> Pluueezze, Stalin didn’t believe in Evolution
Stalin was INDEED an evolutionist! It was Darwin’s book that changed his life. Stalin was a Seminary student when he read Darwin’s book. In a letter he declared, “You must read it!”
The title of Darwin’s book was, “The Origin of Speicies by the Process of Evolution and the Preservation of Favored Races”.
Now there’s a great theme for the advancement of the brotherhood of man.
If Hitler was a Christian, then he didn’t read the Bible.
Jesus was a Jew, doncha know.
The Jews were God’s CHOSEN PEOPLE, doncha know.
What about, “Love your enemies”, “bless them that curse you”, “blessed are the peacemakers”, “God hath made from one blood all nations”, “whoso hateth his brother is a murderer”, all of which are in the New Testament?
Hitler had Lutheran and Catholic priests put to death for objecting to his ethnic cleansing programs.
Now there’s a real Christian for you.
The “Dark Ages” were NOT an artifact of Christianity, but an artifact of the LACK OF Christianity! The BIble was FORBIDDEN by the existing Roman hegemony. Only the Monks and Priests had access to it, and most of them were ILLITERATE, making copies letter-by-letter when they couldn’t even READ it.
In the 15th Century, when Erasmus had learned enough Greek to study some Greek New Testament manuscripts he had discovered he said, “Either this is not the Bible, or we are not Christians”.
From extant New Testament Greek manuscripts, Erasmus compiled the Textus Receptus which Luther translated into German and Gutenburg printed in his new invention, the Printing Press.
Then came Tyndale in England who proposed that every Ploughman should have a Bible.
From this was born the Reformation.
Without the Reformation, it is very unlikely that there would have ever been an Enlightenment, which fostered the scientific discoveries and advances in Science we so enjoy today.
The advent of Evolutionism, and the shrill protests and smarmy tactics of its defenders, blackballing all who criticize it, in the spirit of Mao’s political correctness, THIS is what threatens us with a new Dark Age!
Stalin was INDEED an evolutionist! It was Darwin’s book that changed his life. Stalin was a Seminary student when he read Darwin’s book. In a letter he declared, “You must read it!”
Stalin may have started out that way, but when in power, obviously his ideology won instead of scientific facts. Stalin supported Lysenkoism, praised Lysenko, and placed him over the other biologists. Lysenko persecuted those who disagreed with his theory; some were arrested and sent to gulags. Lysenko was not relieved of his position until after Stalin's death.
Which tells us that during the time Stalin was a tyrant and a butcher, he wasn't an evolutionist, but a Lysenkoist. Using your logic, that discredits Lysenkoism and endorses evolution. But science doesn't need to do that - the scientific evidence quite clearly debunks Lysenkoism and supports evolution.