I’ve been saying all along that since he, toasting with a shot of vodka and fireworks and parades, didn’t blow Lenin’s putrid corpse to mere atoms we know where he really stands.
Read this:
The Russian president Vladimir Putin has likened Communism to Christianity and Lenin to a saint.
Putin said in a television interview that 'Communist ideology is very similar to Christianity' and compared the Bolshevik leader's mausoleum in Moscow's Red Square the relics of saints.
The politician, who has enjoyed increasingly close relations with the Russian Orthodox Church, also said that the political ideology emerged naturally from teachings in the Bible.
According to the website RT.com, Putin said in an interview for the documentary Valaam, an excerpt of which was broadcast on Russia 1: 'Maybe I'll say something that someone might dislike, but that's the way I see it. First of all, faith has always accompanied us, becoming stronger every time our country, our people, have been through hard times.
'There were those years of militant atheism when priests were eradicated, churches destroyed, but at the same time a new religion was being created. Communist ideology is very similar to Christianity, in fact: freedom, equality, brotherhood, justice – everything is laid out in the Holy Scripture, it's all there. And the code of the builder of communism? This is sublimation, it's just such a primitive excerpt from the Bible, nothing new was invented.'
Putin went on to compare the Communists' attitude to Lenin to the veneration of saints in Christianity. He said: 'Look, Lenin was put in a mausoleum. How is this different from the relics of saints for Orthodox Christians and just for Christians? When they say that there's no such tradition in Christianity, well, how come, go to Athos and take a look, there are relics of the saints there, and we have holy relics here.'
After Lenin died in 1924, his body was embalmed and put on display in a mausoleum in Red Square, as was fitting for a cult figure of Communist ideology.
Communist party figures enthusiastically welcomed Putin's comments. 'I think these words of the president very effectively and reasonably smooth out the acute angles around the theme of the mausoleum,' said the deputy chairman of the State Duma, Ivan Melnikov, according to Interfax.
He added however that 'communists and all the leftist patriotic forces [in Russia] understand that communism is close to Christianity as much as the form of capitalism that exists in our country and our economy today is far from Christianity'.
According to Gennadiy Zyuganov, the head of the Russian Communist Party, Putin has promised him that as long as Putin remains president, Lenin's body would remain in the mausoleum in Red Square.
'As long as I sit here, there will be no barbarism in Red Square,' Zyuganov quoted Putin as saying at a conference with Russian party leaders.
Zyuganov also claimed that Putin further dismissed allegations that Lenin was not buried in accordance with Christian traditions. Putin was quoted as saying: 'As far as the form of the burial is concerned, they used the one that is also used in Orthodox Christianity – he lies a metre and a half below the ground level. Sepulchres and cave burials have been known for a long time.'
Tens of millions of people are believed to have died in mass killings under Communist regimes during the 20th century, among them thousands of monks and priests.
If the ruler does not believe in a creator and does treat the population with compassion, it really doesn't matter what the political ideology is.
Well, if you think about it, communism, in its ideal concept, is like Christianity. Ideally, communism is the collective bringing together all of the wealth of the community and then each member of the community shared in the wealth. Much like the beginnings of Christianity as recorded in the Book of Acts, where Christians gathered in communities, the wealth of each was contributed to the community and each member of the community shared as they needed. The problem is that human being are inherently greedy and selfish and you always have somebody that wants more than they need or are too selfish to share.
Communism was founded by an atheist, Karl Marx. Tells us all we need to know, esp considering Communism professes that the State is God.
He said he was atheist, but we now know he was more likely Satanist.
Google Richard Wurmbrand's book on Marx. He proves it.
Regardless of who the term was founded by, in its ideal form, communism was practiced by early Christians just after the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
No they never did.
Communism is GLOBALIST. God has been against that since He dispersed the nations at Babel.
Communism denies Man's fallen nature, asserting Man is perfectible and able to be his own God. "Ye shall be as Gods..." It IS the lie from the serpent at the Garden of Eden.
Communism denies God's existence. This has ALWAYS been a part of Communism's justification for its existence.
There are plenty more pillars of Communist theory that prove it's antithetical to God's plan for His people on Earth.
You WANT to weasel out of how bad Communism is in practice with the pathetic weasel-phrase, "in its ideal form".....But the ideal form of Communism is a giant double-middle-fingered "fuck you" directed at our Creator.
So what is your point? Do you see putin followers here? Im sorry but I dont even get the purpose of this. WHO CARES he is not our president.
