Ill be chrismated on march 13th. I found the orthodox church because of Putin. I was not a fanboy of Putin I just loved the memes on the internet back in 2016. One day I randomly thought what church he belonged to and google said the Russian Orthodox church. And so that's where I started learning about orthodoxy, so every once in a while ill pray that his soul will be saved.
Similarly to what you said, it bothers me that most of Putin's "fans" if we can call the that, see the Church (by which I mean Orthodox Christianity as both the teaching/dogma/lore and the living community and sacraments... all of it basically) as a club. An average person I speak of has no understanding, nor desire to understand the spiritual aspects of the religion, and were you to remove the "Russian" before the Orthodox, they'd instantly become the bigger enemy of the Church than the Wicked one himself. They also cherish and perpetuate ancient slavic paganism judgmental ideas and notions, under the rouse of "Eastern Orthodoxy heritage". You know it's ok for men to cheat & drink, because even if it's a sin it's in the nature of the "real men" so it's forgivable. Were women to do something of a kind... oh well all hell breaks lose. That's just an example off of the top of my head.
I wonder what the percentages look like for people who are, shall we say, "culturally Orthodox," compared to people who are actually Orthodox (attend Divine Liturgy services regularly, participate in the life of the Church, etc.). In Latin America, which has been the heartland of Catholicism for some time, many people are like this, being Culturally Catholic, but not doing the things which really make one Catholic. Catholic or Orthodox, if you really believe that Christ is present in the Eucharist, that the cloud of witnesses surrounds us and prays for us, etc., how could one stay away from Mass? They couldn't. I think looking at the people who actually attend Church services seperates people who merely want to hold onto a certain manufactured identity and those who actually believe. Eh, at least those people give money once in a while, idk. Maybe it should be in like Germany, where if you claim to be a certain denomination, you are required by law to pay a tithe to that Church. At least get some material benefit from the lukewarm believers!
Do you have a source for the link between slavic paganism and those ideas about men and women? I’m legitimately curious because I have noticed that double standard quite a lot but it’s also present in many other cultures as well.
patorikkudozzu The Twin arch Heresies of Modernism and Liberation Theology have ravaged the once ubiquitously pious Spanish/Portuguese colonies. I pray that Western Orthodoxy can spread to oppose it.
@@BanterWithBojan And yet Boki, most people are like this. Calling themselves christians but go to Liturgy once or twice a year. Or maybe for the крсна слава. That's about it. Sad to think about it.
I like Putin, he's definitely not perfect, and there is plenty of USSR-esque stuff left in Russian government, but the Russian state generally stays away from involvement with the church and the like. Putin often talks a big talk, and has lots of cool videos with him and Patriarch Kirill doing photo ops, but the Russian government (as of late) has actually been extremely respectful and not really meddled or intervened in church affairs at all. Putin seems like he has a genuine, heartfelt connection to Orthodoxy, but he is a politician like anyone else. I read an interview a while back where he answered questions about his personal relationship with God, and he explained how he returned to the church. Apparently when he was still a KGB agent he had an intense religious experience after crashing his motorcycle and almost dying. Kind of like a road to Damascus sort of thing. IDK. Anyways, blessings as always Bojan!
I believe Bojan spoke about Marxism as it was used in the USSR, how the USSR persecuted the religious and had enforced state atheism (I would argue that it was a corruption of Marxism though, as Lenin and Stalin essentially used it to justify their authoritarianism), though he did specifically say that he wasn't discussing religious socialism (a la Liberation Theology and other similar strains in regions like Latin America). I would also like to see Bojan discuss diamat, as well as religous socialism (trying to make the Church of Acts a reality again).
I see it fine if the government supports the Church, but not if they use the Church to exalt themselves. Is the Russian government exalting themselves through the Church? Possibly. But it's only natural if a government supports the faith the people hold if they want to get along with the people. That's my take on it.
Elder Millennial not to mention that the Chicago Latin Diocese is horribly wordly. Some are saying that satanists have infiltrated it in the past and some of those satanistis still there in the top pf the episcopacy
@@jackharwood3868 are you serious?...is conspiracy thinking common in EO circles, because I see this kind of stuff all over the place in facebook EO groups.
