WORSHIP OF FALSE GOD
ATTITUDE OF THE GERMAN: "By this deification of the leader and the State, and his contempt for all other people, the German tries a short cut to the solution of the prob lem of evil, sa\ ? s The Lancet. Differing opinion held between'fellow nationals is felt to be dangerous because mutual confidence, which springs from tolerance of difference, is lacking. But the strength which comes from the crude dichotomy of good within- and evil without is brittle because it is based on a denial of the truth, though for a time it may be strong in deeds. It breaks when its action is delayed or frustrated, because the-whole structure of. belief is based on the omnipotence of the leader and the State. Even temporary failure is a menace to that peace of mind—that armistice of inner conflict—which denies humanity and human rights to foreigners, for delay in the attainment of success may show that'fate is an avenger of wrong. Our adversaries have chosen a way of resolving their own difficulties which has plunged the world into misery, and their evil designs are furthered by traitors Avho, criminologists tell us, are never people with an easy mind"
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 227, 18 October 1940, Page 7
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200WORSHIP OF FALSE GOD Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 227, 18 October 1940, Page 7
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