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Originally posted by patlajan That's because people in Armenia's minds were disrupted by decade after decade of communism where the only thing to believe in is the state.
Christianity is a fine alternative to cannibalism.
and why is religion in UK only relevant to less than 15%? because Britain is also communist??? hmm yes.
actually during the soviet times, religion was not a common thing in armenia.
people were made atheist (sp?) by the russians.
you werent allowed to hang crosses around your neck, you were not allowed to practice christianity in public, you were not allowed to go to church..... or very very rarely.
people who beat you in school ( teachers) if you wore a cross etc. or showed any relation or anything to do with the christian faith , kind of sad.
so this is why many hayastancys dont go to church, its because of what they were raised it. Even if they have there faith, they arent used to going to church.
so thats why you see more berutsys and barskahyes going to church then hayastancys.
but now there is this huge huge boom of religion and christianity in armenian at the moment, because people feel more free now, because we are free of the soviets clutches. Alot of people are really into it again.
There is no need to go to church. It's nothing more than pretentiousness. Today's Christians who subscribe to organised religion are the biggest hypocrites. They forget what Jesus said; something like:
"The kingdom of God is within you and all around you. It is not within buildings of wood or stone. Split a piece of wood and you will find me. Look beneath a stone and I am there."
but as always, dumb people need something material to hold on to, and the church has been built exactly for that reason; because they could not fool the masses by something vague and non-materialistic. Ditto for the papacy. People worship the pope these days. They have even forgotten the real meaning behind their "faith." They are automatons of faith. No thinking, no reasoning, no questioning who they are worshipping (the pope? the church?)...
Originally posted by Darorinag i still don't understand why people would cry SO much.. i mean yeah, a tear or two might roll down your cheek, but..
and it was more anti-Roman than anti-semetic lmao..
Some people are just more emotional than others. The movie was very well put and I really liked the fact of duduk playing throughout the whole movie.
Back to topic...........
Yes, Jesus Loves You. Amen to that.
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