@Arjuna,
Arjuna;147095 wrote:I read once that there was some link between present-day communism and christianity?
So religion is more a thing of poor people?
This is true. Communism and christianity similar. Nietzshe said communism is religion of modern slaves and the lowest classes. The communism was religion. Christians trust in a miracle of the Second Coming. Communists trust in Golden age of communism. It is belief in the Miracle. The strict morals are both in Christianity and in Marx and Lenin's doctrine. Marx is the prophet. Lenin is the Messiah, as the Christ. There are martyrs are heroes of revolution.
The nazism (for exemple) did not operate private life of the person. Therefore nazism not religion.
And the Christianity and communism wished to change a human nature. Therefore the communism is ugly and false religion.
Communists per 1920 destroyed institutes of Russian Orthodox Church. They let out even magazines "Atheists", "the Militant atheist". Why they so did? To create new religion, it is necessary to destroy the old religion.
Arjuna;147095 wrote: But when you say Russian Church is a reconstruct... you mean they are taking images from the past and applying them to life today? It always seemed to me that Christianity had nothing to say to help with the Cold War. Christianity didn't prepare us for it and didn't support us in dealing with the effects. To grow up thinking we, as a species are doomed to destroy ourselves.
What drew you to Christianity?
Cold War was work by Communists party and Americans. But Russian people and my parents did not know that live during an "epoch of Cold War". To us spoke nothing about foreign policy or threat of an attack of USA. On the TV showed only ballet. In 1946 - 1991 we did not consider Americans - enemies therefore - that did not know anything about America. But now, when people have understood that Americans hate us, many too become aggressive.
The religion now in Russia is business of a personal choice. I became believers, to that-that have seen transfer on TV about Saint Malachy and Michel Nostradamus prophecies. Almost casually. Then began to study the Bible.