All posts tagged: Josef Stalin

Wikipedia’s editors want to delete page: ‘Mass Killings under communist regimes’

Fox News reports that Wikipedia is considering deleting its page that outlines the countless millions killed by Communist regimes around the world, by such mass murderers as Josef Stalin, Mao Zedong and Pol Pot. READ before it’s deleted: Mass killings under communist regimes Apparently, some editors for the online encyclopedia are concerned the page is being used by people who are opposed to the world’s glorious communist revolutions. One editor complained that the pages leaves the impression that communism is ‘inherently violent.’ Of course, that reminds me of the words written by the founder of communism, Karl Marx, in his poem entitled The Player: “The hellish vapours rise and fill the brain, till I go mad and my heart is utterly changedSee this sword, the prince of Darkness sold it to me. Fortunately, some editors are pushing back. One described the potential deletion as ‘Orwellian’, adding, “it’s very nomination for deletion is a political act attempting to whitewash Communism.” Others have noted that these same Wikipedia editors demanding it be deleted are not calling for …

Uncovering the throne of Satan, Pt 2

In my earlier post, I discussed a passage in Revelation 2:12-13, that speaks of a specific place where Satan lived at that time in history — Pergamum (also written Pergamon). And to the angel of the church of Pergamum write: I know where you dwell, where Satan’s throne is and you hold fast My name and did not deny My faith even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed among you, where satan dwells (Revelation 2:12-13 NASV) The city was not only the dwelling place of Satan, but Satan’s throne was located there as well. At the time the Apostle John wrote Revelation, the city was home to a massive altar dedicated to Zeus. Some have suggested the Pergamum altar was in fact the throne of Satan referred to in Revelation. This altar simply manifested a spiritual reality — Pergamum was Satan’s capital. It is not a coincidence that in the natural realm Pergamum was also the capital of Asia. Satan’s presence in this key city gave him an …