RE: Yes I pick on all religions.
September 7, 2014 at 2:05 pm
(This post was last modified: September 7, 2014 at 3:47 pm by Michael.)
For those that deny the oppression of the Church and the persecution of Christians by Stalin, the demolition in 1931 of the Moscow Cathedral (it was rebuilt in the 1990s).
http://youtu.be/YFlx55OANg8
And for those still in doubt that this was an atheist regime that had long been absolutely committed to the eradication of faith and religion, it is worth reading Lenin's own polemic on the subject (and Lenin's actions were moderate in comparison to Stalin's)...
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/wo...may/13.htm
And here is a well referenced summary of the persecutions which, according to peer-reviewed academic sources, led to 12-20 million Christian victims. Perhaps now you might see why I was so appalled and angered by the amazing ignorance (I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt that it wasn't a deliberate attempt to cover up some of the worst atrocities in the history of atheism) of that stupid T-shirt.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecuti...viet_Union
But I'll end here. The history, and the absolutely clear link to atheist ideology, as laid out by Lenin, is out there for all who have eyes to see. And to those people who are prepared to see, I would just make the plea to never forget or feel the need to cover things up. We all, Christians and atheists alike, need to own the atrocities of the past, as we are the ones who can help prevent them from ever occurring again (or, at the very least, ensure that we are never part of anything that contributes to these dreadful crimes against our fellow man).
http://youtu.be/YFlx55OANg8
And for those still in doubt that this was an atheist regime that had long been absolutely committed to the eradication of faith and religion, it is worth reading Lenin's own polemic on the subject (and Lenin's actions were moderate in comparison to Stalin's)...
http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/wo...may/13.htm
And here is a well referenced summary of the persecutions which, according to peer-reviewed academic sources, led to 12-20 million Christian victims. Perhaps now you might see why I was so appalled and angered by the amazing ignorance (I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt that it wasn't a deliberate attempt to cover up some of the worst atrocities in the history of atheism) of that stupid T-shirt.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecuti...viet_Union
But I'll end here. The history, and the absolutely clear link to atheist ideology, as laid out by Lenin, is out there for all who have eyes to see. And to those people who are prepared to see, I would just make the plea to never forget or feel the need to cover things up. We all, Christians and atheists alike, need to own the atrocities of the past, as we are the ones who can help prevent them from ever occurring again (or, at the very least, ensure that we are never part of anything that contributes to these dreadful crimes against our fellow man).