Thread: Немного о религии

(Off-topic posts, removed from Traveling from US to Ukraine )

Originally Posted by Basil77

Besides, Ukraine has a very complex and uneasy situation with Christian churches currently operating there. First, of course, Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), second - so-called "patriarchate" of Philaret, who was anathematised by Moscow patriarchate. Also uniates from Galicia (part of Ukraine which were under Austro-Hungarian rule before WWI, they have kept their Orthodox rituals but consider Roman Pope the head of their church) and several others. All these factions almost hate each other.

I would point out that the word "fundamentalist" often has negative connotations today, but the word was originally coined by American Protestants who wanted to AVOID fighting and hatred between Christians -- they hoped that believers in Jesus could agree about the "basic fundamentals of Christian theology" (that Jesus of Nazareth was the Son of God, that Jesus was physically resurrected after the crucifixion, etc.)...

...while "agreeing to disagree" about non-fundamentals (the precise forms of rituals; the exact phrasing of prayers; whether a baptized person must go completely under water or if "sprinkling" water is sufficient; whether women can be pastors; etc.).