It was also the reason Whitaker Chambers,a communist here in the U.S.,turned against the Communists.
It’s in his book,”Witness”
Yes. It so disoriented him that it broke his communist spirit. He realized that Communists had no values at all apart from political values.
No values of God, human respect, mercy, nothing. Only whatever it took to advance Communism and The State.
It was one of the most profound books I have ever read, and it was interesting to me that the first time I read it, I saw it as a political tale.
The second time I read it, I saw it as a man at war with himself.
The third time I read it, I realized it really was the story of a man searching for God.
Amazing book. Whittaker Chambers remains to this day a hero for me. He could have simply disappeared anonymously.
Instead, he chose to be a witness, and put everything he had on the line. His self-worth. His job. His reputation. His family. And his life.
All he did, he did to reconcile his personal values with a belief of his creator when he realized he could not believe in Communism and God at the same time. One or the other had to be utterly destroyed. And the same is true today, we should keep that in mind when dealing with the Chinese or the Communists in our midst.
Who of us could do what Whittaker Chambers did?