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Greetings. This is Pastor David Bass at New Geneva Orthodox Presbyterian Church with a

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moment of truth, where we challenge you to think through an important issue of life and faith. And

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today, I want to ask you for consideration, with whom do we as Americans have more in common,

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Europe or Russia? Now, a few weeks ago, I made the case that in the conflict between Ukraine and

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Russia, Russia has the greater claim to the contested region of Crimea than does Ukraine.

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That is just a historical reality. And that should be kept in mind by our own diplomats when we take

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sides in the Ukraine war. But today, I want to do a comparison and contrast between what we share in

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common with these two respective combatants and where we differ. And it's enlightening, too. The

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difference between our association and attachments with the European Union and Russia. Well, for

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example, in Russia and America, there is the issue of religion. Now, as a pastor, this is the chief

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area of comparison for me, since politics is downstream from culture, and culture is downstream from

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religion. And even then, religion is downstream from God himself, I would posit. Well, at first glance,

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it seems that America has deep roots in the religious traditions of Europe, and it does. We are inheritors

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of the Western tradition, which began with the early small-c Catholic Church of the second and third

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centuries. And over time, divisions appeared over various doctrinal issues, such as that in 1048 A.D.,

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where the Eastern Orthodox Church, centered in Constantinople, which is modern Istanbul, split off

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from the Roman Catholic Church, which was centered in Rome. And America is uniquely formed and shaped by

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the Reformation of the 16th century. Our entire denominational structure, for example, including

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my own, the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, can be traced to roots deep in the Presbyterian movement

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on the British Isles during the 16th and 17th centuries. And we can say the same about every other

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denomination on American soil, excluding the Eastern Orthodox or the Russian Orthodox Churches,

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of course, that they were shaped and formed by other religious movements on the European continent.

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So, when it comes to taking sides in Ukraine-Russia conflict, in which the European Union and NATO is

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lined up with Ukraine against Russia, it seems that the religious element favors Ukraine.

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Right? Don't we have more in common with Europe than Russia here? Well, all other things being

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equal, I would have to say yes, but I can't stop there. I have to ask, what in the world has happened

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to the faith of Europeans? What is the state of religious faith there? Is there any remnant of the

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Christian faith besides beautiful ancient cathedrals? And the answer comes back, for me anyway,

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Europe knows nothing of Christ anymore. In fact, according to the European Academy on Religion and

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Culture, a revival of paganism in Europe is taking place. And that academy says they boast a substantial

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following, numbering at least in the hundreds of thousands, potentially extending into the low

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millions, unquote. Cited from the European Academy on Religion and Culture. Now, paganism disappeared from

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Europe during the Christian era, although modern pagans, they call them neo-pagans now, they maintain it never

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completely disappeared, but merely went underground. But today, the old Norse gods of the Vikings are making a

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comeback in Iceland and Denmark and Sweden, and outright Satanism and Lucifer worship are gaining

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popularity and becoming increasingly bold. Oh, for example, the 2023 Olympics notoriously began and ended

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with tributes to Lucifer, complete with a desecrating Last Supper at the beginning and a descending Satan

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from heaven from heaven at the closing ceremony. Well, we can also go back to the dedication of the

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Swiss Gothard Base Tunnel, which is also nicknamed the Tunnel. That dedication was also openly, blatantly

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a satanic ceremony that clearly identifies Europe as in the spiritual grip of Lucifer. Many feel that Europe is

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not only post-Christian, which everybody would agree, but now completely neo-pagan. We have nothing in

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common spiritually with Europe anymore, unless America hopes to follow in her footsteps. However, just the

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opposite is happening in Russia. There is a revival of Christianity after years of dormant spirituality.

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Victoria Smolkin, in her book, Sacred Space is Never Empty. I like that title. Victoria Smolkin's book is

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entitled Sacred Space is Never Empty, a history of Soviet atheism. Well, Victoria observes, and I quote her,

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in Russia, there is a religious revival happening. Orthodox Christianity is thriving after enduring a 70-year

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period of atheistic Soviet rule. In 1991, just after the collapse of the USSR, about two-thirds of Russians

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claimed no religious affiliation. Today, 71% of Russians identify as Orthodox. One can now see priests giving

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sermons on television. They can encounter religious processions in St. Petersburg and watch citizens

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lining up for holy water in Moscow. Unquote. Well, several religious leaders have cultivated closer ties

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with American evangelicals with American evangelicals, too, seeing common ground on important issues. Russian

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Orthodox hierarchs, Patriarch Kirill and Metropolitan Hilarion, in particular, have reached out to evangelical

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leaders in America, and they have found willing partners. And that common ground includes, for example,

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traditional Christian values. Or the building up of the family. Or staunch opposition to gender confusion

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and abortion. And then the ending of persecution of Christians in the West, especially in Ukraine.

