Russian Orthodox Church and the Ukraine

[amorphous_constellation]

is is a very interesting article about how the Russian Orthodox Church sees the west as "decadent",

I question many abrahamic teachings, and believe in rights for lgbtq folks - just as I'm sure many modern christians probably now do, and as do many secular people, in the west. However, I am kind of bothered by adultery, especially among people who want to tattoo themselves with crosses, and wear crosses etc. A coincidence I've ran into more than once. To me, it just seems kind of a flagrant insult to that particular belief system - and it would bother me far less, if they didn't try to syncretize christianity with what they do in practice. Why not simply follow gods that allow it?

Then again, it is of course characteristically unclear what the christian god allows, since forgiveness is ever present in the religion. One of the first people jesus met in the afterlife, was one of the guilty people he was next to on the cross. But who really knows what he did?

And so I kind of wonder about what the russian rate is of general adultery, among christians. If it is in fact something that christian god doesn't like

 

[Kooky]

This is a very interesting article about how the Russian Orthodox Church sees the west as "decadent", and thinks pride parades are a sin. All of this gets mishmashed into support for the Russian war on Ukraine.

Plenty of Catholics and Protestants think the same, of course. The difference is that only a handful of European states other than Russia have embraced this stance and have tried to put it into policy.

You can probably figure out which ones.

 

[Revoltingest]

Jesus is on Putin's side, & approves of invading Ukraine.
https://theweek.com/russia/1011510/putin-quotes-jesus-to-justify-invasion-of-ukraine

 

[amorphous_constellation]

Technically yes.
De facto there is no cultural separation, because the Orthodox Church has autocephalous national Churches, so they are pretty linked to the Lay State.

So what do you believe about the patriarch's 'west is decadent' comment? How does the russian elite/putin's cabinet act, that justifies the patriarchs comparison?