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<div class="SSN_title">"CAN THIS BE TRUE?"</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">I. COMPARISON OF RUSSIA & U.S. BY ANASTAS I MIKOYAN. "Oh, you folks must not worry about the differences between the Russian & American philosophies of life. You believe in God. We do not. But we are both interested in attaining a higher standard of living. This is all that matters."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Can this be true?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Then what are we fighting about?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Is this the only reason for international tensions?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Is this why we are in a mad race to see who can build the biggest weapons?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Is this why we quarrel about Berlin?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">5. Is this why we memorialize the "noble dead" & insist they "shall not have died in vain" - just for a higher standard of living?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. How can he make such a statement?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Here is one of the highest representatives of the Kremlin telling us to our face that our faith in God does not distinguish us from the Communist in any significant way - that in reality we both are serving the same god of materialism. We both want the same thing - "higher standard of living."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Is it possible that millions of Americans agree with him?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. We should get together & seek higher standards of living & forget this nonsense about God?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Our day of remembrance in USA - did they die for a higher standard of living? Was the blood sacrificed for money?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. If this is true, expect judgment of God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Even more than Communists.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. They are honest enough to declare their atheism.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. We pose a service to God & give ourselves to idols.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">II. EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT STATEMENT.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Stubborn refusal to face it.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. We don't deny it yet we won't forsake it.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. We like the gods of materialism, stretched out our hands to them & don't intend to let anyone take them from us.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. We repudiate theories of atheism yet we worship idols.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Russians quick to detect.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Makes our faith in God look meaningless.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Faith in God apart from daily lives, does not affect day to day decisions.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">C. Professor said: "From reading our modern literature no one would suspect that millions of us still believe in God."</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Adultery disguised as romance.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. Business cheating as success.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Religion is nothing more than funny internal feeling.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">D. Psychiatrist of note stated:</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">1. Must make own determination of right and wrong.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">2. To follow scriptures leads to guilt complexes.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">3. Should not depend on Bible.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level3">4. Wrong to depend on Word of God.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level4">a. Satan told Adam & Eve same thing.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">E. Education.</div>
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<div class="SSN_rnum">III. HAVE WE FORGOTTEN GOD?</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">A. Really unforgettable.</div>
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<div class="SSN_level2">B. The forgotten God always brings judgment on those who forget Him.</div>
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