The ones screwing up America are WORSE anyway. Many who claim to be Christian are not anyway, which is even worse yet.
Yeah actually there’s a ton of “Putin is a white hat” ideology running through here, so this is to shed some light. Sorry you don’t grasp it. Communism is communism, it doesn’t matter if it’s Russia or 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
No one on here thinks Putin is a saint. The war we are in right now we know for a fact Putin is not our enemy. Putin knows about the Cabal/DS and is fighting them also. When all of this is over and the war is won will Putin become our enemy? I don't know.
Putin is already our enemy, for he is an enemy of God.
Democracies and Republics are voting systems.
Capitalism and communism are economic systems.
Christianity is a religion.
Which system does the tenet "Give away all your possessions and follow me." fall under? Serious question. Some would say Communism, but actually it's philosophical anarchy.
In any case, the Jesus of the Bible is communal and social in his message while representing the ultimate 'dictator'. A conflicting character.
Any attempt to find passages that might suggest his sway towards capitalism or democracy, will turn up only negative connotations, interestingly. Is the Christian Bible a diatribe against Capitalism? It would seem so under the context. Religious theocracy isn't democracy or capitalism per se. A resulting political monarchy would involve the same issues as Islam today: ie Bloodline vs. Belief as rulers.
The biblical (Roman/Julian) Jesus doesn't appear to be very political except to tell his followers to render unto Cesare, a conflicting message when heard by 'zealots' fighting a capitalist Roman Empire. One ear was lopped before an order given not to put up a fight.
Putin is comparing cultural excesses here...................he counters what he sees as hypocrisy in the history of the West. Making godly icons of humans in the name of.....any system.....is idol worship is it not? It would appear that Putin is suggesting that the goals of a communal Russia isn't that different from the Christian message. The Christian ideal is diluted by whatever stands in its place. The communal mind of christ is also diluted and bastardized by what stands in its place. Social co-operation is co-opted by those who would capitalize on the system's flaws.
What we get is a splitting of the baby, and two thieves on the cross..........the truth is, as always.........in the middle and apparently invisible.
It's all explained in the book called "Killing of the Messenger". aka The Bible
Who exactly do you think lost his ear?
Moot question.
The attempt to fight....Capitalist Rome............regardless of who 'loses' an ear.......was prescribed AGAINST.
Malthus, servant to high priest Calaphas.........high priest of the Judaic religion which had already split along gnostic/orthodox lines. No Christianity yet exists here. And Jesus is said to have touched the ear and healed it. Somehow, since it had been lopped off.
Why? Why heal it, knowing who it was.
Moot question in light of the deeper message.
See the conflict?
It reveals faults in the Roman messaging........it reveals the co-option of the messianic meme by the Julians of Rome and others.
It’s not a moot question bc your statement is confusing. A Roman lost his ear; Christ healed it to show His compassion and Omnipotence, having zero to do with Capitalism. That guard actually converted so a soul was saved that evening.
Oh! Well then! We better rush out and have a WAR with Russia over Ukraine, just as Durham is putting putting out info on Clinton, Foundation, spying on Trump campaign and IN THE WHITE HOUSE (treason).
EVERYONE pushing confrontation with Russia right now is defending Hillary.
That’s an interesting leap you made there. Who said anything about war? I didn’t. This is in reference to the speculations here that Putin is a white hat. So long as Lenin’s moldy ass remains venerated, Russia isn’t our ally.
My second answer to your response...I usually don't note WHO posts WHAT in a thread, but rereading over your posts....I agree with you, sorry. Thought you were defending Biden's sabre-rattling at Russia and the DS desire for war with them because of stuff I'd read before.
I DO still think Putin and Trump understand an "enemy of my enemy" aspect to their relationship.
my penalty for the unjustified attack is going thru the thread and upvoting all your posts.
Ha, thanks, Amico.
Not a leap...maybe for you, but....Nobody is saying Putin is good.
Putin IS at war with the globalists and central bankers. Has been for longer than we have been at it.
WE---the anti-DS populists in the US, see Putin as "an enemy of my enemy"---which the point of the old bromide is saying: even cooperating with an enemy is needed when there's a bigger, more immediate enemy to deal with.
And, btw, WE the USA are the Globalist cabal on the world stage as long as Biden and Obama and Congress Dems are running foreign policy.
Which is why Biden, etal is fixing to "wag the dog" w/ a fake war over Ukraine now.
Yes people here claim Putin is a white hat.
He's mocking the catholics= White Hat
So edgy