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God bless and Merry Christmas!!!
-----Original Message-----
From: James M. Atkinson <jm..._at_tscm.com>
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Sent: Mon, Dec 5, 2016 3:40 pm
Subject: [TSCM-L] {6693} Just in Case You Are Interested - Declaration of F=
aith and Religious Creed
So, at least once a year, I like to make the following post to each ofthe l=
ists that I own, so that people understand my position on certaintopics, an=
d to be quite candid, if you have a negative opinion of medoing this, or yo=
u have "issues" with what the message contains, Iquite honestly do not care=
. Oh, one other thing, I am also an ordainedminister (the legal terms is "M=
inister of the Gospel") and I canlegally perform weddings, perform communio=
n, lead services, visit thesick and so on. I am not a tremendously powerful=
leader or religiousfigure, and I do admit that I have an abundance of faul=
ts, but I can berather effective in certain area of my faith, and I do wiel=
d aneffective amount of authority to "get things done within my constraints=
of my Commission" Granted, I am really good with TSCM, TEMPEST,NONSTOP, tec=
hnical security, computer forensics, cyberoperations,computer programming, =
and technical things like mechanical andelectronic engineering, but I do ha=
ve other skill sets that you mightnot expect unless you have known me for q=
uite a while. Yep, being aChristian Minister (and Chaplain) is one of those=
things, that youmight not expect. So, once or twice a year I post my Decla=
ration ofFaith, to the various LISTSERVs or mailing lists that I own andope=
rate, or where I am the chief moderator.
Merry Christmas,
-jma
MyDeclaration of Faith and Religious Creed
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1. Myname is James M.Atkinson, and I am a Christian, a follower of Jesus=
Christ, and I havebeen aChristian for over 50 years.
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2. Whilemy faith is that ofa Christian, my denomination is best classifi=
ed be a =E2=80=9CProtestantEvangelical=E2=80=9Dand a =E2=80=9CPentecostal C=
hristian=E2=80=9D, under the =E2=80=9CWorld Assemblies of GodFellowship=E2=
=80=9D,which is the world largest Pentecostal body in the World.=20
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HistoricalPoints of Reference
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3. Myfaith and denominationcan be further defined as =E2=80=9CApostolic =
Pentecostal Church=E2=80=9D under the=E2=80=9CApostolicChristian Fellowship=
=E2=80=9D which has a history in the Amish church movementspriorto 1862, an=
d the Amish Mennonite divisions of 1880.=20
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4. Theseall trace back tothe Lutheran Reformation of Christianity in 151=
7, and thence throughCalvinism of1563 to 1564, and the Congregationalist mo=
vement which developed in theUnitedStates in the Colonial Era until the pos=
t World War I spiritualrevivals of late1918 and early 1919.
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5. Priorto the LutheranReformation of 1517, my faith traces to Roman and=
Western Catholicinterpretationof Christianity, and prior to the founding o=
f the Catholic faith by theEmperorConstantine, to the Messianic Jews and Ge=
ntiles in the time of Christ,and theJewish faith prior to the arrival of Je=
sus Christ on Earth.
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6. Withinmy faith and denominationthere have been what are called four g=
reat religious =E2=80=9CAwakenings=E2=80=9D (notincluding the Lutheran Refo=
rmation), the first in 1735, lead byJonathonEdwards of Northampton, Massach=
usetts and English Anglican clericGeorge Whitefieldin 1738 until his death =
in 1770 and then by others through 1784, as thePuritan,Congregationalist, C=
hurch of England and Calvinist followers evolved toa newunderstanding of th=
e gospels and emerged as Methodists (of note is thattheroots of this =E2=80=
=9CFirst Great Awakening=E2=80=9D shaping what would become theFirstAmendme=
nt to the Constitution of the United States, and creating agreat impacton t=
he Originalists who actually authored the Constitution as theyendeavored to=
split church and government).=20
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7. Thisled to the =E2=80=9CSecondAwakening=E2=80=9D which began in 1790,=
at the end of the American Revolution,withnotable growth in the Methodist,=
Presbyterians and Baptist Churches,continuingin the Northern states from 1=
800 until 1840 and emerging as the drivingforcebehind the abolition movemen=
t up to around 1858.=20
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8. TheThird Great Awakeningoccurred in the years after the Civil War (18=
58), up to 1908 and theearly daysof World War One (with evangelist William =
Sunday, for example), with aslightcarry over into the 1930=E2=80=99s throug=
h the use of radio (evangelist AimeeSempleMcPherson, et al).=20
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9. TheFourth GreatAwakening started in the days after the Korean War, an=
d spread untilthe late mid1970=E2=80=99s through ministers such as Billy Gr=
aham, and other modernevangelists whoused the media of television for their=
crusades and revivals.
