Originally Posted by
Hanna 
Oh, here is another really spooky type of propaganda against Russia - religious propaganda!
Some Christians, mainly in the USA, believe that Russia would invade and attempt to obliterate Israel. The reason is that there is a rather complicated Bible prophecy about Israel being invaded by an enemy that fulfills certain criteria that Russia nominally fulfills. This would be part of a series of events around the end of the world as predicted by the Bible.
The idea was particularly strong in the days of the Cold War - a type of propaganda aimed at religious people, I guess. Or is it perfectly legitimate Bible interpretention? Christians elsewhere don't believe it though.
Many American Christians believe that modern Russia still fills all the criteria to fulfill this role. Since Iran is not popular with the USA at the moment, Iran plays a bigger role in this prophecy nowadays. In Cold War days, the main idea was the the USSR was the culprit.
I think the latest version of this idea is that Russia, Kazakhstan, Syria and Iran are involved in this conspiracy. Another thing I picked up was that Russia would be a part of "the one world government of the Antichrist".
Lots of preachers are actually preaching this to their congregations. Personally I don't think there is any point in trying to interpret scripture in this way, and I have to wonder about motivations of those who do.
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