It's a good thing that Pope Francis has declared all members of organized crime to be excommunicated, and forbidden clergy from having that "no questions asked" approach with them as there was in the past.
patorikkudozzu EO? What is EO? Oh, i fell stupid writing this, I just realized you mean eastern orthodox. What is funny is I am not on eastern orthodox forums or reddits, I am not even "EO", I am actually a Latin Rite Catholic.
I am discontinuing my 'My Thoughts on [LIVING PERSON]' because it just leads to toxicity online. :-) In short, I don't mind his content, I don't watch it, I've seen some people criticizing him. Some of that criticism *may* be warranted but is done improperly. If you like what he does, I see no harm, and he seems to be having a good influence for the non-Orthodox to approach the Church. :-)
Bible Illustrated Hands probably the best response. Sorry if that seemed like I was baiting you into controversy 🖤 I’d like to visit the monestary one day and see for myself.
Bible Illustrated Hands Thank you so much. I’ve grown up knowing nothing of the Eastern Church and the continuous miracles. This particular miracle is amazing if authentic. Can’t wait to here your take, or the Churches take on the authenticity and history on the subject.
“Worldly power weakens the Church.” Would you please tell this to the “Dominionists” in the USA!? I like the fact that Putin publicly supports social policies more amenable to Christian moral tradition and speaks straightforwardly about the madness of Western liberalism and US meddling in other nations, but I agree with you that the Church should not rely on state power to do its job and that separation of Church and state is better for the Church, with the exception perhaps of a totalitarian repressive state like Saudi Arabia or the former Soviets. I have seen prophecies broadcast on social media purporting to be from a couple Russian Elders on end times that Russia will at first experience a revival of the Church and a Romanov will be restored to the Throne while Russia stands as a beacon of Christ in the face of rampant apostasy elsewhere in the world. After that, though, the AntiChrist will come from Russia. Have you seen any of those, and if so, what is your response to this type of thing?
He talked about this in a previous episode before. Let's see...perhaps it was an episode about monarchy, or about political ideology in general? I think he agreed somewhat with this idea in that episode, that the Antichrist will purport to be a restorer of Orthodoxy and/or a return of the Romanovs.
To Lorna Doone, there are also many Roman Catholic prophecies that say the same thing like the Orthodox prophecies. This will be after WW3 which will break out shortly after the Pope goes to Moscow. The Greek and Latin prophecies both say that Europe and America will be destroyed, America mostly by earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes, but China and Russia will both attack the two continents and when Germany fights Russia, China will attack Russia and seek world domination. The US will align itself with Russia, but the Antichrist will reveal himself as the great peace maker(from Israel, the illegitimate son of a Catholic nun and Catholic bishop and all are satanists) and the Great Monarch/Tsar will be descended from Tsarina Alexandra and Grand Duchess Elizabeth's side of the family and he will restore order throughout Europe and Russia. The religions will unite into one holy Catholic Orthodox Church overseen by one patriarch, Peter the Roman (not necessarily from Italy) and the churches will be restored in the West after the great persecutions from the NWO and Russia will be, along with Constantinople, the restored city since the Muslims will have sacked Rome and all of Italy and killed all the clergy and religious. One third of the religion of peace will convert, another killed, and the last driven back to Kakestan. The Antichrist will reign from Jerusalem and Russia willed be spared, not so with the rest of the world.
SuperGogetem Many Orthodox Theologians believe that the Antichrist isn’t a ‘person’ literally. They refer to ‘the Spirit of Antichrist’ (demonic) which is already active now in the World.
Hi Bojan, what are your thoughts on saints Barlaam and Josaphat?. I had never heard of these saints until a Russian Orthodox acquaintance told me that these saints are actually the Buddha Gautama (I don't know which one of the two though, since Buddha Gautama is one person). This also confuses me because isn't the Buddha Gautama the founder of Buddhism?, and I believe that Buddhism isn't compatible with Christianity since it doesn't recognise Jesus as God and does have totally different theology as well. Thanks.
