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Russian President Vladimir Putin has compared himself to Jesus Christ in a series of addresses this week in which he detailed his crusade against the West's "Satanic" values.
Speaking to children via video call to mark the opening of a number of youth centres near Moscow, the premier quoted several bible passages - which follows his previous drawing of parallels between his 'mission' to protect Russian kids from what he called the creeping influence of the West and Jesus calling on Peter and Andrew to spread the word of God.
While in a meeting with senior Russian officials, Putin said: "Do you remember how Jesus came to Galilee and saw the fishermen beside the Sea of Galilee? "One was catching fish, another was fixing his net. And he said to them: 'Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men, fishers of human souls.' They became his evangelists, his students.
"This was very important at a time when world religions were developing... but it is no less current now, when we must defend our traditional values, our culture, our traditions and our history - this is very important for the future of the country.
The spiritual speeches mark the latest in a string of examples of Putin mixing church and state to advance his messaging.
Vladimir Putin has compared himself to the 18th-century Russian tsar Peter the Great, drawing a parallel between what he portrayed as their twin historic quests to win back Russian lands.
“Peter the Great waged the great northern war for 21 years. It would seem that he was at war with Sweden, he took something from them. He did not take anything from them, he returned [what was Russia’s],” the Russian president said on Thursday after a visiting an exhibition dedicated to the tsar.
After months of denials that Russia is driven by imperial ambitions in Ukraine, Putin appeared to embrace that mission, comparing Peter’s campaign with Russia’s current military actions.
“Apparently, it is also our lot to return [what is Russia’s] and strengthen [the country]. And if we proceed from the fact that these basic values form the basis of our existence, we will certainly succeed in solving the tasks that we face.”
originally posted by: OdinnsPapa
a reply to: FlyersFan
Jesus is a stretch. I hold my opinions on the guy. All I hear about him is from our corrupted media and we all know 99.9% of what they say are lies
originally posted by: UpIsNowDown2
Aint no politician EVER has any similarity to a biblical figure
Not sure how people can confuse politicians who are ALL narcissist, liars , deceivers and greedy
well i suppose they could be the devil, yeah ALL politicians are an incarnate of the devil
Samuel's Warning Against Kings
10 So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking for a king from him. 11 He said, “These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots. 12 And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots. 13 He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. 14 He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants. 15 He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants. 16 He will take your male servants and female servants and the best of your young men[a] and your donkeys, and put them to his work. 17 He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves.
www.biblegateway.com...
Start charging the man rent for God's sake.
originally posted by: Disgusted123
Almost every single MAGA would tell you Trump should be in the Bible.
Ask them. "Should Trump be in the Bible"?
LOL!
It will crack you up!
a reply to: UpIsNowDown2
originally posted by: WeMustCare
All of us display some traits of Jesus. Thats common sense normal.
FFS ....another Putin apologist
originally posted by: UpIsNowDown2
a reply to: Lazy88
yeah really, tell me which politician deserves to be included in a bible