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10. It isthrough theMethodist Movement of the 1780=E2=80=99s that the moder=
n movement ofPentecostal andEvangelical Christians has taken place, to incl=
ude the modernAssemblies ofGod. It is with the fusion of the Methodist/Pent=
ecostal/Evangelicalmovementsthrough which my grand parents, parents, majori=
ty of my relatives, andmyselfwere all raised, educated and trained.
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CoreStructure of My Faith and Religious Exercises
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11. Ibelieve in one God, theFather, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth=
, of all that is seenandunseen.
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12. Ibelieve that there isonly one God, eternally existent in three persons=
or entities at thesame time:Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
=20
13. Ibelieve in the deity ofour Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in =
His sinless life, in Hismiracles, in His vicarious and atoning death throug=
h His shed blood, inHisbodily resurrection, in His bodily ascension to the =
right hand of theFather/God,and in His personal return in power and glory.
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14. Ibelieve in one Lord,Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begot=
ten of the Father,God fromGod, light from light, true God from true God, be=
gotten, not made, onein Beingwith the Father. For us and for our salvation =
he came down from heaven,and thepower of the Holy Spirit he was born of the=
Virgin Mary and throughthis God becameman.
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15. Iworship one God inTrinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding t=
he persons, nordividingthe substance.
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16. Ibelieve that there isone Person of the Father, another of the Son, and=
another of the HolySpirit.But the godhead of the Father, of the Son, and o=
f the Holy Spirit, isall one,the glory equal, and the majesty co-eternal.
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17. Ibelieve that such asthe Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Ho=
ly Spirit. The Fatheruncreated, the Son uncreated, and the Holy Spirit uncr=
eated. The Fatherincomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy S=
piritincomprehensible.
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18. Ibelieve Father eternal,the Son eternal, and the Holy Spirit eternal. A=
nd yet they are notthreeeternals, but one Eternal. As also there are not th=
reeincomprehensibles, northree uncreated, but one Uncreated, and one Incomp=
rehensible. Solikewise theFather is Almighty, the Son Almighty, and the Hol=
y Spirit Almighty. Andyetthey are not three almighties, but one Almighty. S=
o the Father is God,the Sonis God, and the Holy Spirit is God. And yet they=
are not three gods,but oneGod. So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lor=
d, and the Holy SpiritLord,not three lords, but one Lord. For as I am compe=
lled by the Christianfaith toacknowledge each Person by Himself to be both =
God and Lord, so I amalsoforbidden by my faith to say that there are three =
gods or three lords.TheFather is made of none, neither created, nor begotte=
n. The Son is ofthe Fatheralone, not made, nor created, but begotten. The H=
oly Spirit is of theFather,neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but pro=
ceeding. So there isoneFather, not three fathers; one Son, not three sons; =
one Holy Spirit,not threeholy spirits.
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19. Ibelieve that in theTrinity none is before or after another; none is gr=
eater or less thananother,but all three Persons are co-eternal together and=
co-equal. So that inallthings, as is aforesaid, the Unity in Trinity and t=
he Trinity in Unityis to beworshipped.
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20. Ibelieve that our LordJesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and man; God=
, of the substance oftheFather, begotten before the worlds; and man of the =
substance of hismother,born in the world; perfect God and perfect man, of a=
rational soul andhumanflesh subsisting. Equal to the Father, as touching H=
is godhead; andinferior tothe Father, as touching His manhood; who, althoug=
h He is God and man,yet he isnot two, but one Christ; one, not by conversio=
n of the godhead intoflesh butby taking of the manhood into God; one altoge=
ther; not by confusion ofsubstance, but by unity of person. For as the rati=
onal soul and fleshis oneman, so God and man is one Christ; who suffered fo=
r our salvation,descendedinto hell, rose again the third day from the dead.
