Quote Originally Posted by Doomer View Post
Yeah, Russia is using the Church to control minds of the crowd, the same way the US does, that might be a bigger issue in future of the nation

There is a hidden issue here
Russian Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster chose abbreviation РПЦ - Русская Пастафарианская Церковь, the same abbreviation which describes Russian Orthodox Church - Русская Православная Церковь
I do believe that abbreviation has been chosen specifically to mock Russian Orthodox church, alas Russian nationalists are also pro-Orthodox and they don't like being mocked
But even if they are mocking the ROC, so what? As long as they are not vandalizing church property (as Pussy Riot did and was harshly sentenced for!) why should it matter what people say? Why is the state suddenly protecting the ROC with so much fervor?