Re: Former Soviet Leader Gorbachev Admits He Is A Christian

On  Sat, 17 May 2008 15:28:34 +1000 James A. Donald
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> carved the following into the hard stone of
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>Douglas Berry
>> So? Stalin studied for the priesthood.
>
>No, Stalin did not study for the priesthood.
>
>Stalin went to a religious school - as did every other 
>member of the Georgian elite. 

The son of a drunk, failed cobbler and a former serf was one of the
Georgian elite?

Anyway, you're refering to his primary education at the Gori Church
School. I'm refering to his time at the Seminary of Tiflis.

> If Stalin "studied for 
>the priesthood", so did everyone else in Georgia who was 
>born to rule, or whose parents aspired for him to join 
>those born to rule.

Stalin was the son of a failure, a peasant, and from a broken home.
Hardly "destined to rule."

>This "priesthood" myth is a commie rationalization to 
>purify the communist party past of its elitist past.
>Stalin no more studied for the priesthood that Trotsky 
>was a peasant. 

I've never seen anyone claim that Trotsky was a peasant.
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