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Atheists & Agnostics

NNadir

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4. One of the fun things to know about Joseph Stalin, if anything about him can be called "fun..."

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Original post)

Mon Feb 23, 2026, 10:24 AM

16 hrs ago

...is that he once studied to be a Orthodox monk.

His understanding of religious immanence is why Lenin is displayed in a glass box.

Before I was banned there for telling the truth, I wrote about this topic at Daily Kos:

The Most Interesting Chemistry of Lenin's Dead Body.

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Where is the exhibit? Srkdqltr 19 hrs ago #1

St. Francis Basilica, Assisi, Italy. 3Hotdogs 18 hrs ago #2

Pope Pus? MoseShrute 18 hrs ago #3

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One of the fun things to know about Joseph Stalin, if anything about him can be called "fun..." NNadir 16 hrs ago #4

I can top that! 10 Turtle Day 12 hrs ago #6

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Wow. progressoid 7 hrs ago #8