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Archive for February 10th, 2014

Russia: US Becoming a Godless Nation

Posted by addisethiopia / አዲስ ኢትዮጵያ on February 10, 2014

NenAt the height of the Cold War, it was common for American conservatives to label the officially atheist Soviet Union a “godless nation.”

More than two decades on, history has come full circle, as the Kremlin and its allies in the Russian Orthodox Church hurl the same allegation at the West.

Many Euro-Atlantic countries have moved away from their roots, including Christian values,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a recent keynote speech. “Policies are being pursued that place on the same level a multi-child family and a same-sex partnership, a faith in God and a belief in Satan. This is the path to degradation.”

In his state of the nation address in mid-December, Mr. Putin also portrayed Russia as a staunch defender of “traditional values” against what he depicted as the morally bankrupt West. Social and religious conservatism, the former KGB officer insisted, is the only way to prevent the world from slipping into “chaotic darkness.”

As part of this defense of “Christian values,” Russia has adopted a law banning “homosexual propaganda” and another that makes it a criminal offense to “insult” the religious sensibilities of believers.

The law on religious sensibilities was adopted in the wake of a protest in Moscow’s largest cathedral by a female punk rock group against the Orthodox Church’s support of Mr. Putin. Kremlin-run television said the group’s “demonic” protest was funded by “some Americans.”

Mr. Putin’s views of the West were echoed this month by Patriarch Kirill I of Moscow, the leader of the Orthodox Church, who accused Western countries of engaging in the “spiritual disarmament” of their people.

In particular, Patriarch Kirill criticized laws in several European countries that prevent believers from displaying religious symbols, including crosses on necklaces, at work.

The general political direction of the [Western political] elite bears, without doubt, an anti-Christian and anti-religious character,” the patriarch said in comments aired on state-controlled television.

We have been through an epoch of atheism, and we know what it is to live without God,” Patriarch Kirill said. “We want to shout to the whole world, ‘Stop!’”

Although Mr. Putin has never made a secret of what he says is his deep Christian faith, his first decade in power was largely free of overtly religious rhetoric. Little or no attempt was made to impose a set of values on Russians or lecture to the West on morals.

However, since his inauguration for a third presidential term in May 2012, the increasingly authoritarian leader has sought to reach out to Russia’s conservative, xenophobic heartland for support.

It has proved a rich hunting ground.

Western values, from liberalism to the recognition of the rights of sexual minorities, from Catholicism and Protestantism to comfortable jails for murderers, provoke in us suspicion, astonishment and alienation,” Yevgeny Bazhanov, rector of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s diplomatic academy, wrote in a recent essay.

Analysts suggest that Mr. Putin’s shift to ultraconservatism and anti-West rhetoric was triggered by mass protests against his rule that rocked Russia in 2011 and 2012. The unprecedented show of dissent was led mainly by educated, urban Muscovites — many with undisguised pro-Western sympathies.

Some 70 percent of Russians define themselves as Orthodox Christians in opinion polls, and opposition figures in the past have called on the church to play a mediating role between the Kremlin and protesters.

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horseinalandscap2የክረምትኦሎምፒክ ጨዋታዎች በሩሲያዋ የሶቺ ከተማ እየተካሄዱ ናቸው። እነዚህን ጨዋታዎች ለማጨናገፍ በሉሲፈራውያን የሚደገፉት ሽብር ፈጣሪዎች በመቁነጥነጥ ላይ ይገኛሉ። በሚያስገርም ፍጥነት በሰዶማውያን እጅ በመግባት ላይ የሚገኙት የምእራባውያን መገናኛ ብዙኃን በጣም ኋላቀር፣ ቅሌታማና አሰልቺ የሆነውን የጥላቻ ፕሮፓጋንዳቸውን በሞኙ ኦርቶዶክስ ሩሲያ ሕዝብ ላይ በመንዛት ላይ ይገኛሉ። ሁሉም እርስበርስ የጥላቻ ውድድር የሚያካሂዱ ነው የሚመስሉት። ዓለምን በማመስ ላይ የሚገኙት እና ሁልጊዜ አቱኩሮት ፈላጊዎቹ እስላማውያንና ሰዶማውያን መድረኩን ለጽንፈኛ ጩኽታቸው ሲጠቀሙበት ይታያሉ። እንደ እነ ኦባማ የመሳሰሉትም የሉሲፈራውያን መሣሪያዎች ወደ ሶቺ መሄዱን አልፈለጉም፡ ነገር ግን ሰዶማውያን ቱጃሮቻቸውን ወደዚያ በመላክ ሩሳውያኑን ይተናኮላሉ። እነዚህ አውሬዎች ዒላማቸውን ያነጣጠሩት በኦርቶዶክስ ክርስቲያናውያን እና በአፍሪቃውያን ላይ ነው። ኡጋንዳና ናይጀሪያ ፀረሰዶማዊ የሆነ ህግ ባረቀቁበት ባለፈው ሰሞን፡ ሕንድም ተመሳሳይ ህግ አውጥታለች፣ ነገር ግን የምእራቡ ዜና ማሠራጫዎች የወቀሳ ዘመቻ ያተኮረው በአፍሪቃውያኑ ላይ ብቻ ነው።

