Putin: Communist ideology similar to Christianity, Lenin’s body like saintly relics

RT

Russian President Vladimir Putin has likened communism to Christianity and Vladimir Lenin’s mausoleum in Moscow’s Red Square to the veneration of the relics of saints.

Maybe I’ll say something that someone might dislike, but that’s the way I see it,” Putin said in an interview for the documentary Valaam, an excerpt of which was broadcast on Russia 1. “First of all, faith has always accompanied us, becoming stronger every time our country, our people, have been through hard times.  

“There were those years of militant atheism when priests were eradicated, churches destroyed, but at the same time a new religion was being created. Communist ideology is very similar to Christianity, in fact: freedom, equality, brotherhood, justice – everything is laid out in the Holy Scripture, it’s all there. And the code of the builder of communism? This is sublimation, it’s just such a primitive excerpt from the Bible, nothing new was invented.”

Putin went further by comparing the Communists’ attitude to the Bolshevik leader Lenin to the veneration of saints in Christianity. “Look, Lenin was put in a mausoleum. How is this different from the relics of saints for Orthodox Christians and just for Christians? When they say that there’s no such tradition in Christianity, well, how come, go to Athos and take a look, there are relics of the saints there, and we have holy relics here,” Putin concluded.

After Lenin died in 1924, his body was embalmed and put on display in a mausoleum in Red Square, Moscow. The cult of Lenin was part of Soviet ideology. The public debate about the possibility of giving Lenin’s remains a proper burial began during the early days of Perestroika in the 1980s.

Putin’s words were music to the ears of Communist Party members. “I think these words of the president very effectively and reasonably smooth out the acute angles around the theme of the mausoleum,” Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Ivan Melnikov said on Sunday, as cited by Interfax.

He said however, that “communists and all the leftist patriotic forces [in Russia] understand that communism is close to Christianity as much as the form of capitalism that exists in our country and our economy today is far from Christianity.”

Earlier this year, Gennadiy Zyuganov, the head of the Russian Communist Party, said Putin had promised him that as long as he remains president, Lenin’s body would remain in the mausoleum in Red Square.

“As long as I sit here, there will be no barbarism in Red Square,” the Communist chief quoted Putin as saying at a conference with Russian party leaders.

According to Zyuganov, Putin also dismissed allegations that Lenin was not buried in accordance with Christian traditions. “As far as the form of the burial is concerned, they used the one that is also used in Orthodox Christianity – he lies a meter and a half below the ground level. Sepultures and cave burials have been known for a long time,” Putin said, according to Zyuganov.

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17 thoughts on “Putin: Communist ideology similar to Christianity, Lenin’s body like saintly relics”

  1. THE IDEA OF “SAINTLY RELICS” IS CATHOLIC BLASPHEMY,,,,

    PUTIN IS WORTHY OF ONE THING……
    A SLOW SPEED …WELL AIMED… LARGE CALIBER…
    BULLET……………………………….

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  2. He said however, that “communists and all the leftist patriotic forces [in Russia] understand that communism is close to Christianity as much as the form of capitalism that exists in our country and our economy today is far from Christianity.”

    Capitalism is a result of communism buddy! NO go on that lametard statement.

    ” Communist ideology is very similar to Christianity, in fact: freedom, equality, brotherhood, justice”

    Freedom is not freedom when one must live under the dictates of another man.
    Equality according to the state is not equality!
    Brotherhood? The Father State giving birth to all to become “brothers?” NO!
    Justice? According to who? Again the state dictators. NO!

    Militant atheism is the offspring of communism.

    Putin, are you reading the Talmud?

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  3. “freedom, equality, brotherhood, justice” are found in the principals of the one true God and His only begotten son, Jesus the Christ, our redeemer and savior.

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    1. True, Katie.
      I will go a step further and declare that True Christianity is the Gospel message of Salvation from enmity with God due to our Sin, and the 2nd Birth that occurs when believing trust is placed in Christ Jesus’ work on the cross to taste death for all who believe.
      The resultant Freedom, Brotherhood, Equality and Holy Spirit led service to others is the RESULT of Salvation, and does not unify Christians with others who may espouse these same principles. Like George Carlin might have said: It’s a Private Club, and YOU ARE INVITED.

      ” Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ”
      Matthew 11:28

      ” Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. ”
      John 5:24

      ” And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. ”
      Revelation 22:17

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  4. I am not a Christian but oh boy howdy for him to make such a statement shows his true ideology ……..no way in hell can the comparison be made….communism is diametrically opposed to Christianity….the latter embraces the uniqueness of each individual and advocates love and care for fellow man….communism does the opposite

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  6. Communism = Nazism = Judaism
    Judaism = Communism = Nazism
    Nazism = Judaism = Communism
    They’re all the same gang..

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    1. Exactly…they flow from the ‘jew’ karl marx.
      It all means the same thing…rule by the ‘jews’.
      Based on the talmudic horse$hit that classifies non-‘jews’ as cattle goyim
      there to serve the ‘jews’.

      This ideology is the night to the day of christianity. They’re polar opposites.
      Of course they are…the ‘jews’ are the synagogue of satan.

      Putin hasn’t buried lenin because behind all the smoke and mirrors putin is owned lock stock and barrel by the ‘jews’. Little vova owes them big.

      And, remember, only iran and north korea aren’t controlled by rothschild controlled central banks.

      And that means the ‘jews’ nearly rule the planet except for those two nations. If they also fall, then a central controlled crypto currency will be rolled out and it’s slave time.

      The ‘jews’ have well over-played their hand and they know it. There’s no place left for them to go. No matter where they are kicked to next, they’ll start the same nasty crap again. It’s their nature to do so. The tiger can’t it’s stripes so if it threatens it must be shot.

      -flek

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  7. Christianity and communism, apples and oranges.
    Under communism, there is no individual choice.
    True Christianity requires individual choice.
    Christianity and the common law under the Bill of Rights are synonymous. Free choice, free will.

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    1. But Henry, the Comrades will tell you that you DO have a choice: bow down under Communist rule, or bow down in front of the ditch. See how fair they are?

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  8. So, since Paul Craig Roberts literally worships Putin, then maybe the former Ass. Sec. Treas. under Reagan really was a Communist after all!

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    1. Why is it these paper pushers live so lavishly?

      One of his bathrooms had more square feet than my entire house. LOL.

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