volgadon Posted April 30, 2013 Posted April 30, 2013 (edited) http://www.rollingst...lery/578-4.htmlUnfortunately, we only made it to #3. Hare Krishna and Osho beat us. Apparently we are also frequently seen around government installations and secret military bases and that the US government espionage agencies are encouraging us to spread Joseph Smith's teachings throughout Russia. Good to know! Edited April 30, 2013 by volgadon 4
Questing Beast Posted April 30, 2013 Posted April 30, 2013 Anything American is automatically suspect, and anything religious is suspect, combine them together and voila!...
Damien the Leper Posted April 30, 2013 Posted April 30, 2013 I find it fascinating that there is an odd concentration of Russians in the Maricopa County Con-Tents Jail here in Phoenix. There are race divisions in that sector of the prison complex (there are 4 or 5 that make up the complex) but from what I understand, nothing gets by the Russians and they know of everything illegal coming into Con-Tents and they know the dealings of each of the 'races' incarcerated there. Sorry for the derail, Volg. 1
Calm Posted April 30, 2013 Posted April 30, 2013 (edited) I don't know about the US, but in Russia the Russian Mafia was something to be feared while we were there. My SIL and her husband were warned by the US government not to return to Russia because their lives would be at risk when they were attempting to fight the takeover of their company. A friend of my husband was assassinated because he insisted on fighting the takeover of his company. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tatum http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/03/03/222753/The mayor of Moscow was reportedly involved in that conspiracy. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2006/jan/28/20060128-091430-2438r/?page=allIt is understandable why Russians are so accepting of conspiracy theories. Edited April 30, 2013 by calmoriah 1
volgadon Posted April 30, 2013 Author Posted April 30, 2013 How are they defining "cult"?Very loosely. The actual word used is sekta- sect- it being the equivalent of the way cult is used in English. The way the article uses it seems to be "any religion apart from Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Lutheranism, Judaism, and Buddhism that we suspect and despise." I was going to tell you that for #4 they lumped together all pagans and neopagans, identifying them as violent extremists.
why me Posted May 1, 2013 Posted May 1, 2013 Anything American is automatically suspect, and anything religious is suspect, combine them together and voila!...Anything religious outside the Russian Orthodox Church is suspect. The problems that the lds church faces in Russia is not much different than other religious organizations. All come under criticism in the media and from the Orthodox Church.
volgadon Posted May 1, 2013 Author Posted May 1, 2013 Anything religious outside the Russian Orthodox Church is suspect. The problems that the lds church faces in Russia is not much different than other religious organizations. All come under criticism in the media and from the Orthodox Church.However, none are identified with the US government to the extent that we are. This tendency has intensified since Romney ran for president, and it is concerning. Still none of the people accusing me of espionage were able to explain why I would pick a dress code that made me stand out like a sore thumb, loudly declaring myself as foreign. 2
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