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30. The Russian Orthodox Church has been a toady to the secular authorities for centuries...

Tue Mar 8, 2022, 07:16 PM

Mar 2022

First to the Tsars, and then even to the Bolsheviks (they were the "acceptable" church that always counseled their followers to respect the government, even as it was killing and imprisoning their clergy), and now to Pootie-Poot.

For what it's worth, they also cut off all ties to the wider Eastern Orthodox Churches after the Patriarch of Constantinople (the Orthodox equivalent of the Pope) decided to recognize the Ukrainian Orthodox Church as a separate entity, instead of insisting it remain under the control of Moscow. Right now, Patriarch Kirill is considered a schismatic by the rest of Orthodoxy.

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Calling him a POS would be an insult to shit everywhere BeyondGeography Mar 2022 #1

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Are these guys even a real thing? They sound almost as repulsive as our crazy religious jerks. Magoo48 Mar 2022 #58

Sacred feces! patphil Mar 2022 #2

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Being gay in whichever way was how God meant you to be. overleft Mar 2022 #55

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I don't suppose it will do any good to point out he;s the one who's wearing a dress Warpy Mar 2022 #6

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Yep. Some US states talk the same way. Irish_Dem Mar 2022 #53

Uh huh.. Nice Shit religion Cha Mar 2022 #8

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Really? Aussie105 Mar 2022 #10

First it was "denazification," then they blamed Jews, now it's gays Grokenstein Mar 2022 #11

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Ain't it funny how deeply ingrained Soviet/Russian propaganda is in our society? Behind the Aegis Mar 2022 #43

Finish the war quickly: dickthegrouch Mar 2022 #15

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Another confirmation that I made the right move to give up religion decades ago Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2022 #17

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Jesus had a thing or two to say about hypocrites, but colorado_ufo Mar 2022 #34

And that is my favorite quote from the bible to gaybashers ... TomWilm Mar 2022 #50

Orthodox JIHAD ffr Mar 2022 #22

Oh yeah! Killing children for God! Beausoleil Mar 2022 #24

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I hear you and I suspect you are right, but it is just plan evil. Biophilic Mar 2022 #38

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Right? I had same thought. WTF, how does that justify slaughter and mayhem? txwhitedove Mar 2022 #28

I believe this is coming from the pulpit of many American churches mountain grammy Mar 2022 #32

The Russian Orthodox Church has been a toady to the secular authorities for centuries... regnaD kciN Mar 2022 #30

Good to know! n/t AntiFascist Mar 2022 #36

yet another ugly religion RussBLib Mar 2022 #31

Church leaders are reactionary forces none too pleased at losing their power bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #33

Michael Smerconish had a caller on his SiriusXM program TrogL Mar 2022 #37

CURING UKRAINE OF ITS GAY NAZIS nvme Mar 2022 #39

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LOL SunSeeker Mar 2022 #42

Sick scumbag. SunSeeker Mar 2022 #41

... Behind the Aegis Mar 2022 #44

religious nutcases Skittles Mar 2022 #45

Remember that laundry list of people they EndlessWire Mar 2022 #48

So, they have their own Pat Robertson. Samrob Mar 2022 #49

FFS! Duppers Mar 2022 #51

Ridiculous! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #52

Fuck him .... with a splintered cricket bat VWolf Mar 2022 #54

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Putin in a dress? lark Mar 2022 #57

as Franklin Graham nods his head in approval DBoon Mar 2022 #60

What better PR for Gay Pride than some bearded fogy in a weird hat attacking it? Martin68 Mar 2022 #62

Sounds like Putin's Pope. n/t Permanut Mar 2022 #63

Says the old man decked out in a floor length velvet gown, gold trim, Jetheels Mar 2022 #64