Lesson 3

True Faith and Allegiance:
To Whom is it Owed?

When I tell you that men, hiding behind the screen of the state, have claimed total power over their fellow men, it is really true. Wizards and wolf-men are fond of saying that the state is sovereign. Sovereign means everyone must do what the state tells them or go to jail. Sovereign is the power to create binding laws. Of course you know it's really just common men and humbugs who pretend to speak for the state as though it were a giant puppet. Really, God is sovereign. The state is only make believe. In the year 1930 here is what some of the biggest wizards in America said about their total power. These judges of the U.S. Supreme Court told us that the Wizards of America have the power to:

...compel the armed service of any citizen in the land, without regard to his objections or his views in respect of the justice or morality of the particular war or of war in general ... speaking of the liberties guaranteed to the individual by the Fourteenth Amendment ... he may be compelled, by force if need be, against his will and without regard to his personal wishes or his pecuniary interests, or even his religious or political convictions, to take his place in the ranks of the army of his country and risk the chance of being shot down in its defense. United States v. Macintosh, 283 US 605, 624.

That, dear children, is what is meant by total power. Now you are very young, but soon you will grow up and have families of your own. You know that Grandma Mary has four sons. Each of you may have sons, too. If the Wizards of America decide to have a war, they will take your sons away and make them join the army. They will be forced to kill men they don't even know. They may be killed themselves. Your little sons who are not yet born, but whom you will raise with love and care, will become cannon fodder sacrificed in the name of the state. By then maybe even daughters will be forced to go to war.

Any government which claims total power is called totalitarian. Americans usually think of Russia and China as totalitarian. Americans usually think of Russia and China as totalitarian . They have been tricked into thinking the United States is still a free country. It is not. Total power is total power, whether directed by a politburo as in Russia or by a representative democracy as in America. This is why all children must take the Pledge of Allegiance, so that as grown-ups they will not question the total power of humbugs. George Washington never took the Pledge. He gave his allegiance to God. A teacher started the Pledge in 1892. The fact that humbugs do not often exercise total power makes no difference. They claim the right to do so at any time, not just during war. Here is what it means to be a citizen of the United States today:

I hereby declare, an oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state or sovereignty, of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; and I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the armed forces of the United States when required by law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God." (Application to File Petition for Naturalization, Para 5.)

This is the oath of allegiance that people who want to become citizens of the United States must take. The oath of allegiance is merely an expanded version of the Pledge of Allegiance. All citizens are presumed to have taken the same oath. When it says renounce and abjure all allegiance that is meant to include allegiance to God as well. In the Bible we read that God claims to be sovereign over the whole universe, including Alaska and Idaho. There can only be one sovereign over a given area. Citizens have chosen the United States as sovereign and rejected God as sovereign. They have asked God to help them do that, as the oath and the pledge both say. God has helped them by giving them the big imaginations needed to live in the world of fantasy grown-ups have created. Can you find America's government on the spectrum:

Man's Rule (allegiance to Man) (Man has all power)

God's Rule (Allegiance to God) (God has all power)

Which of these is taught in the Bible? In church? In school?

If you play Wizards of America by becoming a citizen, the rules now allow you to omit the promise to bear arms or perform noncombatant service:

If you cannot promise to bear arms or perform noncombatant service because of religious training and belief, you may omit those promises when taking the oath. (Ibid.)

This is a change since 1930, but it is not a right guaranteed by the Constitution. It is only by the grace of Congress (wizards and wolf-men) that citizens can claim a religious exemption from bearing arms. Human law can be changed at any time. If you promise to play there is no area in your life where you may keep God as your sovereign. In all areas the United States must be your sovereign. That includes giving true faith and allegiance to the law of humbugs over the law of God; and performing work of national importance under civilian direction not just in war time, but anytime the wizards decide it is a good idea. This is what is meant by slavery. If a humbug can tell you what to do and force you to do it, then you are his slave. The fact that he has not yet told you to do much of anything makes no difference. Russian humbugs claim no more power than this over their people. If you really want God for your sovereign, then you must reject the United States as sovereign.

