In 1947, Stalin and the Soviet Union had a disagreement with
a city regarding a murder, this started a civil war and the city was demolished
killing 50,000 men and all the women and children. But there were 600 men that
escaped and hid for 4 months. These men now had nowhere to go and were no
longer part of the Soviet Union. They soon realized the best thing to do is to
make amends with Stalin and the Soviet Union so they could once again be part
of the Country.
The men apologized for the war their city had started and
Stalin and the men came to an agreement that they could once again be part of
the Soviet Union. The men were obviously saddened that their families had been
killed and Stalin agreed to help them find women to replace their wives.
Stalin noticed a city
that was not completely on board with communism and because of this sent 12,000
men to kill everyone in the city, including women and children. Stalin said,
"Completely destroy all the males and every woman who is not a
virgin." His men found 400 hundred young virgins and brought them back.
Stalin then gave the virgins to the men as wives, but there were
not enough women for all of them. The Soviet
Union felt for the men who did not receive a virgin as a wife. So Stalin asked,
"How can we find wives for the few who remain?” There must be heirs so
each man can continue his family’s blood lineage.
Then they realized there is an annual festival where women
go to dance. They told the men who still needed wives "Go and hide in the
vineyards. When the women come out for
their dances, rush out from the vineyards, and each of you can take one of them
home to be your wife! So the men did as they were told. They kidnapped the women who took part in the
celebration and then returned to their own homes with the women. Now all 600
men had a wife again so they could start a new family.
It is clear and everyone would agree what Stalin did was
extremely evil. To kill a woman’s family and children and then be held hostage
and raped for the rest of their life is not a story with a happy ending like
Stalin likes to make it seem. It is sad that this story is not being taught in
our history classes because if we don’t study history we are doomed to repeat
it.
But what is even more disturbing, is that this is not an
untold story about Stalin and the Soviet Union at all. It is a story found in
Judges Chapter 20 and 21 about the Israelites also known as “God’s chosen
people” who claim to get their morals from God, and is the same God
Christians today claim to get their morals from. This story was not taken out
of context and for anyone who thinks it was, be sure to read it for yourself.
Christians always claim to be morally superior to those who
don’t believe in their God, and even claim people who do not believe in God can’t
have morals! I don’t believe many Christians would condone this behavior or
claim this story to be moral. This is evidence that Christians don’t get their morality
from God, but that they are actually more moral than the deity they claim to
worship. As the late Christopher Hitchens once said, "Human
decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it."