(May 9, 2020 at 11:09 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(May 9, 2020 at 11:00 am)Nomad Wrote: Stalin was Russian orthodox christian for most of his life, including the years between 1941 and his death.He was a seminary student at one point. And after Operation Barbarossa kicked off in 1941 he ordered the churches reopened and the icons restored to their traditional places. He was soft on religion.
Let me add, Communism isn't about oppressing religion, but any kind of dissent. There are Christian Churches in Russia, and even China, and Cuba has tons of Catholic Churches.
As long as you tow the party line in any of those states, odds are they will leave you alone.
As an atheist, being as vocal as I am about government, I would be quickly arrested or murdered by those states if I lived in any of them.