Spiderman
Veteran Member
I didn't have enough options on the poll to add Bloody Mary, Franco, Muhammad, Nero, Augusto Pinocet, Chiang Kai-shek, Japanese Imperial Oppression/Emperor Hirohito,Hideiki Tojo, and other autocrats, Young Turk's Ottoman Holocaust/Ismail Enver Pasha, Tsardom of Nicholas the II...and Donald Trump
I've always had a disturbing interest and fascination with these bloodthirsty tyrants. I believe that may have been their destiny. I try to love God, but I believe that he is omnipotent, therefore he saw all this in advance and formed these people in the womb with these inclinations and this sinister destiny.
I'm quite fond of Napoleon. I've watched the PBS documentary on him like five times. He was born in Corsica, was made fun of in school, and was a nobody and rose out of nothing to be one of the most powerful Emperors in History. The battle of Austerlitz was ingenious. He gave the Russians the pratzens heights and got them to do everything he wanted them to do on the battlefield. There was no sign that anyone could defeat him on the battlefield. It was the Russian winter that defeated Napoleon. He rose from exile to Emperor a second time and then finally met his demise at his largest battle, the battle of waterloo.
I believe the souls of these people still live on in Heaven, Hell, and purgatory, and they can be contacted and benefit from our prayers and sacrifices. I believe their spirits still influence the world.
Constantine really changed the world by making Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire. It caused Christianity to spread throughout the world and become the dominant Religion...It's was a bit ugly how that was accomplished.
Cortes was quite a an interesting figure though. He went into an Aztec Empire of roughly 25,000,000 million people with a few hundred men and conquered it. How do a few hundred men conquer an empire of 25 million people??
Sounds miraculous to me.Charlemagne is called the Father of Europe. In the European union, the headquarters is called "the Charlemagne building", they give out the "Charlemagne prize" (to the Pope) for those who contribute to European unity. Charlemagne united and Christianized most of western Europe. His Methods were a bit extreme, but all Holy Roman Emperors considered themselves his descendants, and his ghost still seems to be influencing Europe.
There are many prophesies from Christians, that before the return of Christ there will be a reign of the Antichrist. Of course, there are many antichrists out there, but many Christians prophecy that there will be an Antichrist who rules the world for a time, and he will a establish a New World Order, One World Government. There are some prophecies that he will work great signs and wonders, and be Christ-like in many ways to fool and deceive even the elect.
If such a person rises to power it is totally God's will (If God is the omnipotent all-knowing God Christians claim him to be). God saw it all in advance, and did nothing to stop it from happening, therefore God is asking for it (if it indeed happens as so many prophecy it will). If a person ever gets control of the world and exalted as a "Messiah", that person will be extremely intelligent, charismatic, ingenious, and whatever else is needed...those gifts and powers are given from God.
That is what Christians are forgetting. God creates evil. Isaiah 45:7 I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
If there is ever a "new world order", "one world Government", reign of the Antichrist over the world and a worldwide persecution of Christians, God totally wants it to happen.
The people they persecute are victim souls, sacrificial lambs, and they share in the crucifixion of Christ to atone for sin and share in a glorious Resurrection. It was God's will that Jesus be crucified...yes, I'm saying the people that crucified Christ were doing God's will.
It was God's will that the Pagan Roman Empire fed Christians to wild animals, beheaded them, used them as torches at the Olympic games, crucified them, and god only knows what else...
So, I think these bloodthirsty Emperors and Dictators were given that vocation by God. I simply don't agree with God's decision, but maybe if I saw the eternal reward that the victims of those regimes received, I'd be more accepting of God's ways.
Are there any tyrants or regimes you find particularly interesting?