Some of the big wizards understand the problem of giving allegiance to the state when you should give allegiance to God. In 1945, they said so:

The struggle for religious liberty has through the centuries been an effort to accommodate the demands of the State to the conscience of the individual. The victory from freedom of thought recorded in our Bill of Rights recognizes that in the domain of conscience there is a moral power higher than the State. Throughout the ages, men have suffered death rather than subordinate their allegiance to God to the authority of the State. Freedom of religion guaranteed by the First Amendment is the product of that struggle. As we recently stated... 'Freedom of thought, which includes freedom of religious belief, is basic in a society of free men... 'Girouard vs United States, 328 US 61, 68 & 69.

Does the domain of conscience include only bearing arms in wartime? No, it includes every area of life. There is a moral power higher than the State in every area of life. Whether you choose to recognize that higher power is up to you. For the past three years I have peacefully lived according to a moral power higher than the state in all areas. I have no need or desire to believe in the state at all. The world-wide New Covenant theocracy provides all the government any man needs. The pursuit of happiness is not only the pursuit of life without human government, but the pursuit of life with God's government. The local humbugs become very upset when we pursue happiness. They send their wolf-men to stop us.

Now you know why I have renounced U.S. citizenship. First, I was tricked into pledging allegiance as a small child. Second, I refuse to be a slave when my King has set me free, indeed. Third, it is silly to pledge allegiance to a piece of cloth (the flag), to an invisible wizard (the republic), or to a constitution and other laws made up by men (fantasy laws written by humbugs). And most importantly, I can not renounce allegiance to my sovereign, God: the King, Law-giver and Judge of the World, in any area of life. This is happiness for me. Because of this I have been put in jail four times. Even so, I will continue to pursue happiness. I hope many, many others will join me. If the wolf-men will only obey the rule in the First Amendment about letting others recognize a moral power higher than the state, we will not be put in jail. I am a citizen of the Commonwealth of Israel whose ruler is the Messiah sitting on the throne of David that we read about in the Bible.

The ideal citizen of a totalitarian state is not one who fully supports communism or democracy. If congressmen, governors, judges and other wizards are to govern, it is most important that the distinction between fact and fantasy, and the distinction between true and false no longer exist. Such people can be told anything and they will believe because they have lost touch with reality and are unable to detect a lie. Turning out just this kind of citizen is the main goal of education in America today. I hope you can keep control of your own mind so you can help your children do the same. If you help begin a world in which God is sovereign, then your sons and daughters will not be forced to give allegiance to humbugs. What will you teach your children? Show me on this spectrum:

Man's Rule (Allegiance to man) (Sadness)

God's Rule (Allegiance to God) (Happiness)

There is one very important thing you must know about. I have said that wolf-men and humbugs may force you to do things you know to be wrong or things you would rather not do. I have said that humbugs have claimed total power in America just as they have all over the world. But this is only true in the fantasy world of human government. The truth is that no one has the power to make you do anything. You always have a choice. It may be a very hard choice, but you do always have a choice.

Rather than kill others in time of war as required by man-made law, some men have refused and chose to go to prison. No one had the power to force them to aim a rifle and pull the trigger. The same is true for you and me. No one can make us do anything. No one controls us. Let me tell you a story about this. Sometimes I take care of a little dog named Banjo. He is a miniature dachshund. Like Rocky, but smaller. Once he followed me as I walked down the driveway. I told him to go back to the house. He took a few steps back and then stopped. I picked up a stick and told him to go to the house. Banjo only rolled over on his back and looked at me. I could have shouted at him some more. I could have hit him with the stick. I could have carried him to the house. But Banjo chose not to return on his own four feet! I could not force Banjo. Even animals are free.

Little children understand they are free, too, without anyone telling them. Patti is three years old. She is a very nice little girl, but when I tell her to do things she puts her hands on her hips and says: You're not my mother . She means I have no authority over her. That's true for me and all other adults. It will still be true when she grows up. Patti was created with this truth inside of her.

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