I have been in that magnificent room in Petrodvorets (Peter the Great's Summer Palace) in the spring of 1974 during a tour of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) and Moscow. I was with a group from the Washington, DC area including several from my singles group from 4th Presbyterian Church in Bethesda.
I have been in that magnificent room in Petrodvorets (Peter the Great's Summer Palace) in the spring of 1974 during a tour of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) and Moscow. I was with a group from the Washington, DC area including several from my singles group from 4th Presbyterian Church in Bethesda.
It was interesting to observe first hand what I had learned about Marxism/Lenin/USSR in my high school Problems of Democracy class in the early 1960's. The Intourist leader in Leningrad talked about the beautiful buildings which had been destroyed during WWII. They had been rebuilt, but were empty inside and referred to by her as "architectural monuments."
What soon became obvious what that the people were similar. They were a façade with nothing going on behind the eyes. Just like the buildings....nothing behind the windows. You did not see people talking w/ each other for fear of who might observe. The radio could not be turned off in the hotel room.....the volume just turned down.
I am not surprised at what happened after the fall of the USSR. You had 70 years of no faith allowed and children raised w/o such moorings.
Now we are seeing the same results here. Do you think that the removal of prayer and the 10 Commandments from school did not send a message that such activity was somehow wrong and not allowed? Then the Roe vs. Wade decision and its aftermath sent the message that life was of no/little importance. AND you could get rid of things which were inconvenient: life, speech, thoughts, etc.
It is a case of cause and effect. We are reaping what has been sowed. Every day, I thank the Lord for my parents, my up-bringing, and the moral compass they instilled in me and my older brothers.
I have been in that magnificent room in Petrodvorets (Peter the Great's Summer Palace) in the spring of 1974 during a tour of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) and Moscow. I was with a group from the Washington, DC area including several from my singles group from 4th Presbyterian Church in Bethesda.
It was interesting to observe first hand what I had learned about Marxism/Lenin/USSR in my high school Problems of Democracy class in the early 1960's. The Intourist leader in Leningrad talked about the beautiful buildings which had been destroyed during WWII. They had been rebuilt, but were empty inside and referred to by her as "architectural monuments."
What soon became obvious what that the people were similar. They were a façade with nothing going on behind the eyes. Just like the buildings....nothing behind the windows. You did not see people talking w/ each other for fear of who might observe. The radio could not be turned off in the hotel room.....the volume just turned down.
I am not surprised at what happened after the fall of the USSR. You had 70 years of no faith allowed and children raised w/o such moorings.
Now we are seeing the same results here. Do you think that the removal of prayer and the 10 Commandments from school did not send a message that such activity was somehow wrong and not allowed? Then the Roe vs. Wade decision and its aftermath sent the message that life was of no/little importance. AND you could get rid of things which were inconvenient: life, speech, thoughts, etc.
It is a case of cause and effect. We are reaping what has been sowed. Every day, I thank the Lord for my parents, my up-bringing, and the moral compass they instilled in me and my older brothers.