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The close involvement of religion in anticipating the Russia-Ukraine conflict was summarised in President Vladimir Putins 2021 article On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians in which he emphasized that Russia and Ukraine are the same historical and spiritual space. From the start of the military campaign, the political ideologization of religion has been evident in Russias advancement towards Kyiv, perceived not only as a government centre but also a key religious site. ...
If the Russia-Ukraine war is prolonged, the Church which is best organised in addressing human security issues towards displaced populations and in working closely with the political authorities, will attract an even higher support of the Ukrainian population. It is highly likely that the national Orthodox Church of Ukraine will continue to attract a larger number of faithful to the detriment of the Church under Moscows jurisdiction. ...
There is even a suggestion that the latter should fully separate from Moscow, dividing the Eastern Orthodox Church even further, particularly as a significant number of hierarchs refused to mention the Russian Patriarch Kirill in their services. Religious demography changes, transfer of parishes between the two Orthodox churches, and the attempt to implement a new status for key religious sites, will only increase violence and emphasise the religious nature of the war. ...
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/religionglobalsociety/2022/03/russias-invasion-of-ukraine-the-first-religious-war-in-the-21st-century/
176 Russian Orthodox clerics have called for an immediate stop to the ongoing war in Ukraine, and said that the people of Ukraine "must make their own choices by themselves, not at the point of assault rifles and without pressure from either West or East".
Still Patriarch Kirill, a kind of pope for the Russian Orthodox Church, is not condemning the war, only saying: "I call on all parties to the conflict to do everything possible to avoid civilian casualties."
Voltaire2
(12,626 posts)Also its not a religious war, it is explicitly a war of territorial expansion.
TomWilm
(1,832 posts)Among Putin's arguments for invasion is this:
"I would like to emphasize again that Ukraine is not just a neighboring country for us. It is an inalienable part of our own history, culture and spiritual space ... The people living in the southwest of what has historically been Russian land have called themselves Russians and Orthodox Christians."
"Kiev continues to prepare the destruction of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. This is not an emotional judgement; proof of this can be found in concrete decisions and documents. The Ukrainian authorities have cynically turned the tragedy of the schism into an instrument of state policy. ..."
"The current authorities do not react to the Ukrainian peoples appeals to abolish the laws that are infringing on believers rights. Moreover, new draft laws directed against the clergy and millions of parishioners of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. ..."
I agree though, with including the crusade remarks of Bush, but was just copying the title of the main source. For the last years of the past century there were also Holy Wars in countries like Rwanda and Yugoslavia.
Celerity
(42,666 posts)https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/10/02/national-review-cans-columnist-ann-coulter/4128f3be-7a64-47e9-a350-eb801757d376/
Even by her usual incendiary standards, Ann Coulter's response to the terrorist attacks was something of a jaw-dropper.
"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity," the conservative commentator declared in her column on National Review Online.
Those words created an uproar at the Web site, which refused to run a follow-up piece in which Coulter singled out what she called "swarthy males." She promptly began bad-mouthing National Review, which responded by axing her as a contributing editor. "If National Review has no spine, they are not my allies," Coulter said yesterday. "I really don't need friends like that. Every once in awhile they'll throw one of their people to the wolves to get good press in left-wing publications."
Asked for comment, National Review Online Editor Jonah Goldberg said: "We didn't feel we wanted to be associated with the comments expressed in those two columns. We got a lot of complaints from sponsors and a lot of complaints from readers left, right and center. We've decided for editorial reasons we think are sound that we're no longer going to run Ann Coulter's syndicated column."
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Tetrachloride
(7,728 posts)certainot
(9,090 posts)the koran leaves it in the book - "man can only have sex with his wife and that which his RIGHT hand possesses"
the sole most important purpose of those religions, either by design or default, is to repress sex, increase frustration, and increase masturbation - which after millions of years favoring right handed masturbation in times of conflict, is right handed, leading to SEX ON THE WRONG BRAIN!
which increases the irrational need for non-existent certainty that only these major religions and the authoritarian leaders who depend on them can even suggest
like every piece of shit authoritarian leader, putin is creating uncertainty so his royal asshole certitude/death/destruction can be more appealing