Why is the World Silent About the Largest Genocide of Christians in History?

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So won't the Palestinians in Gaza once they accept defeat. Your answer gives the conquerer a pass. Imagine if Israel wiped out the Palestinians as the Islamic Jihadists wiped out the Zoroastrians in Mecca?

But your claim is untrue. They are alive and well today - just not in their conquered land of Mecca. Zoroastrianism - Wikipedia
Don't have to imagine that Israel is going to slowly kill everyone in Gaza until there is no one alive, Why else would Israel block the entry of humanitarian aid, not to mention to starve Hamas, every Palestinian, They are not strong believers in Jesus Christ and can endure anything. When death is their only option, It's only a matter of time before they all become Hamas.

To help Israel speak is to help them face the wrath of God, and only the teaching of Jesus Christ can solve the fundamental problem.
 

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Why else would Israel block the entry of humanitarian aid, not to mention to starve Hamas
Hamas is at war with Israel and deserve what they get. Billions in humanitarian aid was sold over the decades to build tunnels and war materials. Hamas is evil as they us their own people to protect their war machine.
When death is their only option, It's only a matter of time before they all become Hamas.
I don't know what this means but surrender is an option other than death. Honestly, it is despicable that the propaganda puts the burden on the victor and not the loser to work toward peace. They have chosen annihilation over surrender. So be it. Amen.
 
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Hamas is at war with Israel and deserve what they get. Billions in humanitarian aid was sold over the decades to build tunnels and war materials. Hamas is evil as they us their own people to protect their war machine.

I don't know what this means but surrender is an option other than death. Honestly, it is despicable that the propaganda puts the burden on the victor and not the loser to work toward peace. They have chosen annihilation over surrender. So be it. Amen.
You're thinking too simple, If God had chosen Israel only to give them that poor little piece of land, That deal is too much of a loss. Too much for a shrewd Jewish capitalist.
 

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Yes, I know the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" is a fabrication—Philip Graves proved that in The Times back in 1921. Sergei Nilus published them in 1905 in his book "The Great Within the Small and Antichrist," and yes, he wrote in a free, artistic style, like many authors of that era. But calling the "Protocols" a forgery is like saying George Orwell’s "1984" and "Animal Farm" are forgeries. No one demands Orwell provide documentary proof that Big Brother existed or that pigs actually took over a farm. The "Protocols" and "1984" are popular not because they’re accurate chronicles of reality, but because, as works of fiction, they vividly capture certain aspects of reality—power, manipulation, control. So, by labeling the "Protocols" a forgery, you’re missing the point: their value isn’t in documentary accuracy, but in how they reflect real mechanisms that people see around them.

It also plays into certain blood libels and caricatures that have existed since the middle ages. Machiavelli's "The Prince" is also a work of fiction, but some have taken it seriously and when that happens, it can bring the worst out in humanity. That is the problem.
 

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I can’t understand why Zionists are allowed to dehumanize Palestinians and Muslims in general.
Not sure how you come to that conclusion but in the short time you've been here, you seem like you have an Islamic apologist agenda. How sensitive are you about Islamists chanting, "Death to America! Death to Israel!"? As such chants are not very humanizing are they?
 
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Jews always thinking about things in their way and Logic, so they were lost the land many times.
What if jews thinking about things in the truly way of God?

All the law including in the love others as yourself, love Palestinian as yourself.

What you're going through is like a World War II concentration camp,You should not want anyone else to be treated the same way.

Do you understand what I'm talking about the way of life and the way of Jesus Christ.

I wonder if it is more clear to see the mountain from the outside, and you cannot see the whole picture of the mountain in the mountain.
 
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You’re absolutely right.

I agree with your conclusion: history isn’t just written by the victors; it’s edited by the ones who hold the publishing rights, and I think we all know who they are.

But let me add another layer to this: why isn’t there a single movie about the role of Jews in the 1917 Russian Revolution? There’s no film about the "bad" Trotsky, no film about the Jew Yagoda, who essentially founded and launched the largest genocide of Christians in history, claiming 20 million lives. Why?

Perhaps because they don’t want the average person to put 1+1 together and see the bigger picture—that the Holocaust was Hitler’s reaction to what Jews were doing in Russia? Hitler laid out his motives clearly in Mein Kampf. In Mein Kampf, he indeed referenced Russia and Bolshevism as an example of what he feared for Germany. Hitler frequently stated that the Jews, in his view, were the primary ideologues and organizers of the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 in Russia. He accused them of using communism as a tool to destroy traditional societies, religion, and, in particular, Christianity. Hitler wrote that in Russia, the Bolsheviks (whom he associated with Jews) annihilated millions of people, including Christians, the aristocracy, and the peasantry, describing it as a "genocide" against "normal" society.

