It's the Answer

Turning to the actual situation in hand, it is here believed that the relevance of such a doctrine as described is tremendous. Not only must war be opposed but peace must be worked for tirelessly and endlessly. The plea for self-defence of our Western Christian democracies is futile, for if we are honest with ourselves we will probably realise that they are no more Christian, as a whole, than Was Nazi Germany before the war, in which practically the most powerful war machine ever known was built up. We must rear, lise that our vision is blurred by an almost impenetrable cloud of propaganda and that instead of the West being clear white and the East a foul black, they are both a pretty murky grey, with nevertheless good on both sides. We must realise the existence of the colossal chasm of fear and ill-will, never simple but ever complex, that separates the peoples holding Communist ideology from those holding the Western democratic ideology, whatever that may be. Such things as Atlantic pacts only serve to widen this immeasurably. We must seek passionately for the truth and spread it abroad, support with vigour all organisations of peace and goodwill, as UNO, ISS. CORSO, IUS, and WFDY, and oppose all movements and activities which can lead to violence, oppression and war, whether it be certain policies of either the Communist Party or the RSA.

The Christian faith in action is a revolution, of an unusual nature, and its founder a revolutionary of the most dynamic sort. It is not easy to follow such a leader and we shall almost certainly fall far short of His demands upon us. But we believe that in an issue such as has been discussed here, as in all things, if we believe sincerely that such a course is right, we shall be given Grace to perform the commands "Love your enemies" and that it will be effective.

J. C. Weblin.