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Sir,—Perhaps the need to distinguish between teachings and actions which are "true” to Christianity, or any other religion, or not, could be made more obvious by looking at a little more history. If. as I understand it, Mao taught that power comes from the muzzle of a gun, then those of his followers in Cambodia who massacred their countrymen in his name could rightly claim to be “true” to the Communist religion which he taught. As Christ taught “Love your enemies ... pray for those who persecute you ... do good to those who hate you,” etc., obviously the St Bartholomew Massacre was not a "true” Christian action. The earlier Edict of Nantes granting religious toleration, on the other hand, was appropriate to the name of "Christian.” In view of his interest in French History, perhaps Arthur May could answer a question which puzzles me. Were those in the French Revolution who conducted the reign of terror in the name of “Liberty, Fraternity, and Equality,” being “true” to their religion of rational humanism, or not?— Yours, etc., \
E. READ. June 22, 1981.
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