According to legend, an Indian king was told that his son, Josaphat, would either be a great king or convert to Christianity. So the king locked his son away, preventing him from witnessing any suffering. The prince somehow met the hermit Barlaam, converted, and eventually abdicated his throne to become a monk. The Buddhist legend is that Siddhartha Gautama was the son a an Indian king, who was told that his son would either be a great king or an arhat. So the king locked him in away, preventing him from witnessing any suffering. Somehow he saw an old man. He renounced his privileged existence and eventually became the Buddha. The theory goes that Barlaam and Josaphat is a Christianized version of the Buddhist legend. If so, Josaphat would be a Christianized version of Gautama. Yes, Buddhism is incompatible with Christianity. But a good story may be adapted, baptized, just as Greek philosophy was.
I think that may have been like the medieval worlds belief that Prestor John was a mighty Christian king from the East, who would march west and save Christendom from the scourge of the Mohammedans. The origin of that myth may have been the fact that the expanding Mongol Empire, pressing on Islamic polities from the east, had some amount of Nestorian Christians within their ranks (the mother-in-law of the Mongol general who sacked Baghdad was a Nestorian iirc). Somehow, like a game of telephone, the multi-religious, multi-ethnic, steppe horde became a heroic Christian savior-king. Perhaps through a similar mechanism, the story of Siddhartha Gautama trickled west into Christendom, and became altered as time went on. Perhaps it had to do with the fact that stories were told about the Apostle Thomas and his proselytizing in India. The wikipedia article about them talks about how it passed through at least 4 different faiths, Buddhism, to Manichaeism, to Islam, finally to Christianity, (and who knows how many languages) before it reached Europe. It's interesting, nonetheless.
Probably the best educated, most articulate, most professional politician there is (Putin not Bojan). OK so he behaves like an Byzantine Emperor of old but without the bling.... it is a cultural thing.... liberal democracy does not work.... Putin's way seems a reasonable alternative to me, Russia works and is getting stronger.
@@BanterWithBojan They probably look around and think: Putin or Vucic? Putin or Trump/Trudeau/Macron/Merkel/MBS....? pick a country, pick a leader, you don't have to be a fan to see he is in a diffent class. I will let you know what a theocracy feels like, I'm off to Iran for my holidays tomorrow.....
I know non Russian Slavs don't really like Putin (or Russia lol) But when it comes to Putin compared to the EU, or even Trump to a certain extent (simply because he's not getting things done) I think he's largely effective in traditional values, and seems to care about family structure and his country, but hey that's just my opinion. Being so much geographically and linguistically closer to russia, youd have a better idea about it than I.
By "human rights" you mean gay parades and same sex marriage, sexualization of children etc? Because we don't want that in Russia, it's not normal. And has nothing to do with "human rights".
God uses world leaders as part of HIS Great and Unfathomable Plan. We should always pray for all our leaders that God in His Great Mercy will illuminate them for the benefit of all mankind. All world leaders, like us, have free will do do good or evil. Evil is not limited to any single person and nether is good. We all can become evil if we do not stay on guard against Satan and all his traps and tricks. Democracy does offer the potential of greater religious liberty but NO democracy is just or perfect; this is the reality of life. Just as no government is just or perfect and you have dissension and perversion among men even in the church. Given this, can we expect better things from any man? Only the Real Saints who are real imitators of Christ through real diligence are close to being good.
Russia will never be a democracy. Russians and other groups do not and never will develop democratic institutions (democracy is not a matter of universal voting). Russia will always be under influence of a Putin like figure or a very closed oligarchy. (The Russian church is the one ongoing relatively stable institution ; but the Russian church never heard of democracy or human rights. In one book I read recently, some poor Russian orthodox priest in a fit of fervor picked up an incense burner that was larger than his station allowed. The head priest noticed, stopped service, picked up the young priest, and threw him down the steps leading to the basement. This is Russian style administration that everyone understands).
