The only dangerous, nonmilitary enemy Communism has in or outside Europe today is Christianity. Since the Balance of Terror is going to continue, and all-out war is not in sight, it is the battle of ideas that will be decisive.
It would be a great error to assume that in most “People’s Democracies” the masses are still religious. They feel cheated, if not desperate, and often succumb to cynicism. They believe in nothing, hate the government and the ruling party, and, in a system preaching materialism, try to live as well as they can. But there are religious minorities, in some areas even majorities, who are real enemies of the Red tyrants— not only because they are relatively numerous and united by a common faith, but because their faith gives them answers to the burning questions concerning life and death, as well as reasons to take risks and make sacrifices. Marxism-Leninism cannot promise a Life Everlasting; Lenin’s body could be embalmed and preserved, but the souls of the martyred thousands of monks, priests, nuns, and laymen have joined the saints in Heaven.
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