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of the major aims of Klan organizations. The subject is stressed at just
about every meeting. During speeches, Klan members are filled with
enthusiasm for the war, and many references to it are made in their
writings. Incitement towards this war, which has now assumed mythi-
cal status among them, is frequently to be seen in Klan publications.
For instance, the journal Knight-Ridder, which covered a national rally
held in Columbia, included the following lines:

King is the leader of the Christian Knights, who dreams of a resurgent
Ku Klux Klan... He points down the street where both he and a neigh-
bor decorate their front yards with robed Klansmen yard statues. He
says: "A race war is coming. The Klan is the only hope for the white
race." 20
As is the case with many racist organizations, Rahowa is founded
fundamentally on the belief in evolution. Such a degree of hostility to-
wards other races, and the lack of any compunction over the using of vio-
lence as a means, are all the result of the belief in the theory of evolution.
Nothing can prevent anyone who regards somebody else as an animal

from abusing, attacking and, if necessary, killing that individual.
The following words of Matt Hale, who became leader of the orga-
nization after Ben Klassen, are just one example of the close connection
between the idea which they treat as a religion and belief in evolution:
But we are animals. That's the thing. We don't accept this idea that just
because we can think and speak and walk on two
legs that we are not bound by nature's laws. We are. 21

These words are an indication of the organiza-
tion's peculiar, unique view of religion. Naturally,
that religion has absolutely nothing to do with
Christianity, which promotes humility, love and
tolerance. And, the leaders of the organization do

Matt Hale