On Jan 11, 2010, at 12:46 AM, Mark Traceur wrote: >> Many communist regimes. I think there was a guy named Joseph Stalin who was >> particularly good at this. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin#Religious_beliefs_and_policies > > Doesn't look like it to me....
From the same article: "Continuous persecution in the 1930s resulted in its near-extinction as a public institution" (it = the Russian Orthodox Church) Also, in the same article, check this section: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Stalin#Religion Which includes the above quote and points out how "sects were outlawed and persecuted." Gee, wouldn't it be great if everything were just simple? Hal --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.org
