Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to Ukraine@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoUkraine moves to ban an Orthodox church it says is linked with pro-war Moscow churchapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down11
arrow-up189arrow-down1external-linkUkraine moves to ban an Orthodox church it says is linked with pro-war Moscow churchapnews.comSunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to Ukraine@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square13linkfedilink
minus-squarecharade_you_are@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down4·2 months agoBanning churches is a big step to becoming a very good country.
minus-squareSkiluros@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-22 months agoThe moscow patriarchate is not a church. It’s an extension of the russian state. Why would you not ban an institution that is opposed to the independence of your country and believes your country should be ruled by Moscow?
minus-squarecharade_you_are@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agoYeah, I don’t disagree. I guess you thought I was being sarcastic? I was being straightforward.
minus-squarecharade_you_are@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoActually, I’ll take that bad. I didn’t realize how ambiguous my comment was until I read it again
minus-squareamino@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agothey’re not banning it because it’s a church but because they’re Kremlinites
minus-squarecharade_you_are@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoI know but it’s more fun for me to imagine it the other way.
minus-squareamino@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 months agobanning religions never goes well. ask the Ukrainians who survived the Soviet gulags and purges
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minus-squareamino@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agothe genocide victims of the USSR very much did not rule the world. when your edgy atheist persona takes over the critical thinking part of your brain maybe that’s a sign to stop doing that
Banning churches is a big step to becoming a very good country.
The moscow patriarchate is not a church. It’s an extension of the russian state.
Why would you not ban an institution that is opposed to the independence of your country and believes your country should be ruled by Moscow?
Yeah, I don’t disagree. I guess you thought I was being sarcastic? I was being straightforward.
I see. My bad.
Actually, I’ll take that bad. I didn’t realize how ambiguous my comment was until I read it again
they’re not banning it because it’s a church but because they’re Kremlinites
I know but it’s more fun for me to imagine it the other way.
banning religions never goes well. ask the Ukrainians who survived the Soviet gulags and purges
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the genocide victims of the USSR very much did not rule the world. when your edgy atheist persona takes over the critical thinking part of your brain maybe that’s a sign to stop doing that