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21. Ibelieve that for oursake Jesus Christ was crucified under Pontius Pila=
te; that he suffered,diedand was buried. On the third day that he rose agai=
n in fulfillment oftheScriptures; that he ascended into heaven and is seate=
d at the righthand of theFather, and that he will come again in glory to ju=
dge the living andthe dead,and his kingdom will have no end.
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22. Ibelieve in the HolySpirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds f=
rom the Father (andtheSon); who with the Father and the Son is worshiped an=
d glorified; whohasspoken through the disciples and prophets, and this same=
Holy Spiritwith whichmodern day Christians are baptized with, and which is=
indwelling withinthem.
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23. Ibelieve that there isonly one universal Christian Church, although it =
is known by manynames,creeds, divisions, denominations, variations, interpr=
etations, rituals,expressions and understandings, that it is still only one=
Church,created byChrist himself by his dispatching 84 disciples described =
in Luke 10:1.
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24. Ibelieve that there isone baptism, in the name of the Father, and of th=
e Son, and of the HolyGhost.
=20
25. Ibelieve that that God,the Father entered into a new covenant of forgiv=
eness with mankind uponthesacrifice and death of his Son Jesus Christ, as a=
means of grace andeverlasting life, and the resurrection.
=20
26. Ibelieve that for the salvationof lost and sinful people, regeneration =
by the Holy Spirit isabsolutelyessential.
=20
27. Ibelieve in theSalvation of the lost and sinful through the shedding of=
the blood ofJesusChrist by faith apart from works.
=20
28. Ibelieve in Salvation byfaith and grace alone, through the shedding of =
the blood and theSacrifice ofJesus Christ, and not in deeds of men.
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29. Ibelieve in the presentministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling =
the Christian isenabled tolive a godly life.
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30. Ibelieve in the resurrectionof both the saved and the lost; they that a=
re saved unto theresurrection ofeternal life, but they that are lost unto t=
he resurrection of eternaldamnation.
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31. Ibelieve in thespiritual unity of all believers in our Lord Jesus Chris=
t, the Church,and theBody of Christ, to share in Christ=E2=80=99s baptism, =
and to eat at his table,and tojoin him in his passion and victory.
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32. Ibelieve in Baptism inWater, as a Holy Sacrament, and in Communion with=
Christ through thisbaptism.
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33. Ibelieve that Christ hasinstructed his followers to eat bread and to dr=
ink wine in remembranceof himand that this is one of the many Holy Sacramen=
ts of being a Christian.
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34. Ibelieve that JesusChrist promises to all who trust in him, full forgiv=
eness of sins andfullnessof grace, courage in the struggle for justice and =
peace, his presencein trialand rejoicing, and eternal life in his kingdom w=
hich has no end.
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35. Ibelieve the Bible andHoly Scriptures to be the inspired by God, the on=
ly infallible,authoritativeWord of God, divinely inspired, infallible, enti=
rely trustworthy; andthesupreme authority in all matters of faith and condu=
ct.
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36. Ibelieve that the HolyBible referred to the =E2=80=9CKing James Version=
=E2=80=9D is merely a sub-set of thewritingsour faith and doctrine, and tha=
t the King James Version is incomplete,and thatto fully grasp the true tena=
nts of our faith, we must reach downthroughhistory and study the various ve=
rsion of the Holy Bible they predatethe KingJames version of 1611, to inclu=
de the Mathews Bible, the WycliffeBibles, thevarious Geneva Bibles (actuall=
y carried by the early AmericanColonists), andthe versions that reach back =
through time to the historical documentsat thejuncture of the founding of t=
he Church, and thence to continue backthroughtime to the period of time whe=
re Christ still walked the Earth, and hisdisciples and Apostles described w=
hat they experienced in their ownwritingsand recollections, and then to pas=
s before the time of Christ toexamine thedocuments of the Babylonian Exile =
of the Kingdom of Judah, and thedocumentsthat predate the Exile, all the wa=
y backwards in time to the point thescriptures (Holy Writings) were being w=
ritten down for the first time,wellbefore the time of Christ.
