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2007-07-30 03:49:47 · 8 answers · asked by Emperor Insania Says Bye! 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Guys, you don't understand. Russia's population is seriously crashing. Fewer and fewer people are getting married and fewer and fewer people are having children. Abortions have outnumbered live births for every year since 2000. Add to that the massive numbers of teenagers and twenty-somethings who die of AIDS (in Irkutsk alone, about 1 in 5 men is HIV-positive), and you've got a really grim picture. This is a policy of desperation.
As for Russian Orthodoxy -- like many things have been in Russian life in the past several decades, religion is mostly about appearances and outward ritual. It gives people a pretty-looking place to go to on a Sunday morning, to wear their finery, and to be seen by others. It's about nationalism, not about the right way to live; ambiance, not substance.
2007-07-30 04:44:37 · answer #1 · answered by Rеdisca 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ahhhh, those crazy Russians are just having a little fun. LOL there's not a whole lot ELSE to do in poor old Mother Russia.
Raji the Green Witch
2007-07-30 20:27:05 · answer #2 · answered by Raji the Green Witch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had never heard of this youth organization. I bet many others haven't heard of it either which is the reason we hear so few complaints about it in the west. It's scary. There is so much going on in the world that our President just ignores. It's more important to keep gay people from marrying! ; )
2007-07-30 17:51:19 · answer #3 · answered by Michael B - Prop. 8 Repealed! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seeing as Russia is a major Orthodox country, this greatly distresses me, as it may reflect poorly upon myself and those of my faith. May God have mercy on the world we live in today.
2007-07-30 11:32:33 · answer #4 · answered by Josias B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like a very immoral and desperate measure.
2007-07-30 17:39:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
to under mind the nations, they are two faced and really don't like the USA, the cold war is on!
2007-07-30 11:46:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
crazy. sounds like down home hitler, but instead of jews, theres things like thongs and condoms.
if they want to up the birth rate, just pay people to do it.
2007-07-30 10:57:04 · answer #7 · answered by Trid 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
wow, no, I don't want to go. But I bet most of the Russians did want to go.
2007-07-30 11:03:11 · answer #8 · answered by flannelpajamas1 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