@@MrFairbanksak1 Orientalist racist trash. I don't even particularly like Putin, but he has the support of the majority of Russians. Russian quality of life has increased ten fold since Putin took power. His rule is authoritarian, but not dictatorial and the tendency to attribute literally every event in Russia, political or otherwise, to Putin is totally disconnected with reality. By the way, westerners weren't complaining about 'democracy' when Yeltsin was in power, even though his election was completely fraudulent. When Russia is a crumbling, dysfunctional, resource extraction colony of the west that's all well and good but when Russia has any semblance of stability and sovereignty it's 'tyranny, barbarity, imperialism'. Give me a break. Russia needs to solve its own problems without foreign influence.
Bible Illustrated Hands - the book was very inspiring I must say. I learned so much about the character of the Russians (all positive). I understand the author is Putin’s personal advisor.
@@user-wc3fq2nt1y I'm an Anarchist my friend, so that stuff about the mendacity of the US, you're preaching to the choir. Putin is an authoritarian though, that's obvious. Let's not act as if he's the savior of Russia or something like that.
Last video before Boyan mysteriously disappears
Well-
Bojan- uploads this video
KGB- I’m about to end this whole mans career
Not much of it to end :D
CIA- not if I can get to him first.
"A competent dictator is better than an incompetent democracy," well said
Ill be chrismated on march 13th. I found the orthodox church because of Putin. I was not a fanboy of Putin I just loved the memes on the internet back in 2016. One day I randomly thought what church he belonged to and google said the Russian Orthodox church. And so that's where I started learning about orthodoxy, so every once in a while ill pray that his soul will be saved.
Similarly to what you said, it bothers me that most of Putin's "fans" if we can call the that, see the Church (by which I mean Orthodox Christianity as both the teaching/dogma/lore and the living community and sacraments... all of it basically) as a club. An average person I speak of has no understanding, nor desire to understand the spiritual aspects of the religion, and were you to remove the "Russian" before the Orthodox, they'd instantly become the bigger enemy of the Church than the Wicked one himself. They also cherish and perpetuate ancient slavic paganism judgmental ideas and notions, under the rouse of "Eastern Orthodoxy heritage". You know it's ok for men to cheat & drink, because even if it's a sin it's in the nature of the "real men" so it's forgivable. Were women to do something of a kind... oh well all hell breaks lose. That's just an example off of the top of my head.
I wonder what the percentages look like for people who are, shall we say, "culturally Orthodox," compared to people who are actually Orthodox (attend Divine Liturgy services regularly, participate in the life of the Church, etc.). In Latin America, which has been the heartland of Catholicism for some time, many people are like this, being Culturally Catholic, but not doing the things which really make one Catholic. Catholic or Orthodox, if you really believe that Christ is present in the Eucharist, that the cloud of witnesses surrounds us and prays for us, etc., how could one stay away from Mass? They couldn't. I think looking at the people who actually attend Church services seperates people who merely want to hold onto a certain manufactured identity and those who actually believe. Eh, at least those people give money once in a while, idk. Maybe it should be in like Germany, where if you claim to be a certain denomination, you are required by law to pay a tithe to that Church. At least get some material benefit from the lukewarm believers!
Do you have a source for the link between slavic paganism and those ideas about men and women? I’m legitimately curious because I have noticed that double standard quite a lot but it’s also present in many other cultures as well.
patorikkudozzu
The Twin arch Heresies of Modernism and Liberation Theology have ravaged the once ubiquitously pious Spanish/Portuguese colonies. I pray that Western Orthodoxy can spread to oppose it.
I think this is a generaly problem with 'cultural Christianity' - Christianity there is just a flair, not the essence.
@@BanterWithBojan
And yet Boki, most people are like this. Calling themselves christians but go to Liturgy once or twice a year. Or maybe for the крсна слава. That's about it. Sad to think about it.
Define “weak”. The ROC may be a lot of things, but it is not weak. 100+ mil strong.
Weak as in - unable to truly transform hearts in Christ, not having a huge sub count.
Get a Geiger Counter.