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37. Ibelieve that the HolyBible is not merely a single book, but rather a c=
ollection of sacredwritings,by multiple authors, written and collected over=
a span of manythousands ofyears. There are books on the Holy Bible that ar=
e historical in nature,booksabout law, and religious practices, books of po=
etry, or propheticmatters, andeven of politics, philosophy, and other matte=
rs.
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38. Ibelieve that the Bibleis divinely inspired, and that in the writings t=
hat compromise the NewTestament are the words and direct commands of Christ=
are recorded.=20
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39. Further,that the wordsof Christ found in the New Testament provide spec=
ific commands to thedisciplesand Apostles of Christ and followers of Christ=
. Additionally, thatChristcommanded his followers to do very specific thing=
s to communicate toothers andto teach as they are able, and to directly con=
tribute their abilitiesto thispursuit with such talent or abilities they ma=
y possess.
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40. Ibelieve that =E2=80=9CGod soloved the world, that he gave his only beg=
otten Son, that whosoeverbelieves inhim should not perish, but have everlas=
ting life=E2=80=9D (John 3:16).
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41. Ibelieve in the GreatCommission of Jesus Christ to his followers as dir=
ectly articulated anddescribedin Matthew 28:16=E2=80=9320, Mark 16:14=E2=80=
=9318, Luke 24:44=E2=80=9349, and John 20:19=E2=80=9323.
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42. Ibelieve that Christiansare compassionate, because they have been shown=
compassion by God, andin linewith the instructions of Christ, this compass=
ion towards one another isa basictenant of my faith, and compassion is one =
of my essential skills as aChristian.
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43. Ibelieve that ourCountry was founded by Christians, and that they integ=
rated their faithintothe Constitution of the United States and into the ori=
ginal intent oftheConstitution of the United States, to include the First A=
mendment totheConstitution to the United States which guarantees all Americ=
ans theunqualified and free exercise of their religion and the faith of the=
irchoosing, and to permit the belief or faith, rituals, and actions takenin=
thispursuit to be incorporated against the states and local governments by=
operationof the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United Stat=
es.
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44. Ibelieve that due to theFree Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to =
the Constitution of theUnitedStates that neither the Federal Government nor=
any state or localgovernment,or anyone acting under the color of law may i=
n any way make or enforceany law,rule, regulation, custom, ruling, or pract=
ice that may in any wayinfringe uponmy faith as a Christian, or upon any ot=
her faith or any other U.S.Citizen.=20
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45. I am aChristian, I am aProud American and that I only bend my knee when=
it is time to pray,and it isupon our collective knees, in prayer that this=
county was founded.
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46. Ourleaders, back in thedays of our founding knew the value of a bent kn=
ee, and a whisperedprayer, andthe heavens thundered as they petitioned God,=
on those bent knees.
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47. Inshort, I am aChristian, American, and a Disabled Veteran (in that ord=
er), and I willnot bedenied the Free Exercise of my faith.
Which then invokesthe following:
Declarationof Rights under the First, Second, and Fourteenth Amendment to t=
heConstitutionof the United States, in regards to the Constitutional Protec=
tions onthe FreeExercise of Religion under the =E2=80=9CStrict Scrutiny=E2=
=80=9D Doctrine.=20
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1. Thisdocument is to declare my First Amendment rights and protections =
undertheConstitution of the United States and in how these rights crossover=
,articulateand intertwine with my Second and Fourteenth Amendment rights, a=
s itapplies tome specifically, and to the People of the United States in ge=
neral.Thusly,strict scrutiny much be applied.
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2. Iwas born into a Christian family, to Christian parents, who themselv=
eshadChristian parents, as were their parents before them.=20
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3. Iwas raised in and embraced the Christian Faith, I was educated in th=
efaith,and have consciously adopted the Christian faith as a child and also=
asanadult.
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4. Iwas dedicated, and baptized as a young man, and strive to follow the=
teachingsof Christ both in my personal life, and in my professional life.
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5. TheChristian religion that I have chosen to embrace requires that the=
Bible beinterpreted in the literal sense, and not in a metaphorical orfigur=
ativesense. Thus, when Jesus Christ gives specific instructions to hisdisci=
ples andfollowers, we take this as his specific literal commands.