He feared that the same could happen in Germany if the Jews retained their influence. Here’s an approximate passage (translated from Russian language, as the original is in German, but the meaning is preserved):

"The Jew has always been a people with no roots, a parasite in the body of other nations. In Russia, we see the ultimate consequence of his rule: the destruction of the Christian order, the murder of millions, and the reign of terror under the Bolsheviks, who are nothing but tools of Jewish world domination."

Hitler indeed saw the Jews as a threat not only to Germans but to the entire Christian world, believing their goal was to destroy Christianity and traditional values. Could it be that the role of Jews in Bolshevik crimes is deliberately downplayed to prevent people from seeing the connection between those events and Hitler’s reaction, which might challenge the official Holocaust narrative?
As every movie about Hitler Naizs go on, it becomes even more pathetic, I was talking with people who were in WW2 and it was they who brought this topic up !
Then I seen some movie adds come out with the god Tom Cruze, I thought seeing him as a Nazi and carring on was pathetic, so I never bothered to watch such a show.

I remember the Jew Vezinthal ? spelling ? I thought well of him being worthy in what he was on about. but then I seen another bastard Jew who was his next in line at the Holocaust Center every thing he was on about was all in regard Malice and revenge seeking !

Now I knew a lot of Jews who had been in the Nazi Camps, and I am stuned in regard what nice people they were, Like Vesinthal ? No Malice at all in them and all and any hatred was gone out of them in fact ! For they were people who endured real hardship ! and They knew that Malice was no friend to anyone in fact !

But when I see spoilt brats I see Malice is as their God ! Malice is right their with them ready to spring into action directly, for they are morons !

Now in regard of a lot of Jews nowadays I come across so much talk about revenge and Malice siting by their side ready to pounce like a fool !

It's just like one who wants to fight all the time in the school yard, but they are gutless and get others to do their dirty work ? sometimes they have ago ! and when they get the wrong end of the stick, boy do they complain and make up a lot of lies.

They can not help themselves because they are carnal, dominated by evil, because they are a sook ! a wind bag ! They have no Virtue !
So they want fights to take place and love to see all of the trouble and laugh at it all, but Hell if they cop one in the head, oh boy that's not funny ? It's not a Joke anymore. but it's all a great joke when they see it all taking place with others !
Seen this type of attitude in the school yard all the time.

But Communist Russia was never potrayed as an enemy in Australia anywere !
In my school days I thought that Communism should of been banned and anyone who suported such to be kicked out of the Nation !
But I was toled that we can not set the same example as the Communist ? far enough I thought, we should not act like them morons !
But the Communist within were at war with our culture ? and as the years progresed this Mob got better with all of their cunning, casting delusions and deceptions for they are full of such Games !
So now we have cultural Marxism dominating in the schools Work place and everywhere ! they bag all of our peoples past who created the Nation into what was great !
all Virtue is stompt on with such Satanist and cowards and grubs are the set as the standard set for all ! and Malice is idolised in fact !

The Greatest Religion is Communism in fact ! why, well the Leader is their Idol in fact ! such Evil is a creation of their gods in fact.

I think their may be 2 types of Zionist regarding the Jews ? when ever one is saying regard of Jews, this always becomes like trying to climb a greasy pole, because one can not nail one type truly down overall.
We may look at the Zionist and yes that is a bag of many types within ? or not !

One can make claims on Roman Catholics ? but not all are the same type in fact ! regardless what Order they come from within over all.

I know of Islamic people who I see as better people to work with than many of my own Australian people in fact ! now that we do not agree on everything is not a problem with getting on or having respect for oneanother, now when talking regarding Islam the ones I could get on with fine, were not radical Islamic morons. they had moral standards, sadly I have to admit some Aussies have no standards !
 
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According to the propaganda arm of the morally bankrupt Islamic Jihadi's, a country that makes up 0.4% of the Arab world is an occupying power?! What a surprise. Only low IQ people could believe this.

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Ironically, what's amazing to me is the way that actually brilliant and quite spacious intellect can so often become a willing and voluminous depository of such warped and narrow-minded "idealism."

