Re: Former Soviet Leader Gorbachev Admits He Is A Christian

On Fri, 16 May 2008 10:57:14 -0700 (PDT), Colonel Sanders
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>On May 16, 2:29 pm, Richo <m.richardso...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On May 15, 11:42 pm, Sound of Trumpet <soundoftrum...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> wrote:
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>> >http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1988353/posts
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>> > Former Soviet Leader Admits He is a Christian
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>> I have read plenty written by Gorbachev - I don't think this is true.
>>
>> Mark.
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>Hey, cut the guy some slack,
>
>Gorbie is Jewish AFIK.

You're joking, right?

While the majority of the Bolsheviks were Jewish, from Stalin on, the
USSR reverted to the time-honored Russian tradition of
institutionalized anti-Semitism. Unless an individual Jew was really
good at science, math, or chess, their career path was rather, shall
we say, limited, and "Head of State" was not a career option.