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Ukraine persecutes Christians, dear listener. Do you want to be on the side of a nation that persecutes

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Christians? All of these things, the West hates. All of these things, the Russian people and her

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leadership love and defend. And the Russian government has fostered this revival, seeing it as benefiting

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the greater interests of Russia, too. Perhaps chief among those in the government who feel this way

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is none other than President Vladimir Putin. Oh, Hitler. Oh, the devil incarnate. No, Vladimir Putin embraces

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his Orthodox faith. His spiritual biography is really fascinating, too. He was born in St. Petersburg,

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which was Leningrad under the Soviet system. And Putin grew up during the siege of Leningrad.

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He was baptized as a baby in the Russian Orthodox Church. And he was raised by a fervent,

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believing mother. Putin saw himself as a true Russian patriot. And he joined the KGB and worked in Moscow

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and especially in Germany. Now, Putin was terribly disillusioned with the fall of the Soviet Union in

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1989. That affected him deeply. He saw it as an embarrassment to Russia.

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Many observers see Putin's attempt to assert hegemony over former Soviet territories,

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including Ukraine, as not so subtle moves to rebuild the Soviet Union. Well, Putin worked his way

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through the Byzantine path of Russian politics to be elected president in 2000, a position he has

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tenaciously held on to, excepting a four-year period when it was held by one of his subordinates,

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Medvedev. Otherwise, Putin has maintained an iron grip on the presidency of Russia. Now, Putin has

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repeatedly affirmed his own personal religious faith. He prays daily in a small chapel next to the

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presidential office. And for many years, Putin has certainly had a close relationship with

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Archimandrite Tikhon, who is the father superior of Stravetsky Monastery. Even during the period of

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official Soviet atheism, Putin continued to affirm and practice his religious faith as taught him in the

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Russian Orthodox Church. So, despite all of the criticism hurled at him over the last few years,

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Hitler, dictator, communist, no, Putin has consistently pursued a policy that champions Russia and her

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values, Christian values, as articulated by his own Russian Orthodox Church. And he has done so

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in direct contradiction to the tradition of atheistic Marxism. Oh, this is something that

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American Christians must get through their thick, rapture-obsessed heads. Russia is not the nation of

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Armageddon. Russia will not provide the godless hordes of soldiers who will have their eyes melted from their

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sockets in a single moment of nuclear destruction at the last day. That is silly nonsense. In fact, a case can be

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made that Russia, as she is now constituted, is more righteous and devoted to Christ than is the United States of

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America. I would assert that. The larger point is that faithful American Christians have far more in

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common with their Russian counterparts than with the godless Luciferian European Union, and even with our

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own godless Luciferian federal government, and most state governments, for that matter. We have, as

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Christians, more in common with our brothers and sisters in Russia than we do here or in Europe. Secondly, we

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must also compare and contrast the United States of America with Russia and the European Union in terms of

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cultural values. Cultural values. Let's look at those. That is family, the sexes, sports, entertainment, that

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kind of thing. Now, as a corollary to the religious commonalities, it is necessary to point out that

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Russia is moving towards a more conservative, traditional set of cultural values. In fact, speaking of

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Vladimir Putin, he officially called for the promotion of, and I quote, traditional Russian spiritual and moral

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values, unquote. And he wants this to be broadcast internationally. The Russian courts and government have

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followed suit in encouraging traditional values and sanctioning corrupt Western values. For example, the

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Russian Supreme Court outlawed the so-called LGBT movement as extremist, and Putin has rightly characterized the

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West as satanic, coming right out and calling us in the West satanic, accusing us of trying to undermine

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Russia by exporting liberal ideologies. And we have. We've tried to do that. In 2013, the state Duma forbade

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by law the equation of gay relationships with heterosexual relationships. And Putin has articulated on

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several occasions Russia's opposition to gender transition, whether boy to girl or girl to boy.