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Ironically, what's amazing to me is the way that actually brilliant and quite spacious intellect can so often become a willing and voluminous depository of such warped and narrow-minded "idealism."

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Why have you limited this statement to only Islamists as your diagram would suggest. Do not many "Christian" adherents also fall into this category as well?
 

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Why have you limited this statement to only Islamists as your diagram would suggest. Do not many "Christian" adherents also fall into this category as well?

I have no diagram and you assume way too much, Jay.

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I have no diagram and you assume way too much, Jay.

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Sorry, that was Wrangler's diagram in the post that you had quoted.
Ironically, what's amazing to me is the way that actually brilliant and quite spacious intellect can so often become a willing and voluminous depository of such warped and narrow-minded "idealism."

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My suggestion that many Christians also fit in this "spacious intellect" category is also still valid.
 
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Why is the World Silent About the Largest Genocide of Christians in History?​


Perhaps a history of meaning, perspective.

*Humans…created / made by God.
*Races…established / by God.
*Races…Gentile / Jews
*Races…Divided / by God

*WWII…National Germany / Jew elimination specific intent.
*1944…word Genocide coined.
Genos ( Greek) = Race
Cide (Latin) = Kill

*Ethnic (Ethos / Greek ) meaning / nations, people, similitudes, Language, Traditions, Food. Dance, Customs.

** Morphing of meanings…
~From Races - (Gentile / Jew) TO SKIN Tone.
~From Races - (Gentile / Jew) TO ANY ORGANIZED GROUP. (Politicians, Political Boundaries, Street Gangs, National Citizens, Religions, Sports, etc….
*Warriors FOR or AGAINST other GROUPS…
With particular Intent-“S” (methods)TO:
Conquer, Control, Oppress, Defeat, Eliminate.


AGENDAS
Every “Organized GROUP”…HAS an “intended” AGENDA.
It MAY “include” a combination of “methods”.

Just saying…
GENOCIDE WAS Expressly coined in relationship TO the “Intent to ELIMINATE a RACE of People God Established”, BY an Agenda of a “RACE of People God Established”….and had nothing to Do With…
SKIN tone, or manKIND Organized GROUPS.

And WHY…
The Gentile / Jew “mass Elimination Intent and carrying out” holds historical prominence.

Glory to God,
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Everyone knows about the Holocaust. Six million victims, the systematic extermination of Jews by the Nazi regime, have become a symbol of horror and a reminder to humanity of the evil that totalitarianism can bring. However, few talk about another genocide, perhaps even more massive, that took place in the Soviet Union. The communist regime, particularly during Stalin's purges, claimed the lives of around 20 million people—a number almost three times higher than the official figures for the Holocaust. But while the six million victims of Nazism are discussed everywhere, the 20 million victims of the Soviet regime are almost completely ignored. Why? And why is this genocide, which targeted Christians among others, kept in the shadows?

The numbers speak for themselves. Twenty million lives were lost in the USSR through individual and mass executions, deaths in concentration camps, artificially induced famines (such as the 1933 Famine), deportations of entire peoples under inhumane conditions, and grueling labor, disease, and malnutrition in exile and forced labor camps. These victims were not accidental casualties—they were the result of deliberate terror aimed at suppressing any form of dissent, including religious life. Even when compared to the official Holocaust figures of six million, the difference is stark. Yet there’s a nuance: the Holocaust figures often include not only those deliberately killed but also those who died of disease, starvation, or Allied bombings. Nevertheless, the world’s attention is focused solely on this tragedy, while the Soviet genocide, especially against Christians, remains virtually unnoticed.

Why is this the case? Why do schools teach about the Holocaust, make films, and write books about it, while the mass repressions in the USSR, particularly the persecution of Christians, are rarely mentioned? There are clear double standards at play. When it comes to Nazi crimes, the verdict is unanimous: it was genocide, period. But mention communist terror, and excuses immediately surface: “It’s not so straightforward,” “Those were political repressions, not genocide,” “It’s hard to prove intent.” Let’s break this down.

According to the UN definition, genocide is “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group as such.” In other words, genocide isn’t only about targeting people based on nationality, as was the case with the Holocaust. Religious affiliation also falls under this definition. And in the case of the USSR, we are dealing with a deliberate campaign to destroy religious groups, especially Christians.

The facts are clear. At the 4th Expanded Plenum of the Central Committee of the Union of Militant Atheists in early 1938, Emelyan Yaroslavsky, a key figure in the anti-religious campaign, declared that it was necessary to “intensify the work of the godless and ensure that the next decade would be a time of complete liberation of the masses from the reactionary influence of religion.”

