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yortsed snacilbuper

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25. Patriarch Kyri,I think he's into bling!

Reply to knitter4democracy (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 23, 2012, 06:40 PM

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Russian Orthodox Church organises against Pussy Riot punks [View all] Lars77 Apr 2012 OP

I was Born into this Religion fascisthunter Apr 2012 #1

Me too. But mom warned us that the priests were hypocrites, like in all religions. SunSeeker Apr 2012 #4

You mention that whathehell Apr 2012 #6

Same idea as the hijab: cover your shameful womanly heads. SunSeeker Apr 2012 #8

I'm not sure I agree...Otherwise men would be whathehell Apr 2012 #10

All three of those religions subjugate women. nt SunSeeker Apr 2012 #14

Do you know of any religion -- or society -- that does not subjugate women? whathehell Apr 2012 #15

I wish I did. nt SunSeeker Apr 2012 #16

Right... whathehell Apr 2012 #19

Communism? At least in theory. n/t Lars77 Apr 2012 #17

"In theory", would be the operative phrase. whathehell Apr 2012 #18

Fair enough since you were asking for a religion or society Lars77 Apr 2012 #21

Yeah, well.. whathehell Apr 2012 #22

Not really. I can see where you're getting that, but it's not quite right. knitter4democracy Apr 2012 #37

Then why no covering for men? SunSeeker Apr 2012 #41

Short answer: tradition. knitter4democracy Apr 2012 #42

Actually, it's very much like the hijab. When I was in Catholic school we were Cleita Apr 2012 #24

I don't think so. I went to Catholic School for twelve years whathehell Apr 2012 #26

She quoted something from St. Paul. Don't ask me which epistle. I'm too lazy to look it up. n/t Cleita Apr 2012 #27

Never heard of it, whathehell Apr 2012 #30

Don't accept it. It's something that's really not important for me to look up Cleita Apr 2012 #31

I don't and no, women don't cover their heads anymore in church. whathehell Apr 2012 #34

Seven years for protesting the Orthodox Church's support for Putin Jack Rabbit Apr 2012 #2

7 years for "hooliganism" Joe Shlabotnik Apr 2012 #9

Was there a church under Stailin? Confusious Apr 2012 #11

Officially and rhetorically it was gone, but in reality Joe Shlabotnik Apr 2012 #12

Stalin brought back the patriarch, actually. knitter4democracy Apr 2012 #38

Authoritarian control Jack Rabbit Apr 2012 #13

Patriarch Kyril is no Alexii, that's for sure. knitter4democracy Apr 2012 #3

Kirill has also been accused of being in bed with the KGB during Soviet days RZM Apr 2012 #5

That's what I'd heard about Patriarch Kyril. knitter4democracy Apr 2012 #35

Patriarch Kyri,I think he's into bling! yortsed snacilbuper Apr 2012 #25

We're Orthodox. We all are. knitter4democracy Apr 2012 #36

Russia's patriarch admits bling watch cover-up! yortsed snacilbuper Apr 2012 #39

I'd have to agree. knitter4democracy Apr 2012 #40

A K/R for "Church + State = Oppression". Dawson Leery Apr 2012 #7

whaddyatalk: a k/r for the OP title! FraDon Apr 2012 #20

For the word "pussy"?...It puts a nice, sexist "spin" on things? whathehell Apr 2012 #23

Eternal boyhood is the dream of a depressing percentage of American males, and the locker room is th seabeyond Apr 2012 #28

Touche! whathehell Apr 2012 #29

Or as I like to call them, "cupcakes". Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #33

The Church is right, the fornicating punks should keep their pants on Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #32