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Reports Incorrect: Gorbachev Still an Atheist
Thursday, March 27, 2008 • 8:54 am
From Wannabe Anglican:
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev made clear this past weekend that he is an atheist after European news agencies last week claimed that he had confirmed his Christian faith during a visit to the tomb of St. Francis of Assisi in Italy.

Gorbachev, the last communist leader of the Soviet Union, confronted speculations that he had been a closeted Christian during an interview with the Russian news agency Interfax.

"Over the last few days some media have been disseminating fantasies – I can't use any other word – about my secret Catholicism, citing my visit to the Sacro Convento friary, where the remains of St. Francis of Assisi lie," Gorbachev said, according to an Interfax article posted Friday.

"To sum up and avoid any misunderstandings, let me say that I have been and remain an atheist,” he stated.

Comments:

So I guess Mikhail won’t have to worry about not being invited to chic European tea parties after all.

carl

[1] Posted by carl on 03-27-2008 at 12:45 PM

Well if he was so worried about misunderstandings then why kneel as if in prayer and then speak glowingly about St Francis yet forget to mention that he is still an atheist at the same time.
I honestly do not and never will understand the minds of some atheists.
Did you know that there are websites dedicated to atheistic prayer and spirituality? “Churches” where atheists gather for weekly services? Atheists who believe in God but not in the possibility of having relations or communication with him?

It just boggles the mind. Either you are an atheist and therefore reject any semblence of religion or else be a theist and embrace religion and its attendant behaviors. That will avoid any misunderstandings in the first place.

[2] Posted by StayinAnglican on 03-27-2008 at 01:18 PM
Did you know that there are websites dedicated to atheistic prayer and spirituality? “Churches” where atheists gather for weekly services? Atheists who believe in God but not in the possibility of having relations or communication with him?

Sounds not far from what TEC is becoming.

[3] Posted by AndrewA on 03-27-2008 at 02:22 PM

...and there are even national conventions of atheists. One met here just last week-end! See http://www.anglikin.blogspot.com

[4] Posted by Anglicat on 03-27-2008 at 04:15 PM

Wonder if he will now get an invitation to Lambeth?

[5] Posted by Going Home on 03-28-2008 at 12:58 AM

What if for some reason he just wants to keep his faith a secret and wasn’t out to publicise it to begin with?  [In the original article, it was noted how virtually nobody recognised him at that church in Assisi - as if that’s what he wanted...]

While most people want to be open about their faith, some do prefer to do good by stealth… Let’s hope this is who he really is…

[6] Posted by Sasha on 03-29-2008 at 01:28 PM

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