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Feb. 25th, 2022 08:36 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
timeletsToday, I was able to understand myself and explain it to my colleague how Putin is committing a mortal sin when he orders his army to invade Ukraine. The most common accusation is that he's violating "Thou shall not murder" commandment (Exodus 20:12). But an apologist may reasonably deny the sin because a) he doesn't commit the murder himself [ his soldiers do]; and b) it's a war and not every war killing is a murder.
But it's undeniable that as a professional KGB officer under the Soviet regime he was trained to "bear false witness against thy neighbour" (Exodus 20:12). He did it against dissidents back then and he continued doing it in Russia when he took over FSB in 1999 and then became the country's president later.
Today, he commits the same sin with regard to Ukraine when he demands "denazification." That is, he bears a false witness against the people of Ukraine and their elected government, by accusing them of genocide. It's not just an exaggeration on his part; you know, the kind of exaggeration sales people engage in when selling you their stinking product. Rather, it's a deliberate KGB-style lie and a libel. He had repeatedly committed this sin before and he's committing it now. If hell exists, he goes directly there after his death. The sooner, the better.
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Also, he committed the same sin when he implied that the Ukrainian Army was involved in shooting down MH17.
But it's undeniable that as a professional KGB officer under the Soviet regime he was trained to "bear false witness against thy neighbour" (Exodus 20:12). He did it against dissidents back then and he continued doing it in Russia when he took over FSB in 1999 and then became the country's president later.
Today, he commits the same sin with regard to Ukraine when he demands "denazification." That is, he bears a false witness against the people of Ukraine and their elected government, by accusing them of genocide. It's not just an exaggeration on his part; you know, the kind of exaggeration sales people engage in when selling you their stinking product. Rather, it's a deliberate KGB-style lie and a libel. He had repeatedly committed this sin before and he's committing it now. If hell exists, he goes directly there after his death. The sooner, the better.
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Also, he committed the same sin when he implied that the Ukrainian Army was involved in shooting down MH17.
