(October 4, 2017 at 2:37 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(October 4, 2017 at 2:22 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: He was the dictator of the USSR, continuing on the work of building an atheist state by killing religious folks. Successor of the man who did establish it.
Stalin's goal was not an atheist state. Stalin's goal was a Marxist-Leninist state, which yes, did include atheism and persecution of the Russian Orthodox Church.
Ah, hadn't caught this part.
So yeah, my bad. Stalin wasn't an atheist man who's goal was an atheist state, he was an atheist man who's goal was a Marxist-Leninist state which was atheist, and persecuted and killed religious folks to attain it. As you said.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