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6. Asa Christian, I believe that God created a human, into which he plac=
edhis owndivinity and person so that God himself took on the biological bod=
y ofa =E2=80=9Conly begotten=E2=80=9Dhuman, so that he (God) could offer hi=
mself as a sacrifice for theatonement ofman-kind, but to those members of m=
an-kind how would willingly acceptthisatonement, and the entering of a Seco=
nd Covenant or agreement with God,toreplace or amend the original Covenant =
that God had made with Abraham.This isa basic tenant in all major variation=
s of the Christian faith, that Godbecameman, and sacrificed himself to vaca=
te the original sacrifice basedconventbetween God and Abraham, and to conve=
rt the sacrifice based=E2=80=9Cconsideration=E2=80=9D (touse proper legal c=
ontract terminology), into a =E2=80=9Cby Grace alone=E2=80=9Dcovenant or =
=E2=80=9Cbyfaith alone depending on the Christian sub-denomination dogma aC=
hristian maychoose to embrace.
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=E2=80=9CForGod so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, tha=
twhosoeverbelieveth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.=E2=
=80=9D (John3:16,KJV)
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7. Asall mainstream variations of the Jewish and Christian faith recogni=
ze apointof origin of the faith at the juncture of the Abrahamic covenants =
astheGenesis of the Abrahamic Religions of both Judaism and all variationso=
fChristianity, as well as part of the Islamic Dogma. This Abrahamicseries o=
fCovenants are defined in the Pentateuch and Torah, which is to say thebook=
s ofGenesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Number, and Deuteronomy in the Holy Bible.T=
hesebooks are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, as theyar=
e toovoluminous to include to this document and are instead included as ado=
cumentattachment.
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8. Further,in the Book of Jeremiah (versus 31:30-33), the Prophet Jeremi=
ah statesthat a=E2=80=9Cnew covenant=E2=80=9D between God and his followers=
would take place as finalfulfillment of the Old Covenant described in the =
first five books ofthe bible.In turn, that both the Old and New Covenant we=
re established with theHouse ofIsrael, through the House of David, and with=
in the Tribe of Judah (2Samuel 7:8-19and Luke 1:68-78).
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9. Myfaith recognized that the New Covenant was established at the LastS=
upper asChrist performing the first Eucharist with him saying =E2=80=9Cthis=
cup that ispouredout for you is the new covenant in my blood" (Luke 22:20)=
.
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10. Inthe tenants of my faith, I/we believe that Jesus Christ had anancestr=
allineage back to King David, and through the House of David (though thegen=
eticline of his biological mother Mary and her family, who were of thetribe=
ofJudah, direct descendant of King David), to the Israelite tribe ofJudah.=
Further, that Jesus Christ/God created a =E2=80=9Cnew tribe of Israel=E2=80=
=9D whowould followthe teachings of Christ, the Disciples, the Apostles, an=
d the Christianfaithand denominations as a whole.
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11. Inchurch, and through my family I was taught the Old and New Testament =
oftheHoly Bible and as a child I was a student of the Gospels to include th=
eGospelsof Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John. I thus recognize and assert thefol=
lowing:
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a. Jesus Christ commanded hisfollowers tobe well armed:
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"Hesaid to them, 'But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag;and =
ifyou don't have a sword, sell your cloak and buy one'" (Luke22:36, KJV).
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b. In the NASB translation andinterpretation, the same scripture reads s=
lightly differently, but withasimilar meaning as:=20
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=E2=80=9CBut now, whoever has a moneybelt isto take it along, likewise also=
a bag, and whoever has no sword is tosell hiscoat and buy one.=E2=80=9D (L=
uke 22:36 NASB)
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c. Jesus Christ himself not onlypersonally supported the keeping and bea=
ring of arms, but Christhimself wasactually armed:=20
=20
=E2=80=9CI come not to bring peace,but tobring a sword" (Matthew 10:34, KJV=
)
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d. Thus,Jesus Christ himself, not merely commanded his followers to be a=
rmed,but byhis own statement and testimony he, himself was also armed.
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e. Once Apostles had learned thelesson oftrusting in God in their early =
missionary training and assignments=E2=80=9CCarryneither purse, nor scrip, =
nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.=E2=80=9D(Luke 10:4,KJV),they were =
to be prepared to defend themselves in the future as theytravelledthrough d=
angerous areas to take the gospel to the whole world.