To check for Polonium in your food.
we got a spicy episode today boys
Well, comments are mostly tame. :-)
I like Putin, he's definitely not perfect, and there is plenty of USSR-esque stuff left in Russian government, but the Russian state generally stays away from involvement with the church and the like. Putin often talks a big talk, and has lots of cool videos with him and Patriarch Kirill doing photo ops, but the Russian government (as of late) has actually been extremely respectful and not really meddled or intervened in church affairs at all. Putin seems like he has a genuine, heartfelt connection to Orthodoxy, but he is a politician like anyone else. I read an interview a while back where he answered questions about his personal relationship with God, and he explained how he returned to the church. Apparently when he was still a KGB agent he had an intense religious experience after crashing his motorcycle and almost dying. Kind of like a road to Damascus sort of thing. IDK. Anyways, blessings as always Bojan!
Randy Dandy You jest
@@bonniejohnstone ?
Hi Bojan, can you share your opinion on marxism and/or dialectic materialism?
Will try! :-)
I believe Bojan spoke about Marxism as it was used in the USSR, how the USSR persecuted the religious and had enforced state atheism (I would argue that it was a corruption of Marxism though, as Lenin and Stalin essentially used it to justify their authoritarianism), though he did specifically say that he wasn't discussing religious socialism (a la Liberation Theology and other similar strains in regions like Latin America). I would also like to see Bojan discuss diamat, as well as religous socialism (trying to make the Church of Acts a reality again).
I see it fine if the government supports the Church, but not if they use the Church to exalt themselves. Is the Russian government exalting themselves through the Church? Possibly. But it's only natural if a government supports the faith the people hold if they want to get along with the people. That's my take on it.
It's a good take on it :-D
Al Capone was in good standing with the Chicago Latin diocese because of all the money he threw at them, as well as scaring them. Sigh.
Elder Millennial not to mention that the Chicago Latin Diocese is horribly wordly. Some are saying that satanists have infiltrated it in the past and some of those satanistis still there in the top pf the episcopacy
You will always have criminals sucking up to the Church.
@@jackharwood3868 are you serious?...is conspiracy thinking common in EO circles, because I see this kind of stuff all over the place in facebook EO groups.
It's a good thing that Pope Francis has declared all members of organized crime to be excommunicated, and forbidden clergy from having that "no questions asked" approach with them as there was in the past.
patorikkudozzu EO? What is EO? Oh, i fell stupid writing this, I just realized you mean eastern orthodox. What is funny is I am not on eastern orthodox forums or reddits, I am not even "EO", I am actually a Latin Rite Catholic.
I think Vladmir Putin is the best politician alive , this not a pro Putin stement , but anti politician one.
He is still the best we got.
Best comment ever!
This is such a Prophetic Video !
Bojan I would love to hear your thoughts on Fr Seraphim Aldea and the Mull Monestary if you are familiar 🖤
I am discontinuing my 'My Thoughts on [LIVING PERSON]' because it just leads to toxicity online. :-)
In short, I don't mind his content, I don't watch it, I've seen some people criticizing him. Some of that criticism *may* be warranted but is done improperly. If you like what he does, I see no harm, and he seems to be having a good influence for the non-Orthodox to approach the Church. :-)
Bible Illustrated Hands probably the best response. Sorry if that seemed like I was baiting you into controversy 🖤 I’d like to visit the monestary one day and see for myself.
Can you do a video on the miracle of the holy fire in Jerusalem?
Will do :-)
Bible Illustrated Hands
Thank you so much. I’ve grown up knowing nothing of the Eastern Church and the continuous miracles. This particular miracle is amazing if authentic. Can’t wait to here your take, or the Churches take on the authenticity and history on the subject.
“Worldly power weakens the Church.”
Would you please tell this to the “Dominionists” in the USA!?
I like the fact that Putin publicly supports social policies more amenable to Christian moral tradition and speaks straightforwardly about the madness of Western liberalism and US meddling in other nations, but I agree with you that the Church should not rely on state power to do its job and that separation of Church and state is better for the Church, with the exception perhaps of a totalitarian repressive state like Saudi Arabia or the former Soviets.
I have seen prophecies broadcast on social media purporting to be from a couple Russian Elders on end times that Russia will at first experience a revival of the Church and a Romanov will be restored to the Throne while Russia stands as a beacon of Christ in the face of rampant apostasy elsewhere in the world. After that, though, the AntiChrist will come from Russia. Have you seen any of those, and if so, what is your response to this type of thing?
