Alexander Solzhenitsyn passes away
tagged Alexander Solzhenitsyn, atheism, human rights, Moscow, One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich, Russia, Stalin and The Gulag Archipelago
Russian writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who exposed Stalin’s prison system in his novels and spent 20 years in exile, has died near Moscow at the age of 89.
The author of The Gulag Archipelago
and One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich
Solzhenitsyn was a tireless critic of the Soviet system, and one who saw with clarity the dangers and evils of atheism effected as state policy. The problems of both the Eastern and Western worlds were, in his view, inextricably linked with a philosophy of aggressive atheism and agnosticism.
It has made man the measure of all things on earth — imperfect man, who is never free of pride, self-interest, envy, vanity, and dozens of other defects. We are now paying for the mistakes which were not properly appraised at the beginning of the journey. On the way from the Renaissance to our days we have enriched our experience, but we have lost the concept of a Supreme Complete Entity which used to restrain our passions and our irresponsibility.
A tireless champion of human rights — genuine human rights — he will be missed. Rest in peace, Mr. Solzhenitsyn — God grant you peace, and may you rejoice forever in His unending Kingdom.
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