Terlikowski: Nuclear weapons as a gift from God, the Russian metaphysics of war
Translated from Polish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- The Russian Orthodox Church is described as providing religious justification for Russia’s war in Ukraine.
- The article warns that this justification also extends to the potential use of nuclear weapons.
A dangerous message is coming from Russia, according to Tomasz Terlikowski. The Russian Orthodox Church is not only justifying the war in Ukraine, but also the possible use of nuclear weapons.
The article frames this position as a form of Russian wartime metaphysics, in which nuclear weapons can be presented as “a gift from God.” That religious language, it argues, gives a potentially catastrophic act a sacred justification.
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Originally published by Gazeta Wyborcza in Polish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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