In which I find a quote from an unreliable source in a book by a normally reliable author and lose much confidence in the other material contained therein.

I would be extremely hesitant to quote anything pithy or witty sounding from M. Muggeridge without pages of context around why it was necessary to do so. Perhaps even tricking a man on the street into reading the desired MM quote and then quoting the M.O.T.S. instead of MM would be preferable.

From the virgin birth

Seeing Through The Eye, page 207

Seeing Through The Eye, page 207

To the resurrection

Seeing Through The Eye, page 22

Seeing Through The Eye, page 22

The poison behind the nice sounding witticisms is laid bare.