Socialism

Comparing theological work to historiographical work is a logical fallacy.

Asking for a discussion of a topic one is ignorant on isn't asking for to be persuaded on it, its asking for opinions that may or may not be correct then cherry picking the answers that best suit one's biased perspectives.

Asking you to do the most barest amount of research on a complex topic before trying to engage in it is to do you a favor of giving you the opportunity to arm yourself with concrete knowledge that you can then concretely be compare and contrast to the knowledge of others instead of asking for ephemeral platitudes that are fluffed to appear full in content but will starve your mind of substance

They're inviting you to read history, not claims of the supernatural. Most of us arrived at our more reasonable assessments of the Stalin administration by studying mature works of history. If you are expecting somebody to spend only a couple minutes refuting decades of Cold War propaganda then you are unlikely to find much help anywhere.