© RIA Novosti/Alexei DruzhininRussian President Vladimir Putin.
In an interview with Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera on the eve of his visit to Milan, the Russian leader admitted that he "tried not to make himself an idol."
He noted that there are many worthy examples of brilliant leaders in Russian and European history; however, it is necessary to act in accordance with the present day circumstances.
"I try, or rather I am motivated by the interests of the Russian people in my work on the basis of all [the experience] that has been amassed over the past times. I act in accordance with the conditions of our present day life and, of course, I try to develop a medium-term and long-term strategy for our economy, policy, first and foremost, our domestic one, and our international agenda."
"Being honest with yourself and the people that have entrusted you this work is the most important thing," the Russian leader concluded.
What drives Putin's connection with Russian Orthodox Church? Russia had an opportunity to remove faith based religious insanity from their pscho-social realm.
Does ROC have a strong philisophical foundation for reincarnation or do they hold on to obvious false claims for resurrection?
If ROC's principles are what they claim being to "See that you all follow the bishop, even as Jesus Christ does the Father, and the presbytery as you would the apostles; and reverence the deacons, as being the institution of God. Let no man do anything connected with the Church without the bishop. Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude of the people also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church". (St. Ignatius of Antioch, To the Smyrnians , 8)" then we may have some difficulty working out where Putin's alignment is with these faith based psychopaths.
Let's be clear here - Jesus Christ or more acurately Yehoshua ben Yosef - never at any time denounced the Jewish torture god YHWH. Anyone who follows in the footsteps of an institution that claims to follow this psychopathic rebel raises more questions than answers.
I'm hoping Putin has a stronger connection to his brilliant intellectual citizens than the faith based nutters who must eventually be deleted from humanity.