We hate Christians as we hate Christianity

Anatoly Vasilyevich Lunacharsky (1875 - 1933).  First Soviet Education
Commissar, and Soviet representative to the (Jewish) League of Nations.

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Jewish or Jew-ish?

Efforts to make Lunacharsky out a Jew — all Bolshevist leaders are Jews to a certain press abroad — are not very successful, altho it seems there is a Jewish 'strain in him. Polish by origin, on the father's side, Lunacharsky, we learn from the Florence Difesa, is a true Russian, like his mother. During her brief adhesion to the Catholic faith she had some idea of putting her son into the priesthood. 1

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The Jew(ish) Lunacharsky is reported to have said to a

congress of primary school teachers in Moscow in 1925:

We hate Christians as we hate Christianity. Even the best of them must be considered our worst enemies. They teach us to love our neighbours and to show compassion, which is contrary to our principles. Christian love is an impediment to the development of revolution. Down with loving our neighbours! What we need is hate! 2

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In 1933 the Soviet government published the New Anti-Religious
Manual, in which Lunacharsky made the following comments:

We hate Christianity and the Christians. Even the best amongst them must be considered as our worst enemies. ... Down with love of our neighbours. What we need is hatred. We must learn to hate: this is they way in which we will conquer the world. 3

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Variations of Lunacharsky's statement have been quoted by the US military,

American politicians, and in the Western media from as early as 1927. 4 

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"Even the best amongst them must be considered as our worst enemies."

Is highly reminiscent of the Talmudic doctrine:

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"Kill even the best of the gentiles."

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Sources:

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An Intellectual Bolshevik: Lunacharsky: The Pedagog of Bolshevism. Current Opinion. January 1920. Vol. LXVIII. No. 1. p.45.

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Pike, David Wingeate. Reaction in France to the Frente Popular. (appearing in:) Leitz, Christian
and Dunthorn, David Joseph. Spain in an International Context, 1936-1959. 1999. p.24.

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Hill, Kent R. The Puzzle of the Soviet Church. An Inside Look at Christianity & Glasnost. Multnomah Press, Oregon. 1989. p.92.

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Coastal Artillery Journal, Vol. 66, No. 2. February 1927. p.127.

pdf copy of the full edition: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a501826.pdf

Iowa State Attorney; The Honourable F. A. O'Connor. Forty-Seventh General Assembly: State of Iowa. February 24,
1937. Journal of the House of the General Assembly of the State of Iowa, Volume 47, Parts 1936-1937. p.514.

43,000 Hear Smith Assail Communism As Foe Of Church; Eucharistic Congress Crowd

Cheers Wildly the Upholding of Rights to Property. New York Times - Sep 25, 1935

National Republic, Volumes 22-23, 1934. p.13.

The Friend, Volumes 101-102, 1931. p.224.