No, the AntiChrist will come from "Israel".
He talked about this in a previous episode before. Let's see...perhaps it was an episode about monarchy, or about political ideology in general? I think he agreed somewhat with this idea in that episode, that the Antichrist will purport to be a restorer of Orthodoxy and/or a return of the Romanovs.
To Lorna Doone, there are also many Roman Catholic prophecies that say the same thing like the Orthodox prophecies. This will be after WW3 which will break out shortly after the Pope goes to Moscow. The Greek and Latin prophecies both say that Europe and America will be destroyed, America mostly by earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanoes, but China and Russia will both attack the two continents and when Germany fights Russia, China will attack Russia and seek world domination. The US will align itself with Russia, but the Antichrist will reveal himself as the great peace maker(from Israel, the illegitimate son of a Catholic nun and Catholic bishop and all are satanists) and the Great Monarch/Tsar will be descended from Tsarina Alexandra and Grand Duchess Elizabeth's side of the family and he will restore order throughout Europe and Russia. The religions will unite into one holy Catholic Orthodox Church overseen by one patriarch, Peter the Roman (not necessarily from Italy) and the churches will be restored in the West after the great persecutions from the NWO and Russia will be, along with Constantinople, the restored city since the Muslims will have sacked Rome and all of Italy and killed all the clergy and religious. One third of the religion of peace will convert, another killed, and the last driven back to Kakestan. The Antichrist will reign from Jerusalem and Russia willed be spared, not so with the rest of the world.
I spoke about that one in the Antichrist episode here on the channel
SuperGogetem Many Orthodox Theologians believe that the Antichrist isn’t a ‘person’ literally. They refer to ‘the Spirit of Antichrist’ (demonic) which is already active now in the World.
Hi Bojan, what are your thoughts on saints Barlaam and Josaphat?. I had never heard of these saints until a Russian Orthodox acquaintance told me that these saints are actually the Buddha Gautama (I don't know which one of the two though, since Buddha Gautama is one person). This also confuses me because isn't the Buddha Gautama the founder of Buddhism?, and I believe that Buddhism isn't compatible with Christianity since it doesn't recognise Jesus as God and does have totally different theology as well. Thanks.
According to legend, an Indian king was told that his son, Josaphat, would either be a great king or convert to Christianity. So the king locked his son away, preventing him from witnessing any suffering. The prince somehow met the hermit Barlaam, converted, and eventually abdicated his throne to become a monk.
The Buddhist legend is that Siddhartha Gautama was the son a an Indian king, who was told that his son would either be a great king or an arhat. So the king locked him in away, preventing him from witnessing any suffering. Somehow he saw an old man. He renounced his privileged existence and eventually became the Buddha.
The theory goes that Barlaam and Josaphat is a Christianized version of the Buddhist legend. If so, Josaphat would be a Christianized version of Gautama.
Yes, Buddhism is incompatible with Christianity. But a good story may be adapted, baptized, just as Greek philosophy was.
I think that may have been like the medieval worlds belief that Prestor John was a mighty Christian king from the East, who would march west and save Christendom from the scourge of the Mohammedans. The origin of that myth may have been the fact that the expanding Mongol Empire, pressing on Islamic polities from the east, had some amount of Nestorian Christians within their ranks (the mother-in-law of the Mongol general who sacked Baghdad was a Nestorian iirc). Somehow, like a game of telephone, the multi-religious, multi-ethnic, steppe horde became a heroic Christian savior-king. Perhaps through a similar mechanism, the story of Siddhartha Gautama trickled west into Christendom, and became altered as time went on. Perhaps it had to do with the fact that stories were told about the Apostle Thomas and his proselytizing in India. The wikipedia article about them talks about how it passed through at least 4 different faiths, Buddhism, to Manichaeism, to Islam, finally to Christianity, (and who knows how many languages) before it reached Europe. It's interesting, nonetheless.
I think it is just a Christianized version of the Buddha story, and a poor one at that. :-)
Have you changed your mind on anything in this short 5 years
what are you drawing ? a evil theotokos ?
