COMMENTS POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN RUSSIA INSIDER:
“Moscow Is Building
Grand Churches at a Furious Rate”
I do think the program enriches the country.
I am not religious, but some of these churches are simply
beautiful and reflect a very old culture.
The Russian people did without religion for an awfully long
time under the Soviet Union.
If they are keen to pay for them, that's just fine.
Of course, churches in general are not only about religion.
They also serve as non-commercial social organizations.
Putin sees them as a way of unifying. That's his motive, and
it's not a bad one.
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Response to a comment
about no churches built in Britain only mosques:
That's certainly an exaggeration, likely one based in
prejudice.
But Christianity has been on a serious decline in Britain
for a long time.
It has almost become a minority without any new group like
Muslims. I do believe polls show that, and British churches sit idle with low
attendance.
Anyway, a beautiful mosque is also an asset for any
community.
Saying otherwise - as Trump acolytes from the trailer parks
and gun clubs very much do - is just pure ignorance.
Response to a comment
which said “I still believe that the religion is opium for people”:
Well, that is a very narrow view and one that originated
with a now-discredited source, and I am not religious at all.
