We christians like to say discern. Oops i cant call myself a christian

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well there we have a conundrum perhaps as the attribute of humility might just ask us to dispense with the verbal gymnastics and admit that it's judgement ?

what type of christian thought led a devout population to sit idle whilst the satanic bolsheviks methodically conquered Russia over a period of decades of concerted effort ? Were they perhaps counseled to judge not ?

Probably. That'd be stupid, I agree

its a serious question and particularly relevant to our current zeitgeist - in an attempt to get closer to an answer I have found some relevant books if you are interested :

https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Unity-Slavophile-Philosophy-Esalen-Lindisfarne/dp/B005ZOGAQE

https://www.amazon.com/Resistance-Evil-Force-Ivan-Ilyin/dp/1726472043/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?crid=15V93VPPO67TC&keywords=on+resistance+to+evil+by+force&qid=1695959909&sprefix=on+resist%2Caps%2C166&sr=8-1

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the second link there :

of course in order to make a physical resistance to evil it seems one must have made a judgement about deeds and the people who do them or maybe even the judgement of words and the people who spread them...

One can act with violence without anger.