Putin mocks reports that the Church of
England plans to use gender-neutral terms
for God as an example of how the West
'don't know what they are doing' during
state-of-the-nation address
Daily Mail (UK),
by
David Averre
&
Chris Jewers
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
2/21/2023 9:42:34 AM
Russian President Vladimir Putin has pointed to the Church of England's recent decision to explore gender-neutral terms for God as evidence that the West does not know what it is doing and is heading for a 'spiritual catastrophe'.
Delivering a state-of-the-nation address to the Russian people today, Putin railed against perceived Western stupidity and said the West was waging a culture war against Russian Orthodox Christian values.
'The Anglican Church is considering a gender-neutral God. May God forgive them for they know not what they do,' Putin declared.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
planetgeo 2/21/2023 9:55:00 AM (No. 1408435)
Unfortunately, he's not wrong on this particular issue. Pretty much the entire West IS waging a cultural war against traditional Christian teachings and values. It's too bad that only a homicidal Russian tyrant is fighting back, while the rest of the world is rolling over and surrendering to the onslaught by the secular elites.
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Well, he's right about that. And unlike the False Prophet, his views on gay marriage and such hasn't "evolved."
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
FLCracker 2/21/2023 10:21:54 AM (No. 1408467)
This is so stupid. "The Anglican Church is considering a gender-neutral God."
God is, has been, and always will be (you know, like in "eternal") "gender-neutral". God is not part of our world (read "dimension", "space-time continuum", "reality", etc.). Kind of hard to think of a being like that being gendered.
The Anglican Church knows this and has been preaching it since before it broke off from the Roman Catholic Church, as does the Catholic Church itself, and Judaism in all its flavors going back to at least that burning bush. Do any of you really think God is an old guy with a long white beard?
So why is the Anglican Church doing this? Do they think their adherents are idiots? Do they think they haven't got this message across in the last thereabout 500 years?
Or are they being "woke"?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Venturer 2/21/2023 10:27:11 AM (No. 1408474)
Putin is right on this one.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Aud 2/21/2023 10:35:09 AM (No. 1408487)
I don’t think Putin believes there is a God. But he needs the support of the Russian Orthodox Church, and his talking about God is about getting or keeping that support.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
dwa 2/21/2023 11:09:59 AM (No. 1408523)
It is very sad that I believe Putin over our own government and western "leaders". Also sad that he seems to be the only sane one right now about all this woke stuff.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 2/21/2023 11:44:20 AM (No. 1408546)
Fascinating to see where Putin comes down on certain issues. He is correct that the West is on a suicidal path. From that perspective, who is most likely to start a nuclear war? At this point in time, the US really does look like it is stirring the pot. Too bad Russia got sucked in by it.
If one considers God our designer and creator, does that mean God created gender? So, if one asks what gender is God... God has been portrayed with traits of both genders. Maybe the answer is whatever the person feels most comfortable with. After all, God invites us to come closer which means God does not want to scare us off.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
ldb51 2/21/2023 11:49:54 AM (No. 1408556)
Have long felt that one of Putin's prime motives is that he sees himself as a crusader against the Globalist progressive influence against (at least) the Russian culture.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Italiano 2/21/2023 12:01:41 PM (No. 1408567)
Putin is no fan of Christianity, but is he worse than our "ally"" Zelensky (or however you spell that corrupt slimeballs name)?
Probably not.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
FormerDem 2/21/2023 12:40:33 PM (No. 1408608)
#3, while God is neither man nor woman it does not follow that God is neutral. "in the image of God He created them, male and female he created them." it is a mystery but there it is. Whatever God is, He is not neuter. And also: while God is not a male in the sense that people are, nevertheless he is the Father of Jesus, He is not the mother; Jesus' s mother is Mary. It is a mystery in itself how much people hate and ignore her. Anyway, they say that the Persons of the Trinity are not to be seen as solitaries - each is in relationship, and the relationship of the Creator and Redeemer is that of Father to Son. Flattening this mystery out starts fights, so we have to leave it as is. God the Creator is the Father of Jesus, not his mother; at the same time, God's parental love is also in some places described as maternal. Jesus was a man not a woman and in this respect .. off on a tangent.... perhaps just as well he is crucified in public since if he were a woman after all people would have noticed. He was not. The Creator is the Father of the Son, and the Son was a man in the ordinary sense. It is mysterious but best leave this mystery as a mystery. Simplifications are wrong. Leave it as is. Why should it be easy. It isn't. Catechism para. 239 is what there is.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DVC 2/21/2023 12:55:39 PM (No. 1408629)
Well, amazingly there is one thing that I agree with Putin on.....if this is real, not just a political ploy.
There is nothing else that we agree on.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
FLCracker 2/21/2023 11:43:41 PM (No. 1408939)
#10, notice I used "gender-neutral" in quotes, showing I was quoting the original article.
It is impossible for we creations of God to images what He is truly like, much less describe Him, using the languages and words that we use to describe ourselves. I use "Him" and "He" as that is the convention in my life-form, culture, religion and milieu, not because I believe they are words that actually describe Him.
Neither is "neutral."
John 4:24 — King James Version
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Faithfully 2/22/2023 7:26:12 PM (No. 1409520)
Putin does support the ROC. since the Bolshies were evicted from Russia.
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