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OMG - Ukranian Refugees Being Pestered by American Preachers Telling Them They Need To Accept Jesus (Original Post) kpete Mar 2022 OP
Hey preacher, leave them kids alone! Walleye Mar 2022 #1
+1 ismnotwasm Mar 2022 #2
Ha! lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #3
/thread! Initech Mar 2022 #29
😆 Walleye Mar 2022 #32
"All in all it's just another PRICK in the wall" Elwood P Dowd Mar 2022 #37
Excellent. Thanks for posting a song, it's been going through my head Walleye Mar 2022 #39
Go up to Moscow and tell them to stop killing people! ck4829 Mar 2022 #4
That's how cults work, they prey (not pray) on people while in emotional and physical crisis. TheBlackAdder Mar 2022 #25
G*d have mercy on the hides of these idiots if the Ukrainians ask them if Vogon_Glory Mar 2022 #5
Save us, O' Lord, from Russians, Republicans, and Spiritual Imperialists (R) Achilleaze Mar 2022 #6
"And don't forget your wallets, suckers!" PSPS Mar 2022 #7
Well, Ukraine is about 90 percent Christian. So, there. Christian is as Christian does. theophilus Mar 2022 #8
"U.S. evangelical types tend to be tainted by the teachings of non-Christians..." Mariana Mar 2022 #22
Ayn Rand springs to mind n/t BarackTheVote Mar 2022 #34
Christians were aggressively spreading their faith long before Ayn Rand was born. Mariana Mar 2022 #38
+100. Good grief. I'd say tainted by the corruptions of non-Christians, but yes. Hortensis Mar 2022 #36
Around 72% of Ukrainians are Christian, belonging to Orthodox or Catholic churches. sinkingfeeling Mar 2022 #9
Evilgelicals don't consider members of the Orthodox Church to be 'real' Christians. Aristus Mar 2022 #23
I wonder what religion sarisataka Mar 2022 #10
I hope they get booted for that. 2naSalit Mar 2022 #11
Should drive to Moscow and protest exboyfil Mar 2022 #12
Poland needs to kick those fuckers out..... EOS Celerity Mar 2022 #13
It is harassment pandr32 Mar 2022 #14
I'm also worried about all the Trumpers in my area accepting Ukrainian refugees to live with them. MenloParque Mar 2022 #15
That is exactly what they plan to do. Baitball Blogger Mar 2022 #17
Put an end to that indoctrination. Baitball Blogger Mar 2022 #16
I despise proselytizing. 3catwoman3 Mar 2022 #18
Especially when someone is fighting for their lives exboyfil Mar 2022 #24
Where is the Jesus? mzmolly Mar 2022 #19
Fuck no! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #20
That is so pathetic PatSeg Mar 2022 #21
Pretty sure that's justifiable grounds for a dick punch... Reader Rabbit Mar 2022 #26
Religion gets a pass every time. lindysalsagal Mar 2022 #27
Just one more reason I hate ALL organized religions! bif Mar 2022 #28
It is not just freedom OF religion, it's freedom FROM religion, or have the Tadpole Raisin Mar 2022 #30
GTFO! That's the last thing these people need! Initech Mar 2022 #31
Ask them when Jesus will give a fuck about stopping the bombimg n/t Silent3 Mar 2022 #33
The evangelicals will scoop up kids, too Claire Oh Nette Mar 2022 #35
Effen idiots. lpbk2713 Mar 2022 #40
In the red vests? alphafemale Mar 2022 #41
Someone Should Tell Them Deep State Witch Mar 2022 #42
My god, haven't they been through enough? smirkymonkey Mar 2022 #43

Elwood P Dowd

(11,443 posts)
37. "All in all it's just another PRICK in the wall"
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 03:10 PM
Mar 2022


For those who don't know what the hell we're talking about.....

Vogon_Glory

(9,117 posts)
5. G*d have mercy on the hides of these idiots if the Ukrainians ask them if
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 01:25 PM
Mar 2022

they supported Donald Trump in the last two presidential elections.

Dirty Donny blocked Ukrainian weapons shipments and left them vulnerable to the Russian invaders.

theophilus

(3,750 posts)
8. Well, Ukraine is about 90 percent Christian. So, there. Christian is as Christian does.
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 01:29 PM
Mar 2022

U.S. evangelical types tend to be tainted by the teachings of non-Christians and come off as patriarchal dipshits. U.S. religious types could learn a lot from Ukrainian Christians, imo. That's all I have to say about that.

