(April 1, 1901\u2013July 9, 1961), was an American journalist who had formerly been a Communist agent. He recanted and defected to the West. Whittaker Chambers stated:<\/p>\n
Freedom is a need of the soul, and nothing else. It is in striving toward God that the soul strives continually after a condition of freedom. God alone is the inciter and guarantor of freedom. He is the only guarantor.<\/p>\n
External freedom is only an aspect of interior freedom. Political freedom, as the Western world has known it, is only a political reading of the Bible. Religion and freedom are indivisible. Without freedom the soul dies. Without the soul there is no justification for freedom.3529<\/p>\n
Humanism is not new. It is, in fact, man\u2019s second oldest faith. Its promise was whispered in the first days of the Creation under the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil: \u201cYe shall be as gods.\u201d3530<\/p>\n
(Jay David) Whittaker Chambers warned:<\/p>\n
In proportion as Americans let go of faith in the absolute power of God, they accepted the belief in the all powerful state. This is true of peoples, of nations, for their idea of God determines the form of their civil, political, religious and social institutions.3531<\/p>\n
In his book, Witness<\/i>, (Jay David) Whittaker Chambers :<\/p>\n
Communism is what happens when, in the name of mind, men free themselves from God. Economics is not the central problem of this century. It is a relative problem which can be solved in relative ways.<\/p>\n
Faith is the central problem of this age. The crisis of the western world exists to the degree in which it is indifferent to God.<\/p>\n
Religion and freedom are indivisible. Without freedom the soul dies. Without the soul there is no justification for freedom.3532<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
(April 1, 1901\u2013July 9, 1961), was an American journalist who had formerly been a Communist agent. He recanted and defected to the West. Whittaker Chambers stated: Freedom is a need of the soul, and nothing else. It is in striving toward God that the soul strives continually after a condition of freedom. God alone is … Continue reading “CHAMBERS,
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