ለ ቢቢስ የሚሠሩ ሁለት አፍሪቃውያን ጋዜጠኞች በቅርቡ አርፈዋል። በበሽታ ምክኒያት እንዳረፉ ነው በይፋ የተነገረው። ሁለቱ ጋዜጠኞች የጋና እና የኬኒያ ተወላጆች ነበሩ። አዎ! የሚገርም ነው፡ ጋናውያን እና ኬኒያውያን፡ (ከዚህ በፊት ገልጬ ነበር) ከሁሉ አፍሪቃውያን ለፈረንጅ በጣም ማጎብደድ የሚወዱ ሕዝቦች ናቸው፤ መቼም ሰው ካረፈ በኋላ መፍረድ በጎ አይሆንም፡ አምላኬ ይቅር በለኝ፡ ግን፡ እነዚህ ሁለት ጋዜጠኞች በቢቢሲ ቆይታቸው አፍሪቃውያንን በበጎ መልክ ሲያቀርቡና ለአፍሪቃ በስሜት ሲከራከሩ የነበሩ ጋዜጠኞች አልነበሩም፡ ሆኖም፡ እንደ አብዛኛው አፍሪቃውያን ፀረ=ሰዶማዊ የሆነ አቋም ነበራቸው፤ ቢቢሲ ደግሞ በተበቃዮቹ ሰዶማውያን እጅ የገባ ተቋም ስለሆነ፡ እንደ ባሪያያስጠጋው ሰው ሲያጉረመርምበት ያስቆጣዋል። በአፍሪቃውያን ጋዜጠኞች ዘንድ እከሌ በልብ በሽታ ሞተተብሎ ስሰማ ምናልባት ይህ 10ኛ ጊዜ ሳይሆን አይቀርም። ታዲያ እነዚህም ጋዜጠኞች ለሕፃናትደፋሪዎቹ የቢቢሲ ሠሪዎች ተንኮል ተጋልጠው ይሆን? ለማንኛውም ቢቢሲ እስያውያንን እንጂ አፍሪቃውያንን በብዛት አይቀጥርም/አያቀርብም፤ ሬዲዮና ቴሊቪዥኑን የሞሉት እስያውያን ብቻ ናቸው!

ለኢትዮጵያውያን የምድር ሲዖል የሆነችውንና እስክ ሁለት መቶ ሺህ የሚጠጉ ወገኖቻችንን ባጭር ጊዜ ውስጥ ከአገሯ ሙልጭ ብለው እንዲወጡ ያደረገችውን ሳዑዲ አረቢያን ፕሬዚደንት ኦባማ በመጪው ወር ለመጎብኘት አቅደዋል። ቀደም ሲል፡ የውጭ ጉዳይ ሚንስትራቸው፡ ጆን ኬሪ፡ ሪያድ ከተማ በገቡበት ዕለት ነበር ኢትዮጵያውያን እንደ እንስሳ ሲታደኑ የነበሩት። በመጭው ወር ደግሞ ፕሬዚደንት ኦባማ ለዚህ ጀብደኛ‘” ተግባር ለሳዑዲው ንጉሥ ምስጋናቸውን እንደተለመደው ጎንበስ ብለው ያቀርባሉ። የአፍሪቃው ህብረት 50ኛ ዓመቱን በሚያከብሩበት ዓመት ወደ አዲስ አበባ መሄድ አሻፈረኝ ያሉት አፍሪቃአሜሪካዊውኦባማ በሰው ልጆች ላይ ተወዳዳሪ የሌለው በደልን በምትፈጽመው ሳዑዲን ለሦስተኛ ጊዜ ይጎበኛሉ።

ሰኞ የ ነነዌጾምይገባል። ከጥቂት ዓመታት በፊት በዚህ ጊዜ ነበር ሉሲፈራውያኑ የኢትዮጽያ አየር መንገድን ቤይሩት/ሌባኖን ሰማይ ላይ መትተው በመጣል ብዙ ወገኖቻችንን ለመግደል የበቁት። በአሁኗ ሰሜን ኢራቅ የምትገኘዋ ነነዌ አሁን እራሷን እንድታስተዳደር እና ብሔራዊ ቋንቋዋም ጥንታዊው ሶሪያኛ ቋንቋ (አራሜይክ) እንዲሆን ሰሞኑን ታወጆ ነበር። ይህ አዋጅ ቢዘገይም፣ ደህና፡ ይሁን! እንበል። ለማንኛውም የክርስቶስ ጠላቶች ሙሉ በሙሉ እስካልተምበረከኩ ይህን መሰሉ የቀዶጥገና ተግባር ዋጋ አይኖረውም። መጪዎቹ ቀናት ብዙ አስገራሚ ነገሮችን የምናይባቸው ይሆናሉ!

መልካም ጾመ ነነዌ!

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