Mariana

(14,857 posts)
22. "U.S. evangelical types tend to be tainted by the teachings of non-Christians..."
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 01:55 PM
Mar 2022

Which non-Christians are those, exactly?

Mariana

(14,857 posts)
38. Christians were aggressively spreading their faith long before Ayn Rand was born.
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 03:52 PM
Mar 2022

Let's not pretend that targeting the most vulnerable for proselytization is some new tactic that Christians never tried until recently.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
36. +100. Good grief. I'd say tainted by the corruptions of non-Christians, but yes.
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 03:08 PM
Mar 2022

I hope these new arrivals don't ever have to hear how the teachings of Christ have been restyled to serve the Koch-Tucker-Bannon types.

Aristus

(66,352 posts)
23. Evilgelicals don't consider members of the Orthodox Church to be 'real' Christians.
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 01:58 PM
Mar 2022

Because they haven't been "saved".



exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
12. Should drive to Moscow and protest
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 01:35 PM
Mar 2022

The Russian Orthodox prelate Patriarch Kirill who is a ok with this. Now that would be an act that Christ would stand behind.

Dumb asses.

MenloParque

(512 posts)
15. I'm also worried about all the Trumpers in my area accepting Ukrainian refugees to live with them.
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 01:38 PM
Mar 2022

I wouldn’t doubt some brainwashing going on within these arrangements. Always ulterior motives with these people.

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
24. Especially when someone is fighting for their lives
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 02:00 PM
Mar 2022

Reminds of how the Anglicans treated the Catholics during the Irish potato famine.

Just open your hearts and wallets. Others will see Jesus in your actions.

Tadpole Raisin

(972 posts)
30. It is not just freedom OF religion, it's freedom FROM religion, or have the
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 02:25 PM
Mar 2022

Religious zealots forgotten that?

That’s what I say to anyone who spouts their beliefs.

Those who came to America wanted the latter as much as the former.

Dickwads.

Claire Oh Nette

(2,636 posts)
35. The evangelicals will scoop up kids, too
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 02:58 PM
Mar 2022

White kids for evangelicals to adopt. The parents will see themselves as rescuers, and expect those children to be grateful. The Christains love a good disaster to round up "orphans."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/what-the-heck-is-u-s-extremist-matt-shea-doing-in-poland-with-60-ukrainian-kids/ar-AAVcygv

 

alphafemale

(18,497 posts)
41. In the red vests?
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 06:27 PM
Mar 2022

They should be getting some throat punches

I hate people trying to preach to me more than I hate scammers trying to help me renew my cars extended warranty.

Deep State Witch

(10,426 posts)
42. Someone Should Tell Them
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 09:01 PM
Mar 2022

That the Ukrainians have been Christian since 988 CE.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianization_of_Kievan_Rus

The Primary Chronicle reports that, in the year 986, Vladimir met with representatives from several religions. The result is amusingly described in the following apocryphal anecdote. Upon the meeting with Muslim Bulgarians of the Volga, Vladimir found their religion unsuitable due to its requirement to circumcise and taboos against alcoholic beverages and pork; supposedly, Vladimir said on that occasion: "Drinking is the joy of the Rus." He also consulted with Jewish envoys (who may or may not have been Khazars), questioned them about Judaism but ultimately rejected it, saying that their loss of Jerusalem was evidence of their having been abandoned by God.

In the year 987, as the result of a consultation with his boyars, Vladimir sent envoys to study the religions of the various neighboring nations whose representatives had been urging him to embrace their respective faiths. Of the Muslim Bulgarians of the Volga the envoys reported there is no joy among them; only sorrow and a great stench. In the gloomy churches of the Germans his emissaries saw no beauty; but at Hagia Sophia, where the full festival ritual of the Byzantine Church was set in motion to impress them, they found their ideal: "We no longer knew whether we were in heaven or on earth," they reported, "nor such beauty, and we know not how to tell of it."

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
43. My god, haven't they been through enough?
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 09:25 PM
Mar 2022

These people are horrible to prey on their vulnerability. Ugh! They make me sick!

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