Yup!
bible-illustrated.blogspot.com/2019/07/Jm0718.html
I am a big fan of Vladimir Putin :)
CIA and KGB have entered the chat.
Probably the best educated, most articulate, most professional politician there is (Putin not Bojan). OK so he behaves like an Byzantine Emperor of old but without the bling.... it is a cultural thing.... liberal democracy does not work.... Putin's way seems a reasonable alternative to me, Russia works and is getting stronger.
I do wonder what Russians honestly think about Putin tho.
@@BanterWithBojan They probably look around and think: Putin or Vucic? Putin or Trump/Trudeau/Macron/Merkel/MBS....? pick a country, pick a leader, you don't have to be a fan to see he is in a diffent class. I will let you know what a theocracy feels like, I'm off to Iran for my holidays tomorrow.....
Thoughts on Milosevic
I know non Russian Slavs don't really like Putin (or Russia lol)
But when it comes to Putin compared to the EU, or even Trump to a certain extent (simply because he's not getting things done) I think he's largely effective in traditional values, and seems to care about family structure and his country, but hey that's just my opinion. Being so much geographically and linguistically closer to russia, youd have a better idea about it than I.
A man like Putin
Ah, a fellow John Oliver fan. I see you are a person of culture as well.
Dylan Chouinard oh there’s a John Oliver Version
@@dylanchouinard6141 john Oliver is a satanic secularist moron
Ima li koga
I don't like Putin either. Once denying human rights come into the picture you don't look as good.
By "human rights" you mean gay parades and same sex marriage, sexualization of children etc? Because we don't want that in Russia, it's not normal. And has nothing to do with "human rights".
God uses world leaders as part of HIS Great and Unfathomable Plan. We should always pray for all our leaders that God in His Great Mercy will illuminate them for the benefit of all mankind. All world leaders, like us, have free will do do good or evil. Evil is not limited to any single person and nether is good. We all can become evil if we do not stay on guard against Satan and all his traps and tricks. Democracy does offer the potential of greater religious liberty but NO democracy is just or perfect; this is the reality of life. Just as no government is just or perfect and you have dissension and perversion among men even in the church. Given this, can we expect better things from any man? Only the Real Saints who are real imitators of Christ through real diligence are close to being good.
When does life?
Wat
Bible Illustrated Hands exactly
Russia will never be a democracy. Russians and other groups do not and never will develop democratic institutions (democracy is not a matter of universal voting). Russia will always be under influence of a Putin like figure or a very closed oligarchy.
(The Russian church is the one ongoing relatively stable institution ; but the Russian church never heard of democracy or human rights. In one book I read recently, some poor Russian orthodox priest in a fit of fervor picked up an incense burner that was larger than his station allowed. The head priest noticed, stopped service, picked up the young priest, and threw him down the steps leading to the basement. This is Russian style administration that everyone understands).
Russia is a land of tyranny and suffering, huh? That's certainly the image we are sold in the west. What do Russians say on the matter, though?
@@MrFairbanksak1 Orientalist racist trash. I don't even particularly like Putin, but he has the support of the majority of Russians. Russian quality of life has increased ten fold since Putin took power. His rule is authoritarian, but not dictatorial and the tendency to attribute literally every event in Russia, political or otherwise, to Putin is totally disconnected with reality.
By the way, westerners weren't complaining about 'democracy' when Yeltsin was in power, even though his election was completely fraudulent. When Russia is a crumbling, dysfunctional, resource extraction colony of the west that's all well and good but when Russia has any semblance of stability and sovereignty it's 'tyranny, barbarity, imperialism'. Give me a break. Russia needs to solve its own problems without foreign influence.
Ah yeah, that story is from the Everyday Saints.
Bible Illustrated Hands - the book was very inspiring I must say. I learned so much about the character of the Russians (all positive). I understand the author is Putin’s personal advisor.
@@user-wc3fq2nt1y I'm an Anarchist my friend, so that stuff about the mendacity of the US, you're preaching to the choir. Putin is an authoritarian though, that's obvious. Let's not act as if he's the savior of Russia or something like that.