[carlo3b]

Have you read the article? It states very clearly that the Pope says that having Communism around reminded the world of how deceitfully evil can be disguised.

[aruanan]

Have you read the article? It states very clearly that the Pope says that having Communism around reminded the world of how deceitfully evil can be disguised.

Good doesn't need evil to be good. Evil needs good to be evil. As far as reminding people about the sinfulness of sin goes, that's what the law was for, both the Law, as delivered from God to Moses, as well as the unwritten law that is found in everybody (according to the Apostle Paul). As far as having Communism around to remind the world of "how deceitfully evil can be disguised" goes--ha ha ha, come on! Communism from the very beginning and in its very nature was blatantly opposed to any world view that challenged it as the center of reality, especially religious institutions, especially Christianity. The only people "deceived" by communism were liberals and other fellow-traveling leftists. Nearly everyone else knew exactly how bad it was, especially the millions slaughtered.