The state sponsored atheism that began with the storming of the Bastille, kicked off a reign of terror that was responsible for the ritual execution of hundreds of thousands of French lives. "The Great Terror" as it is known by the French, was a period of violence and bloodletting that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution. It was marked by mass executions of "enemies of the revolution" (anyone who disagreed with the revolution). Under the guise of "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity", the atheists began their utopian experiment by executing the Christian Monarch and Christian clergy that would not worship the new government.
The revolutionaries "Reign of Terror" showed the world that these humanistic idealists were far worst tyrants than the monarchy they had deposed. Their establishment of state-sponsored atheism became the first in a long line of similar movements that affected Soviet Russia, NAZI Germany, Red China, and many other countries around the world.
I remember that day. Good times! We partied like it was 1799, rain and all.
This is old news.
Nothing to lose one’s head over.
I like that site and had forgotten about it. Thanks for posting!
It was a great day to behead him. Kings don’t go away on their own. And freedom couldn’t happen in a nation with a monarch following the Vatican.
Sorry, that post to Mr Douglas was meant for you.
Louis XVI was the king of France in 1789.
He was worse than Louis XV;
He was worse than Louis XIV;
He was worse than Louis XIII;
He was the worst since Louis I!
Antonia Fraser’s biography of Marie Antoinette gives an overall sympathetic look at these events.
The monarchy was locked in traditions and expectations that I had never considered. One gets the impression, in reading this book, that these two individuals were decent human beings, who, if given a choice, would have chosen not to be royalty.
Louis and Marie were enlightened and exemplary Christans who behaved unusually charitably towards the poor.
Nevertheless, they were the target of numerous false rumors and intrigues, -—”Let them eat cake” being but one example of the fake news of the day-—and once mob rule got the upper hand, they had no choice but to flee for their lives—which in turn only confirmed their guilt, in the minds of the mob.
The specific charges against them, for which they were beheaded, were outrageous fabrications of a sexual nature-—palace orgies and such-—for which the evidence of untruth was abundant.