Why is it that great thinkers foresaw the problems we would see today if we allowed the left to keep inching forward with the Communist agenda?
Whittaker Chambers wrote his book Witness in 1952 after participating in the trail of Alger Hiss.
Chambers himself confessed to being a communist and to being involved in espionage with Hiss, who sued him and lost.
His book was a favorite of people like Ronald Reagan and the late Robert Novak.
The main thrust of his book is that America's loss of faith, in no small part due to Liberalism's constant attacks on religion, was the true danger to the country.
Liberalism's faith in man over all translates into it's faith in Government to cure all ills and make the important decisions.
The essay in the American Thinker concerning this book does make me a bit reluctant to wade through what is said to be a tough read and I doubt it will make me return to the Church, but I have always felt that many of us need something to believe in that is larger than us.
People should be encouraged to believe and not harassed or belittled for doing so.
I wonder if there is a cliff notes version...
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