russian religion law

[Robert O'Brien]

 Thomas C. Berg remarked:
>
> In a recent news article in the Christian Century (Oct. 8)
> on Russia's new religion statute, there was a comment from
> the Orthodox Patriarch that was almost a perfect
> distillation of the anti-religious-freedom posture.  I am
> always looking for quotes to convey that posture to
> students, and I intend to use this one.

I offer the following for your collection: " who will say that Rutherford
and his Witnesses of Jehovah do not constitute a real menace to our only
sources of security and civilization--religion and stable government."
(Yes, I know a question mark is required, but a period was used.)  (This
comes from an advertisement placed in a Missouri newspaper by an
organization called Defenders of the Faith probably in October, 1938.)

Robert O'Brien                        West Virginia Wesleyan College
obrien at .wvwc.edu