Biff_Poindexter
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Opinion | Why some white evangelicals are cheerleading Russia
Evangelicals are a long way from how they historically thought about Russia and communism.
www.msnbc.com
"Televangelist Pat Robertson proclaimed that Putin is “being compelled by God” to invade Ukraine — his take on Putin’s motivations is questionable at best, but his support for Putin as part of a divine plan is notable. As things escalate in Ukraine, evangelicals and Republicans alike are faced with a hard choice: How do they support the authoritarian policies of Putin while Ukraine and its evangelical population face the horrors of war?
Whether or not American evangelicals try to distance themselves from Putin in this current news cycle, they have long gravitated toward the Russian president for his hard-line stance against Muslims and, most importantly, his anti-LGBTQ agenda. For members of the religious right, alliances with these leaders present a new frontier in their hope to achieve a theocracy in America."
Robertson brings up an interesting point.....Is Putin called on by God to invade Ukraine in order to create a staging ground for the ultimate attack on Israel?? And we all know that the ultimate attack on Israel is the life's blood of an evangelical Christian...so how could we have ever expected anyone to stop Putin from doing something that God has called him to do?? Or is Robertson's take on this just as batshit crazy as Evangelicals fixation on wanting Israel to be destroyed to bring Jesus back?
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