Muhammad, who argue their Prophet was a man of peace even though the
Qur'an, like Mein Kampf, directly and repeatedly contradicts any such claim.
Stalin and The Holy Trinity
The Communists came to power in Russia with a searing vengeance, killing
millions for ridiculous reasons. However, their opposition to organized
religion was from the perspective of it helping keep the royal family and
nobility in power for centuries at the expense of Russia's impoverished
masses. It is true that under Stalin, many thousands of churches were
ransacked, icons and Bibles destroyed, but that was the same fate that
native religions suffered at the hands of Christianity and Islam when they
came into town.
Vladimir of the Kievan Rus ordered his pagan people to convert to the creed
of the “Prince of Peace,” or risk being killed. Already, the Communists were
merely following the footsteps of the faithful.
Josef Stalin had a difficult situation to handle when he came to power. With
Lenin deceased, the next most charismatic politician in the party was Leon
Trotsky, and Stalin had only come to power by forging an “alliance” against
Trotsky. After dispatching his political opponents, Stalin still had to
overcome his lack of charisma and popularity in comparison to Lenin and
Trotsky. To cement his power, he created a cult that you will find sounds
very familiar…
First, he made Lenin the creator of this invincible State and party—Lenin's
wisdom and leadership were unparalleled, and he insisted that he was right
about everything. His body was preserved in a mausoleum and on display
forever, allowing the masses to visit their Lord, to feel his “eternal presence”
for generations in as mystical a sense as possible.
Stalin was humble enough never to challenge Lenin directly, and settled for
merely being his successor (historians have revealed that Lenin did not, in
fact, trust Stalin at all and did not anoint him the successor). Lenin was
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