Posted by:
Agnes Broomhead
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Date: May 19, 2014 11:41AM
I haven't seen the "Saratov Approach" film yet, but from what seems by its over-publicity by TSCC and its bookstores it makes out Russians to be blood-sucking vampires that love to kill and abduct anyone. Having been there myself I can TESTIFY THE TRUTH about Russians' warm, hospitable nature. And their mad patriotism, which extends to all things connected with it, including its historical church.
Russians don't appreciate bullshit and if you portray yourselves as "spreading the gospel" while plotting to take 10% of their income, of course they'll make things hard for you.
Maybe you should ask him/her if some group of hooligans who can't sing started playing loud music inside The Holy Of Holies, what he/she would feel. That's what Russians feel about a bunch of radicals the U.S. media has somehow portrayed as "political dissidents". The same media's coverage of what's really going on in Ukraine will only make it more difficult for a church folks there know reasonably about, i.e. that it's distinctly American and that its founder makes the absurd claim that Jesus visited the Americas (but apparently never the land now known as Russia).
Even so not that many people there go to church, so ask him/her what makes them think Russians will benefit by being a member of TSCC, instead of the church that survived tragedies and its holy temples blown up by Stalin. Even the non-churchgoers have respect for Orthodox figures; that's why Putin has always let them have a small say in shaping Russia's future.
All told, you should strongly interrogate him/her when feasible, as it seems the Morg's hierarchy is in denial of what really is going on in the former Soviet Union.
Here's a video to share with the mishie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ro_cc39LJc