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fadafada Posts: 1,032
edited May 2007 in A Moving Train
Would I be right in saying that religion was outlawed in Russia during the Cold WAr years?
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  • Uncle LeoUncle Leo Posts: 1,059
    The Soviet Union.

    Was religion outlawed? I did not think so, but I guess I really do not know.
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    Although the Soviet Union was officially secular, supported atheist ideology and suppressed religion, according to various Soviet and Western sources, over one-third of the people in the Soviet Union professed religious belief. Christianity and Islam had the most believers. The state was separated from church by the Decree of Council of People's Comissars on January 23, 1918. Two-thirds of the Soviet population, however, had no religious beliefs. About half the people, including members of the CPSU and high-level government officials, professed atheism. Official figures on the number of religious believers in the Soviet Union were not available in 1989.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • fadafada Posts: 1,032
    Another big reason I except to the Cold war hatred!
    Amazed that it was banned at the time. Was the Orthodox Russian Church around before 89?
  • blackredyellowblackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    fada wrote:
    Was the Orthodox Russian Church around before 89?


    1989? it was founded centuries ago.
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  • sweet adelinesweet adeline Posts: 2,191
    they all believed in the flying spaghetti monster:

    http://www.venganza.org/
  • macgyver06macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
    mother russia...no religion really?
  • Vedderlution_BabyVedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    Am I right in thinking that it was rather pointless to try and police religion? I mean, it's not something you can identify and take away, faith, I mean. Unless you have the extremely faithful who still practice publicly.
  • CHANGEinWAVESCHANGEinWAVES Posts: 10,169
    fada wrote:
    Was the Orthodox Russian Church around before 89?
    yes my family has been russian orthodox as far back as we know.
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  • Vedderlution_BabyVedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    what's the religion aspect look like in Russia today? whats the predominant religion and does it have a abnormally high non-belief rate because of the S.U.?
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:
    Am I right in thinking that it was rather pointless to try and police religion? I mean, it's not something you can identify and take away, faith, I mean. Unless you have the extremely faithful who still practice publicly.

    Constantine did an excellent job of abolishing religions. You just gotta kill anyone that doesn't conform. A few generations later, there is no religion.
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  • SpecificsSpecifics Posts: 417
    godless Heathens. no wonder they're poor.
  • TrauTrau Posts: 188
    Russia currently has one of the highest percentages of people who "believe in God".

    During the Soviet era, religion was suppressed and all religious organizations were controlled by the government.
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  • Vedderlution_BabyVedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Constantine did an excellent job of abolishing religions. You just gotta kill anyone that doesn't conform. A few generations later, there is no religion.


    which one? there's like fifteen of those motherfuckers!
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:
    which one? there's like fifteen of those motherfuckers!

    Constantine the Great (Constantine I)
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  • Vedderlution_BabyVedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    Ahnimus wrote:
    Constantine the Great (Constantine I)


    Really? I just read about him and wiki said that he stopped the persecution of christians but didnt say anything about him persecuting other religions. So, did he stop the persecution of christians and then start to forcefully mandate that as the religion?
  • AhnimusAhnimus Posts: 10,560
    Vedderlution_Baby! wrote:
    Really? I just read about him and wiki said that he stopped the persecution of christians but didnt say anything about him persecuting other religions. So, did he stop the persecution of christians and then start to forcefully mandate that as the religion?

    In that wiki article
    Constantine respected cultivation and Christianity, and his court was composed of older, respected, and honored men.[citation needed] Leading Roman families that refused Christianity were denied positions of power, yet two-thirds of his top government was non-Christian.[19]

    "From Pagan temples Constantine had his statue removed. The repair of Pagan temples that had decayed was forbidden. These funds were given to the favored Christian clergy. Offensive forms of worship, either Christian or Pagan, were suppressed. At the dedication of Constantinople in 330 a ceremony half Pagan and half Christian was performed, in the market place, the Cross of Christ was placed over the head of the Sun-God's chariot. There was a singing of hymns."[20]

    He suppressed Judaism as well as paganism. I may be mistaking Constanine for Maximus. However Constantine laid the foundation for these atrocities at the Nicea. Though I've read from multiple sources that Constantine did go on a crusade. Anyway, that's not really the topic here.
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