Religion: Witnesses Examined

World War II has made patriotism a second religion for many a U. S. citizen. But not for Jehovah's Witnesses. The Witnesses believe that Biblical prophecies literally govern every earthly event, that the U. S. flag, financiers, politicians—and all religions but their own—are agents of Lucifer, who is at large in the world and now grooming himself for a terrific last-ditch fight with Jehovah. Witnesses have recently been mobbed from Maine to Cali fornia (TIME, June 24). Last week they suffered: 1) at Columbus, Ohio, where Governor Bricker refused to reinstate a canceled contract that would have permit ted...

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