Valerie wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 5:45 pm
That's what happens when 70 years of socialism/communism & promotion of atheism has taken its toll on a society- just look at the direction America has gone without communism and forced atheism and persecution- now imagine the church in America being forced to go underground like it did in Russia how do you think our statistics would look regarding moral decay. We have a whole month dedicated to "PRIDE" with the mockery of God's rainbow, flags are flying . Even with Christianity in our country- look at the drug culture, the violence, the school shootings, the transgender confusion, I could
keep going. I think what counts is what direction a country is going
Valerie wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 5:45 pm
That's what happens when 70 years of socialism/communism & promotion of atheism has taken its toll on a society- just look at the direction America has gone without communism and forced atheism and persecution- now imagine the church in America being forced to go underground like it did in Russia how do you think our statistics would look regarding moral decay. We have a whole month dedicated to "PRIDE" with the mockery of God's rainbow, flags are flying . Even with Christianity in our country- look at the drug culture, the violence, the school shootings, the transgender confusion, I could
keep going. I think what counts is what direction a country is going
So are you hoping Putin will invade Ohio next?
I mean, if it's good for Ukraine ...
We never belonged to Russia, so no reason to try to bring us back in. In your opinion, why do you think this old Scottish priest has been trying to explain this whole thing since it started to people? Why does he see what others cannot see?
Bootstrap wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 5:52 pm
So are you hoping Putin will invade Ohio next?
I mean, if it's good for Ukraine ...
We never belonged to Russia, so no reason to try to bring us back in. In your opinion, why do you think this old Scottish priest has been trying to explain this whole thing since it started to people? Why does he see what others cannot see?
So Putin should take Alaska, but not Ohio?
What rule determines which former territories each country is allowed to conquer today? Does it matter how many people die or have their homes destroyed?
I don't know this Scottish priest. Here's what others can see that he can't: decimation of people's lives and homes, massive bloodshed, women being raped, filtration camps ... every Orthodox Primate except one sees that as a huge issue. What does this Scottish priest have to say about all that?
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Valerie wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 5:45 pm
That's what happens when 70 years of socialism/communism & promotion of atheism has taken its toll on a society- just look at the direction America has gone without communism and forced atheism and persecution- now imagine the church in America being forced to go underground like it did in Russia how do you think our statistics would look regarding moral decay. We have a whole month dedicated to "PRIDE" with the mockery of God's rainbow, flags are flying . Even with Christianity in our country- look at the drug culture, the violence, the school shootings, the transgender confusion, I could
keep going. I think what counts is what direction a country is going
So are you hoping Putin will invade Ohio next?
I mean, if it's good for Ukraine ...
We never belonged to Russia, so no reason to try to bring us back in. In your opinion, why do you think this old Scottish priest has been trying to explain this whole thing since it started to people? Why does he see what others cannot see?
True enough. He had better content himself with invading Alaska...
ken_sylvania wrote: ↑Sat Sep 10, 2022 6:32 pm
True enough. He had better content himself with invading Alaska...
It's probably time for the Iroquois to take back New York.
Or maybe give Texas back to Mexico.
Who stole it from various Indian tribes......
But, Neither Ukraine nor Crimea ever belonged to The Russian Federation. NEVER. Should the British take back India? Portugal take back Brazil? Oh, wait, the Dutch were the first EUROPEANS to settle in the North East of Brazil, After all, they were the first to steal it from the Indians who lived there before. And if someone thinks that The Russian Federation is the same as the Russian Empire, well, THAT Russia stole Crimea from Turkey. At some point it has to stop.
It's probably time for the Iroquois to take back New York.
Or maybe give Texas back to Mexico.
Who stole it from various Indian tribes......
But, Neither Ukraine nor Crimea ever belonged to The Russian Federation. NEVER. Should the British take back India? Portugal take back Brazil? Oh, wait, the Dutch were the first EUROPEANS to settle in the North East of Brazil, After all, they were the first to steal it from the Indians who lived there before. And if someone thinks that The Russian Federation is the same as the Russian Empire, well, THAT Russia stole Crimea from Turkey. At some point it has to stop.
Exactly. The world order established in the wake of WW2 essentially froze borders in place and set up international mechanisms to resolve disputes short of wars of aggression. There have been very few examples of wars of territorial conquest since then.
Israel's conquest of the West Bank which they have justifiably portrayed as defensive wars against invading Arab armies.
Iraq's invasion of Kuwait
Russia's invasion of Ukraine
Plenty of other wars have happened since WW2 but generally not ones intended to redraw national boundaries through military conquest. If we revert back to a pre-WW2 world with endless wars of conquest it is going to be a very long and bloody century.
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