=20
f. In the New Testament, there isanaccount that when Christ was to be a=
rrested by the religious police(not theRomans) before he was crucified, tha=
t the disciples used arms in ordertodefend him.
=20
"Then Peter, who had asword,drew it and struck the high priest's servant, c=
utting off his rightear. Jesuscommanded Peter, 'Put your sword away! Shall =
I not drink the cup theFather hasgiven me?'" (John 18:10-11, KJV).
=20
=20
g. Jesus allowed Simon Peter tohave theswords both before and after this=
incident. The problem was not thatdefendingsomeone is wrong; the problem w=
as that it was inappropriate at thistime sinceJesus wanted to sacrifice him=
self and die for our sins (Mark 10:45).
=20
"'Putyour sword back in its place,' Jesus said to him, 'for all who draw th=
eswordwill die by the sword'" (Matthew 26:52, KJV).
=20
=20
h. Again, Jesus did notnecessarilycondemn possessing or using the sword =
(the keeping and bearing ofarms). Hetold Simon Peter to put it back in its =
scabbard, but not to get rid ofit. WhatJesus is saying is that anyone who f=
ought during that specificconfrontation riskedhis life in doing as Christ=
=E2=80=99s submission (and thus Gods submission) tohissacrifice was already=
ordained, and process that could not beinterfered with.
=20
i. As biblical scripturedemonstrates thatJesus Christ required that his=
disciples, Apostles, and followers to bearmed, thenas a Christian I am als=
o compelled by the commands of Christ, by myfaith andreligious beliefs to a=
lso be suitably armed.=20
=20
j. Religious civil liberties areclearly guaranteedby the First Amendmen=
t to the United States Constitution and inturn by the Fourteenth Amendment,=
and provide for a federally protected Constitutional right upon whichtheCom=
monwealth of Massachusetts (or any other state) is prohibited toinfringe.=
=20
=20
k. Civil liberties which involvethe rightto keep and bear arms, are clea=
rly guaranteed by the Second Amendmentto theUnited States Constitution and =
inturn by the Fourteenth Amendment,and provide for a federally protected ri=
ght upon which the CommonwealthofMassachusetts (or any other state) is proh=
ibited to infringe.=20
=20
l. In the case of both the Firstand theSecond Amendment to the Constitu=
tion of the United States the SupremeCourt hasmade it well settled that no =
state may infringe upon the freedom ofspeech, norof faith, nor of arms.
=20
m. Thus, the First Amendmentcrosses overand articulates with the Second Am=
endment to the Constitution of theUnitedStates, and is made Applicable agai=
nst the States by operation andarticulationwith the Fourteenth Amendment to=
the Constitution of the United States.
=20
n. Additionally, as thesebiblicalcommandments (from Jesus Christ of Naza=
reth himself) predate theformation ofthe Constitution of theUnited States, =
and were incorporatedinto the minds and intentions of the signatories of th=
e Constitution oftheUnited States,and into the minds and intentions of the =
colonial era Congress and theoriginalfounders of this nation.
=20
o. While I am a very gentle,thoughtful,and compassionate Christian, I al=
so recognize that there are times whenit isonly appropriate to use arms, bu=
t that this must be done with greatrestraintand only as a last resort.
=20
p. It is notable that theChristianreligion and thus the teachings and com=
mandments of Jesus Christ areinherentlyassumed and implicitly present in th=
e Constitution of theUnited States.
=20
q. Indeed, according the Strong=E2=80=99sExhaustiveConcordance of the Bi=
ble written by James Strong (based of the KingJamesVersion of 1611) swords =
are mentioned 469 times in the bible, knivesarementioned 5 times, daggers 3=
times, armor 24 times, and arrows 57times.=20
=20
r. In Vines CompleteExpositoryDictionary by W.E. Vine it is explained t=
hat the Ancient Hebrewword forsword is hereb and that this word ispresent a=
s a weapon of warfare in the Semitic language to includeAramaic,Syriac, Akk=
adian, Arabiac, and other languages of the region and timeperiod ofboth the=
Old Testament and New Testament of the Holy Bible. The generaldescription =
of a sword or hereb is ofa two handed, long two-edged implement that is lon=
ger than a dagger orknife.Indeed, in the book of Judges in 3:16 a dagger is=
stated to be up toroughly 24inches long, or equivalent to a Roman short sw=
ord or modern bayonet.
