tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post1491326710877863187..comments2024-03-18T19:14:18.804-04:00Comments on Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish Articles at DanielGreenfield.org : Back in the USSR: You Have to be Crazy to Believe in the TruthDaniel Greenfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-43573365348769437212012-11-03T17:56:15.722-04:002012-11-03T17:56:15.722-04:00Really late comment but whatever.
Russia is evil ...Really late comment but whatever.<br /><br />Russia is evil because the Eastern Christianity (Orthodox Church) never underwent a reformation like the Western Church (Roman Catholic).<br /><br />So the mentality of 'absoluteness' regarding the Church as an institution in Orthodoxy still holds sway.<br />Now, unlike other Orthodox lands throughout history (Serbia, Greece, etc), Russia was never really under any occupation, be it Islamic, Austro-Hungarian or whatever.<br /><br />It was pretty much in its own bubble and was left to roll around in its own Orthodox religion, more or less interrupted, which over centuries produced a society obsessed with leader worship and power structures.<br /><br />Communism became the new Orthodoxy, the State the new Church, the Party the new Clergy, and Leader the new Patriarch/Tsar.<br />Basically a change of clothes, but the same thing underneath.<br /><br />That's why Russia is evil. Because Christianity got to FULLY ingrain itself onto a culture. The West managed to free itself from the shackles of it because of the reformation, and the other Orthodox lands ironically prevented from being totally ingrained with Orthodoxy because of constant foreign occupation and interference.<br /><br />-Strahinja<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-25491890107892768112008-08-22T15:33:00.000-04:002008-08-22T15:33:00.000-04:00Shabbat Shalom Sultan, Lemon, Yobee!Shabbat Shalom Sultan, Lemon, Yobee!Keli Atahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089132216830000713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-4022968242485909962008-08-22T09:38:00.000-04:002008-08-22T09:38:00.000-04:00I don't think the Russians ever really became Chri...I don't think the Russians ever really became Christians in the Western sense, they were simply forced in to trade their idols which they had not all that long ago relative to Europe, for leader worshipDaniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-8197535210717544412008-08-22T02:54:00.000-04:002008-08-22T02:54:00.000-04:00I treat most people like gods.When they come for a...I treat most people like gods.<BR/>When they come for a meal I serve them burnt offerings.Chana @ Lemon Lime Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11656854855385193867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-31914177599956357972008-08-22T00:13:00.000-04:002008-08-22T00:13:00.000-04:00So in the end the cause of the evil can be boiled ...So in the end the cause of the evil can be boiled down to idolatry, then? Men as godlike figures with their own sick "commandments."<BR/><BR/>Christianity has always been obsessed with Russian communision and Russia in general. Catholics are taught to pray for the conversion of Russia specifically. Something to do with a revelation the Virgin Mary gave the three kids in Fatima (I know, I know, wacky stuff).<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>And I heard on a TV show some guy from Ebenizer USA which helps Jews from Russia make aliyah claim that it all has to do with Russia being the country of the north mentioned in the bible.<BR/><BR/>Beyond that I'm clueless. I never did follow why Russia is so important to Christians but apparently it is.Keli Atahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089132216830000713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-63778736400324074842008-08-21T23:04:00.000-04:002008-08-21T23:04:00.000-04:00Why? Because the Russian people worship their lead...Why? Because the Russian people worship their leaders as near gods.Daniel Greenfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13575285186581875356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-89507056862760165752008-08-21T21:58:00.000-04:002008-08-21T21:58:00.000-04:00I think if you combined all the evil that's ever h...I think if you combined all the evil that's ever happened in history and stuck it next to Russia on a scale - Russia would still win.<BR/><BR/>They've just always been the poster child for evil. The question is - why?Yobeeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13067866336964665242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-62206323896651926362008-08-21T19:45:00.000-04:002008-08-21T19:45:00.000-04:00Evil is always evil.Russia is an evil nation with ...Evil is always evil.<BR/>Russia is an evil nation with evil ideals and plans.Chana @ Lemon Lime Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11656854855385193867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-66707500068458840302008-08-21T14:19:00.000-04:002008-08-21T14:19:00.000-04:00Absolutely fascinating Sultan. And terrifying.Sadl...Absolutely fascinating Sultan. And terrifying.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Sadly Lemon, a lot of us did think it was over. That includes me (sigh). <BR/><BR/>The dramatic call by Reagan to tear down the wall to Boris Yeltsin being tipsy and dancing, to Billy Joel in the early 1980s singing "Back in the USSR" in Lenningrad we thought the Russia of old was gone.<BR/><BR/>No more hammer and sickle.<BR/><BR/>Sultan, that psychiatric torture institute sounds reminds me so much of the Nazi war criminal dentist in "Marathon Man" torturing Dustin Hoffman in the dentist chair, drilling into his teeth without anesthesia as he keeps asking him, "is it safe?"<BR/><BR/>Or the plot to silence a woman who knows the true identity of Jack the Ripper in the movie "From Hell"--the forced imprisonment in a psychiatric hospital and total lobotomy.<BR/><BR/>Or the torture of Winston Smith in "1984" until he really believes 2+2=5.<BR/><BR/>How ghastly to think that the subject of horror movies is a reality in Russia. Wher'e Amensty International on this institute?<BR/><BR/>It makes Abu Graib and Gitmo sound like summer camp compared to it.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Personally, I think Putin made efforts to appeal to the Russian middle class so that anyone not in tune with his PR about the new progressive Russia would appear paranoid and insane, not unlike the backward villagers in horror movies about Transylvania who believed in vampires.<BR/><BR/>The truth of the evil and very real Prince Vlad the Impaler became fused with the myth and folklore of the vampire Dracula.Keli Atahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05089132216830000713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-83001895356077067962008-08-21T13:42:00.000-04:002008-08-21T13:42:00.000-04:00Natan Sharansky describes how the KGB tried to con...Natan Sharansky describes how the KGB tried to convince him that he was crazy. They argued that lunacy is really anybody who fails to conform to societal norms. History repeats itself.Avihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06156322358503174356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11368628.post-21215119678621890732008-08-21T10:38:00.000-04:002008-08-21T10:38:00.000-04:00I was always surprised that anyone thought that Ru...I was always surprised that anyone thought that Russia had ever changed.Chana @ Lemon Lime Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11656854855385193867noreply@blogger.com