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And in a speech to the Russian parliament in 2014, Putin said, and I quote, our priorities are healthy

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families and a healthy nation, traditional values that we have inherited from our ancestors, together

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with a focus on the future, unquote. And there is also a little known document from 2011, which details

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17 values that the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian government hold forth in common.

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And I quote from that document. It says, basic values, the foundation of national unity. And it was

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created by the initiative of the Russian Orthodox Church. And it defines 17 values, both at the individual

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and the state level and the state level. For example, faith, that's right at the top. So religious faith is

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right at the top for Russia. And then justice as well. We could use justice administered in our nation,

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for that matter. And then they go on to articulate 15 others, peace and freedom, unity, morality,

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dignity, honesty, patriotism, solidarity, compassion for those in need, respect for one's culture and national

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traditions, family, and hard work and willingness to make sacrifices. 17 values that we, as American

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Christians, share in common with Russia and their Orthodox Christian Church. But in stark, ugly contrast,

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are the admitted so-called cultural values of the European Union, with whom we ostensibly identify.

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The European Commission's official website, for example, insists that Europe is now a quote,

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unquote, post-ethnic culture. Buzzwords. Europe is now a post-ethnic culture, according to the European

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Commission, in which all ethnicities are now folded into one, especially with the influx of millions and

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millions of Islamic migrants and Muslim migrants in the last few decades. According to the European

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Union, traditional European Union, traditional European cultures must move away from what they call our

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ethno-ethno, excuse me, ethno-national understanding of culture and diversity, unquote. Buzzwords again.

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But it means that the French must unlearn Frenchness, the British must unlearn Britishness,

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and the Germans must unlearn what it means to be German. Europe is post-Christian and must repent

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of its past efforts to Christianize its former colonies, according to this website, which was in

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reality a form of oppression and control. Yes, all of the European ways of life are rooted in evil

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colonialism, and they now must engage in what the website calls the decolonization of knowledge.

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Did you know that the Western tradition of teaching and learning is a colonized form of knowledge?

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Europe must move away from deficiency models, as the website calls it, of culture and values.

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Oh, on and on, we could go. Yet, at the very same time that Europeans are being shamed into giving up

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their heritage and values, all the Muslim migrants who have taken over large swaths of the continent,

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entrenching their own and establishing Muslim enclaves throughout Europe. Well, apparently,

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they have not heard about the supposed post-ethnic culture of their new homes, have they?

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A little-known paper published by the Defense Department for its long-term strategy group,

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and that paper was published back in 2007, forecasted precisely what Europe is experiencing

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now. And I quote from that document, they say, a comparative study of Christian and Muslim

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immigrants to Germany establishes that the integration of Muslims is substantially harder

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than the integration of Christians. Although the integration of Spaniards and Yugoslavs in Germany

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was prolonged and difficult by American standards, it nonetheless took place. Muslims experienced

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problems forming an ethnic identity in a country where the dominant religion is not Islam. Very

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important. The paper goes on to say, Christian immigrants, by contrast, were able to take advantage

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of the religious background they share with the vast majority of Germans to integrate. Unquote.

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Muslims experienced problems forming ethnic identities in a country where the dominant religion is not Islam.

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Did you hear that? All over Europe, the experience is the same. Muslims refuse to assimilate.

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They refuse even to integrate. Instead, they work to dominate every culture into which they are

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introduced. There are well over 50 million Muslims in Europe, and now there is no sign that they are

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integrating into the modern liberal cultures of the respective European Union countries to which they've come.

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Instead, they are making true what Gaddafi predicted 20 years ago when he said,

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we have 50 million Muslims in Europe. There are signs that Allah will grant Islam victory in Europe,

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without swords, without guns, without conquest. We'll turn it into a Muslim continent within a few decades. Unquote.

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Ah, lo and behold, dear listener, what history always teaches us. Islam is a theocratic religion

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bent on conquering the world, just as Muhammad exhorts in the Quran. Despite what the liberal European Union

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parliament executives say among themselves at their cocktail parties, where, as one member quipped,

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and he said, I am perplexed by the immigrants' unwillingness to integrate into our prosperous,

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welcoming culture. Oh, naivete in the extreme. History of past dealings with Islam and the Ottoman Empire

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in particular would have informed these people of the near conquering of Europe on numerous occasions in the past,

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if not for the bravery and determination of men like Charles Martel or Stephen Sobieski.