In 1939, an article by Oleshchuk in the journal Bolshevik echoed this sentiment: “Every priest, even the most Soviet of them, is a obscurantist, a reactionary, and an enemy of socialism.” The authors called for the third Five-Year Plan to eradicate all religious “remnants” and turn all workers into atheists.

The authorities backed up their words with actions. In 1937 and 1938, over 14,000 churches were closed. Twenty years after the revolution, when all potential “counterrevolutionaries” had presumably already been dealt with, the campaign against religion only intensified. What counterrevolution could there be after two decades? This was no longer about political opposition—it was about persecution purely on the basis of Christian faith.

This policy continued even after Stalin. Many researchers and religious figures agree that the Khrushchev-era campaign against religion in the 1950s and 1960s was the most severe period for religious organizations in the USSR since World War II. Nikita Khrushchev became infamous among believers for his public promise to “show the last priest on TV.” Churches were demolished, priests were arrested or sent to labor camps, and believers faced discrimination and harassment.

If we apply the same criteria used for other historical genocides, it becomes evident: the USSR committed genocide against Christians. Moreover, proving this is even easier than proving, for example, the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, which is widely discussed today. The documents, statements, and archives are all there. So why isn’t this issue being raised on an international level? Why are there no trials at The Hague, as there were for Nazi war criminals? Why isn’t this talked about with the same intensity as the Holocaust?
It is not a genocide. Israel is very capable of wiping out all the 2.1 million Gazans and 90 million Iranians and all the surrounding Muslim countries - that would be genocide
Hitler wanted to kill all Jews. Netanyahu is defending his country in a war against the Hamas, who have for decades targeted Jews as well as Hezbollah and other terrorist groups. The Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, and other terroist regimes are funded by Iran, keep fighting
, they haven't stopped. Iran has agreed to stop now. Can they be trusted? No. They have a history of violating agreements, lies, deception..."beleaguer the Infidels in in all stragems of war" is right out of their Quran. And so now a shallow temporary peace? But it's complicated since though Iran may stop directly firing missiles, their back door is open and funding these proxy wars.

56k Palestinians have died - most of them Hamas. There are casualties of war, collateral damage always. Out of 2.1million, we are looking at maybe < 1 % death of "innocent civilans", which are again casualties of war, apart from the Hamas. I doubt really that they are innocent though, they all voted to be governed by the Hamas. And they are mostly Muslims, with only about 600 Christians in Gaza.
Israel has been careful with their precision strikes, as much as posible; but as someone mentioned, the Hamas use human shields, hospitals, schools ... cowards all.
There are genocides going on in Nigeria and in Southern Sudan - Christians being slaughtered for decades.
Jesus is coming soon to put an end to it all. There are currently 5.5 billion unbelievers of whom many will also be killed. That's a pretty large genocide _ ordained by God _ wouldn't you say?
Every life is accounted for. Not one of His sheep is lost. He created every person and is in control of every one of their deaths. He is sovereign!
 
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Ever read "Adversus Judaeos," by chance?

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antisemitism was prophesied by the Jewish/Hebrewprophet Isaiah and the Jewish/Hebrew King David

And He shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

And David says:
“May their table become a snare and a trap,
a stumbling block and a retribution to them.
May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see,
and their backs be bent forever.”

What about the LORD Jesus Christ = Matthew 21:33-46

Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

34When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit. 35But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

36Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.

37Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’ 39So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

40Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”

41“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”

42Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures:

‘The stone the builders rejected

has become the cornerstone.

This is from the Lord,

and it is marvelous in our eyes’k?

43Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. 44He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.l

45When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them. 46Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.
 

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Had to Google this

The term "Talmudic Bolsheviks" is a variation of the antisemitic conspiracy theory of "Judeo-Bolshevism," which falsely claims the Russian Revolution was a Jewish plot and that Jews controlled the Soviet Union. This theory falsely links Talmudic beliefs to Bolshevik ideology and was used as a justification for violence and persecution against Jews, notably by the Nazis and White Russian forces.
 

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Had to Google this

The term "Talmudic Bolsheviks" is a variation of the antisemitic conspiracy theory of "Judeo-Bolshevism," which falsely claims the Russian Revolution was a Jewish plot and that Jews controlled the Soviet Union. This theory falsely links Talmudic beliefs to Bolshevik ideology and was used as a justification for violence and persecution against Jews, notably by the Nazis and White Russian forces.
Google who Genrikh Yagoda was and read about the role he played in organizing the Gulag and the mass repressions of the 1930s — essentially the largest genocide of Christians in history.