=20
s. Additionally, in Vines,underthe Ancient Greek versions of the New Tes=
tament there is reference tothe swordas either a machaira (short sword orda=
gger of 18 to 24 inches) or rhomphaia(long sword, in excess of 24 inches).
=20
t. The United States Constitution containsa direct reference to Jesus C=
hrist.=20
=20
i. "Donein Convention by t=
he Unanimous Consent of the States present theSeventeenthDay of September i=
n the Year of our Lord one thousand sevenhundred andEighty seven and of the=
Independence of the United States of AmericatheTwelfth...."
=20
u. As the framers of theConstitution stronglyembraced religious neutrali=
ty andreligious freedoms and protections in regards to the practicing of bo=
thChristian and non-Christian faiths, they nonetheless based the MilitiaCla=
use,and the Second Amendment partiallyupon the direct commandants of JesusC=
hrist. This is of particular importance as it convincinglydemonstrates thei=
ntentions of the framers in regards to their own religious beliefs inregard=
sto arms, self-defense, and the defense of others.
=20
v. Thus, any infringement orrestraintupon my right to keep and to bear a=
rms is not only a violation anddeprivationof my rights under the Second Ame=
ndment to theConstitution of theUnited States, but as such it is aninfringe=
ment that impairs my ability to follow the commandments ofChrist, andthe in=
fringement of my right to keep and bear arms also interferes withmyFirst Am=
endment rights in regards to the practicing and free exerciseof myfaith of =
my choosing and forms a deprivation of this right.
=20
w. To be very direct and concise,I keepand bear arms not only because it i=
s a right acknowledged by theConstitutionof the United States (and by those=
documents which predate theConstitution),but I also keep and bear arms as =
a requirement of my faith, and for thedefenseof my country, and for the def=
ense of my home, for my own personaldefense, andfor other lawful pursuits s=
uch as hunting, target shooting, firearmscompetitions, and training with ar=
ms, and training others in regards toarms.
=20
x. In Sherbertv. Verner, 374 U.S. 398 (1963) theSupreme Court required s=
tates to meet the "strictscrutiny"standard when refusing to accommodate rel=
igiously motivated conduct.This meansthat a government must have a "compell=
ing interest" regardingsuch a refusal. The case involved Adele Sherbert, wh=
o was deniedunemploymentbenefits by South Carolina because she refused to w=
ork on Saturdays,somethingforbidden by her Seventh-day Adventist faith.=20
=20
y. In Wisconsinv. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972) theCourt ruled that a law th=
at "undulyburdens the practice of religion" without a compelling interest,e=
venthough it might be "neutral on its face," would be unconstitutional.
=20
z. The need for a compellinginterestwas narrowed in Employment Division =
v.Smith, 494 U.S. 872 (1990) whichheld no such interest was required undert=
he Free Exercise Clause regarding a law that does not target aparticularrel=
igious practice.=20
=20
aa. In Churchof Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah, 508 U.S. 520 (1993) =
theSupreme Court ruled Hialeah had passed anordinance banning ritual slaugh=
ter, a practice central to the Santer=C3=ADareligion, while providing excep=
tions for some practices such as thekosherslaughter. Since the ordinance wa=
s not "generally applicable," theCourt ruled that it needed to have a compe=
lling interest, which itfailed tohave, and so was declared unconstitutional=
.
=20
bb. As the right to keep and tobear armsis a federally protected right, and=
federal statues already provideslimitations upon those right as to who may=
not possess arms (forexample,citizens adjudged insane or adjudged to be fe=
lons are not allowedaccess toarms), and who is forbidden to possess arms, a=
nd how they may beacquired, the Commonwealthof Massachusetts thus has no co=
mpelling interest, reason, or causetoimpose restrictions beyond those alrea=
dy present in federal statue andenforcedby the Federal Government.