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I encourage you to look up those two men. Great histories. But that is part of colonial thinking.

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Europeans must divest themselves of while Islam marches on. Italian Monsignor Carlo Liberati

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inadvertently spoke frankly about this in an interview. And that Monsignor said,

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in 10 years, we will all be Muslims because of our stupidity. Unquote. He's at least honest about it.

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Europe's evil, decadent culture is no match for militant Islam. And the United States has little,

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if anything, in common with present-day Europe either. Ah, number three,

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we must also consider the plan for the economies of our respective countries. Just when America is

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making the shift from war and plundering of the American people to a prosperous peacetime

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economy under Trump, well, Europe is committed to what the European Commission calls a war economy

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mode. Yes, a war economy mode is for Europe now. And they see this as the basis for their economy

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for the next 20 years. In reality, dear listener, it has always been the long-term strategic plan

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for the European Union and NATO to engage Russia in a decades-long protracted conventional war that they

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calculate will bleed Russia dry and defeat her. Russia could then be broken up into several discrete

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nations, which would be under the control of the European Union and NATO. In fact, the EU foreign

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policy chief recently stated it quite baldly. And I quote her, she said, Russia's defeat is not a bad

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thing because there are many different nations as part of Russia. And she concludes, and I quote,

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if you have small nations, it's not a bad thing if the big power becomes much smaller, unquote.

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So, we see what the intent is and how evil is that. Nations supposedly build armies for defense

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against aggression. The European Union wants to build armies in order to conquer and subdue other

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nations, Russia being first in the crosshairs. And the war in Ukraine is only the first strategic step

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towards that end. So, make no mistake about this, dear listener. America has no business aligning

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itself with the European Union and NATO, which makes war not to defend itself, but to sustain an

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economy and take territory. Well, we must also compare and contrast the erosion of personal liberties in

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Europe and America as compared to Russia. Now, as J.D. Vance pointed out recently, freedom of speech

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is in retreat in Europe. In fact, he went on to say that the biggest threat to Europe is not Russia,

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it's not China, but rather, it's withdrawal from some of the most fundamental values. Values

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formerly shared with the United States. Now, all over Europe, people are being thrown in jail for social

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media posts, for example. 17 people in Germany were thrown in jail for posting supposed anti-Semite hate

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speech. Two Brits were jailed for supposedly stirring up racial hatred online. And of course, Tommy

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Robinson, look into this character, he's great. Tommy Robinson, a long-time free speech advocate and a

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campaigner for immigration reform in Britain. He was recently released from prison where he was serving a

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sentence for allegedly maligning a Syrian immigrant. Also in Britain, a rape victim was sentenced to a

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longer prison sentence than her rapist when she called him a disgraceful rapist pig online. In fact,

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the rapist ended up serving no jail time whatsoever because of his tender age. He was a young man

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younger than 21. Well, anyway, these are just a few samples of the panopticon control that's being

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exerted all over Europe and fully intended for America as well, for that matter. So, dear listener,

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it is legitimate to ask whether we share any longer a mutual heritage and way of life with the nations of

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the European Union and NATO, or whether we have more in common with our old nemesis, that is Russia.

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Right? I grew up under the cloud of nuclear war, the threat of nuclear war with Russia,

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and I have seen not only America, but I've seen Russia transform over the decades since. And I never

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would have believed it, I never would have thought it, but it is my increasing conclusion that we now

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have far more in common with a conservative traditionalist Russia than we do with a radical

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satanic Luciferian Europe any longer. The potential for both good relations with Russia and with America

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are great, and great things could indeed happen. Consider these things, dear listener, as we come

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to the issue of both war and peace concerning America and old mother Russia. This has been Pastor

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David Bass at New Geneva Orthodox Presbyterian Church. New Geneva meets for worship on Sunday

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at 10 a.m. at 101 4th Street on the corner of 4th and Boulevard. And you can call us for more

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information or some feedback on what you've just heard at area code 208-523-0196. That's 208-523-0196.