #14

Welcome to the other side... orwell Mar 2024 #16

Yes, God wants you to kill civilian women and children. surfered Mar 2024 #18

Well, they can point to many verses slightlv Mar 2024 #26

If it is a holy war why did they wait until now? LiberalFighter Mar 2024 #20

God acted immediately in 2022, but his will is limited to the speed-of-light, so it just got here. Gore1FL Mar 2024 #24

I like it. God is two light years away, so we have some lag time in our favor. No? RussellCattle Mar 2024 #37

I was watching a Bible thing on History Channel LiberalFighter Mar 2024 #41

It may have had something to do with the Pillar-of-S.A.L.T. treaty! nt Gore1FL Mar 2024 #42

Good question. Is it still holy if Russia loses? Maybe they were hedging and Putin made a call. RussellCattle Mar 2024 #35

Russian Christians are as bad as American Evangelicals. They just dress flashier. nt Gore1FL Mar 2024 #22

Putin has issued a Jihad. lpbk2713 Mar 2024 #25

Shit, that's it. Muslims. I knew I had heard of holy wars somewhere before. RussellCattle Mar 2024 #39

No surprise... IthinkThereforeIAM Mar 2024 #27

Jesus saved his harshest words for hypocrites, especially religious hypocrites. colorado_ufo Mar 2024 #29

The blessing of the missiles. twodogsbarking Mar 2024 #31

Maybe it was supposed to be the blessing of the missals, colorado_ufo Mar 2024 #43

Oh, it was Father Rudy. twodogsbarking Mar 2024 #45

Religion is like a soap opera. Neither makes sense but people watch. twodogsbarking Mar 2024 #30

Patriarch Kirill worked for the KGB in the 1970s, Swiss media reports dalton99a Mar 2024 #32

If you declare a "Holy War", Mblaze Mar 2024 #34

It fills the soul when a church declares war lame54 Mar 2024 #36

True that. It fills my soul with something dark and hard. RussellCattle Mar 2024 #38

Sounds like our own political Christian pastors/evangelists. keithbvadu2 Mar 2024 #40

Let's face it, the Russian Orthodox Church is nothing more than an arm of the FSB tornado34jh Mar 2024 #44

Don't Russia and Ukraine share the same Church? Elessar Zappa Mar 2024 #46

Ukraine was majority Roman Catholic and ... Valdosta Mar 2024 #47

Ah, ok, I thought most Ukrainians were Eastern Orthodox. Elessar Zappa Mar 2024 #48

There is a Ukrainian Orthodox Church, but organizationally separate. n/t Valdosta Mar 2024 #49

No, there was a schism. Emrys Mar 2024 #50

Aha! I finally got Advanced Search to work and found my earlier posts. Emrys Mar 2024 #56

God is a hatchet guy like in a corp takeover. The goal is to kill everything on earth. Just follow him. RKP5637 Mar 2024 #51

Utter blasphemy. moondust Mar 2024 #52

I don't know why so many are blowing up over this. Xolodno Mar 2024 #53

People are free to have opinions and reactions of their choice ck4829 Apr 2024 #64

Thanks for posting this and the pictures! It's unbelievable! RKP5637 Mar 2024 #54

And this, my fellow Americans, is what you will get with White Christian Nationalism... Hekate Mar 2024 #55

Gee, not a "Special Holy Operation"? n/t Silent3 Mar 2024 #58

[humor] Putin buys entire stock of Trump Bibles for Holy War. Trump is a billionaire again. SupportSanity Mar 2024 #60

This is exactly what the US far right imagines when they talk about a Christian nation NickB79 Mar 2024 #61