21.10.23
The Ukrainian people will not forget the MPs who did not vote in the first reading for the bill that would ban the UOC of the Moscow Patriarchate, said Oleksii Danilov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council. It is not about the church, but about an institution that is “directly involved in the war” on the side of Russia
“The number of votes (267 votes in favor – Ed.) that this draft law received means that today there is a strong enough cushion for MPs to eventually vote for it. We mean that the people of Ukraine will not forget about those MPs who will not participate in this and will not vote for this law. Moreover, I am surprised by the MPs who support the Moscow Church in our country,” Danilov said, Censor.NET reports citing LigaBusinessInform.
He emphasized that it is not about the church, but about an institution that “directly participates in the war on the side of our enemy, which has a leadership in Moscow that calls for killing our citizens, killing our children.”
“We have nothing to do with religion. If you want to communicate with God, communicate as much as you want. But to spread and impose institutions here that work directly with the center in Moscow is an unacceptable thing, and this will be stopped. But everything is done within the law,” explained the NSDC Secretary.
He added that the final version of the law will be after the second reading, then it will be possible to analyze and understand how “everything will happen legally.”
As reported, the government proposed this model of banning the UOC-MP. The State Service for Ethnic Policy and Freedom of Conscience determines through an examination that a particular religious organization has its center in Russia. It issues an order to eliminate the violation. If the order does not work, the organization goes to court and asks for a ban on the activities of such a religious organization.
A religious expert examination of the UOC-MP statute was conducted in January 2023 and found that it was in compliance with the law: The Ukrainian Orthodox Church-MP continues to be subordinate to the Russian Orthodox Church.
Is the Russian Orthodox Church a church of the Christian faith?
What if the Pope were to promote a war? What if Catholic priests, bishops, and Cardinals were to bless weapons, ammunition and entire military bases? What if the Catholic Church were to encourage men to join the army to help eliminate a neighboring country? What if it did that despite the horrors inflicted on an innocent people? The murders, rapes, killings, destruction, looting…
Would there be outrage? Worldwide outrage?
For all its faults, I think we can all agree that we cannot imagine the Catholic Church to do any of those things.
But, for the Russian Orthodox Church, this has become SOP. The Russian Orthodox Church has been reduced by putin to being nothing but a fascist, warmongering segment of the fascist crime syndicate that he created in mafia land. It’s through and through evil, and it has nothing to do with being anything Christian, except on the outside. On the inside, it’s maggot infested, stinking, rotting, slimy meat that stands on the dark side. It is very evil. That’s a fact.
Ukraine must ban this entity, like murder, rape, and pedophilia are banned
“What if the Pope were to promote a war?”
See “The Crusades”…
Bad example, little guy.
Try again.
Pope Urban II orders first Crusade
On November 27, 1095, Pope Urban II makes perhaps the most influential speech of the Middle Ages, giving rise to the Crusades by calling all Christians in Europe to war against Muslims in order to reclaim the Holy Land, with a cry of “Deus vult!” or “God wills it!”
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pope-urban-ii-orders-first-crusade
Yeah, the ROC sucks, but let’s not pretend that the evil in the Catholic Church was limited to ignoring pedophile priests.
Hmm … Middle Ages, today, today, Middle Ages. Sorry, but that is still a very bad comparison.
Try again.
You wrote, “I think we can all agree that we cannot imagine the Catholic Church to do any of those things” … that they’ve already done.
Would have been clearer had you qualified it with “do any of those things today.” Or “do any of those things again.”
Mr. Someone, I’m talking about today. We’re living in the 21st century. Stay here and don’t wander off into a far-away past 800 years ago.
I don’t understand where the basis of the debate exists. It’s a criminal enterprise directly associated with a terroristic genocidal hoarde. Not only should that organization be outlawed, the officers of this organization, ie the priests, should be indicted as complicate in genocide and war crimes.
I agree, Sir Cap. They are agents of the fascist crime syndicate, and not priests.