Then also check whether it is true that the share of Jews in leadership positions in the USSR security organs (VChK–OGPU–NKVD) varied from ~50–65%. 1918–1923

And then once again say that the claim that the Russian Revolution was a Jewish conspiracy is a variant of the antisemitic conspiracy theory "Judeo-Bolshevism."
 
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Everyone knows about the Holocaust. Six million victims, the systematic extermination of Jews by the Nazi regime, have become a symbol of horror and a reminder to humanity of the evil that totalitarianism can bring. However, few talk about another genocide, perhaps even more massive, that took place in the Soviet Union. The communist regime, particularly during Stalin's purges, claimed the lives of around 20 million people—a number almost three times higher than the official figures for the Holocaust. But while the six million victims of Nazism are discussed everywhere, the 20 million victims of the Soviet regime are almost completely ignored. Why? And why is this genocide, which targeted Christians among others, kept in the shadows?

The numbers speak for themselves. Twenty million lives were lost in the USSR through individual and mass executions, deaths in concentration camps, artificially induced famines (such as the 1933 Famine), deportations of entire peoples under inhumane conditions, and grueling labor, disease, and malnutrition in exile and forced labor camps. These victims were not accidental casualties—they were the result of deliberate terror aimed at suppressing any form of dissent, including religious life. Even when compared to the official Holocaust figures of six million, the difference is stark. Yet there’s a nuance: the Holocaust figures often include not only those deliberately killed but also those who died of disease, starvation, or Allied bombings. Nevertheless, the world’s attention is focused solely on this tragedy, while the Soviet genocide, especially against Christians, remains virtually unnoticed.

Why is this the case? Why do schools teach about the Holocaust, make films, and write books about it, while the mass repressions in the USSR, particularly the persecution of Christians, are rarely mentioned? There are clear double standards at play. When it comes to Nazi crimes, the verdict is unanimous: it was genocide, period. But mention communist terror, and excuses immediately surface: “It’s not so straightforward,” “Those were political repressions, not genocide,” “It’s hard to prove intent.” Let’s break this down.

According to the UN definition, genocide is “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group as such.” In other words, genocide isn’t only about targeting people based on nationality, as was the case with the Holocaust. Religious affiliation also falls under this definition. And in the case of the USSR, we are dealing with a deliberate campaign to destroy religious groups, especially Christians.

The facts are clear. At the 4th Expanded Plenum of the Central Committee of the Union of Militant Atheists in early 1938, Emelyan Yaroslavsky, a key figure in the anti-religious campaign, declared that it was necessary to “intensify the work of the godless and ensure that the next decade would be a time of complete liberation of the masses from the reactionary influence of religion.”

In 1939, an article by Oleshchuk in the journal Bolshevik echoed this sentiment: “Every priest, even the most Soviet of them, is a obscurantist, a reactionary, and an enemy of socialism.” The authors called for the third Five-Year Plan to eradicate all religious “remnants” and turn all workers into atheists.

The authorities backed up their words with actions. In 1937 and 1938, over 14,000 churches were closed. Twenty years after the revolution, when all potential “counterrevolutionaries” had presumably already been dealt with, the campaign against religion only intensified. What counterrevolution could there be after two decades? This was no longer about political opposition—it was about persecution purely on the basis of Christian faith.

This policy continued even after Stalin. Many researchers and religious figures agree that the Khrushchev-era campaign against religion in the 1950s and 1960s was the most severe period for religious organizations in the USSR since World War II. Nikita Khrushchev became infamous among believers for his public promise to “show the last priest on TV.” Churches were demolished, priests were arrested or sent to labor camps, and believers faced discrimination and harassment.

If we apply the same criteria used for other historical genocides, it becomes evident: the USSR committed genocide against Christians. Moreover, proving this is even easier than proving, for example, the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, which is widely discussed today. The documents, statements, and archives are all there. So why isn’t this issue being raised on an international level? Why are there no trials at The Hague, as there were for Nazi war criminals? Why isn’t this talked about with the same intensity as the Holocaust?
Evangelical America loves Israel and approves of its strategy. That should explain a large slab. That said, I think there are many countries who see and disagree with American policy on this matter but hey, why upset the trading partnerships by jumping up and down?