=20
cc. Further, as there is nofederal licenserequired to keep and bear arms, =
and the right to arms is a federallyprotectedact (by virtue of the Constitu=
tion of theUnited States), any state would gravelyerr in confecting any lic=
ensing scheme in regards to arms as any act oflicensure is by its very natu=
re an infringement upon a right.=20
=20
dd. In association with this, theCommonwealth of Massachusetts unlawfully i=
mposes criminal sanctionsupon a U.S.Citizen who has lawfully obtained a fir=
earm, and who lawfully possessesitinside their home, but who has not been g=
iven state permission to doso, whichis a direct and very grave infringement=
upon the Constitutional rightsof theotherwise law abiding citizen.
=20
i. Itis also clear that un=
der Federal law there is no process to apply,obtain, begranted, or to seek =
any form of licensing of arms by U.S. Citizens.While anexport license is ne=
eded to export arms, and certain arms require afederal license(FFL) to oper=
ate a business to sell primarily firearms on a retailbasis, thereis no actu=
al license required to merely possess arms.=20
ii. Thereare provisions unde=
r federal law for certain arms to involve a transfertax ortransfer stamp, b=
ut these do not grant an actual license to own, tokeep, or tocarry or bear =
as such a license is Constitutionally forbidden under the2ndAmendment.=20
iii. Therefore,as the Federal=
government is specifically enjoined from theinfringement uponthe =E2=80=9C=
right of the people to keep and bear arms=E2=80=9D so to are theindividuals=
tates.
iv. Nostate is permitted to h=
ave any law that in any way interferes with lawabidingcitizens from keeping=
and bearing arms for lawful activities, and themomentthat any state passes=
into law any such infringing statute or ruling,it automaticallyceases to e=
xist as of the moment of its creation through theNullificationDoctrine of t=
he Supreme Court of the United States.
v. Further,through the Super=
iority Clause of the Constitution of the UnitedStates, nostate, city or cou=
nty court, and certainly no other court is permittedto rulecontrary to the =
rulings of the Supreme Court of the United States, andwhen anycourt is actu=
ally suffering from a paucity of common sense, but anabundance ofstupidity,=
the rulings of that state or country court may be utterlyignored bythe cit=
izen, with both impunity and immunity.
=20
ee. As the Supreme Court in Hellerstates that in the modern day we must lo=
ok back to the origination oftheConstitution and the Second Amendment to se=
e what modern arms wereregarded asat the time of the ratification of the Co=
nstitution and Bill of Rights.Thusthe Supreme Court defines that the arms p=
rotected under the 2ndAmendment as a personal right included not merely tho=
se militaryweapons incommon use at the time of the ratification, but that i=
t must reachforward intime, and protect the modern arms used by a modern ar=
my, and this theSecondAmendment as incorporated against the state by the 14=
thAmendmentpreserves the right to keep and bear a modern M16 or M4 or other=
weaponssystem, and no court is allowed to rule contrary to this ruling of t=
heSupremeCourt.
=20
ff. As the Supreme Court requiresthat whena privilege, immunity, or right=
is ratified into law or otherwiseadopted thatin the present day we must re=
ach back in time to the time of theratification.=20
=20
i. AsJesus Christ commande=
d that his followers be armed with swords, and inturnswords were the primar=
y individual weapons of the Roman Legions at thetime,and =E2=80=9Cmodern we=
apons=E2=80=9D of the day.=20
ii. Thusly,the =E2=80=9Cswor=
ds=E2=80=9D which Jesus Christ commanded his followers to purchase andtocar=
ry is a right protected by the First Amendment to the Constitutionof theUni=
ted States, in which he commanded his followers to obtain and carrymilitary=
weapons for personal defense and security.
iii. Asthe Supreme Court in H=
eller requires a=E2=80=9Clook back=E2=80=9D thenwe must regard the commandm=
ent of Christ to include not only swords,but alsomodern arms to include the=
M4/M16, the M21, and all arms that can becarried bea single person (the ke=
y being that the individual must be able to=E2=80=9Cbear arms=E2=80=9D)as t=
his confines the definition to arms suitable for individual use asopposedto=
crew served weapons.
iv. Toput it succinctly; the =
commandments of Christ in regards to the 2ndAmendment are incorporated agai=
nst the states by way of the 14thAmendment and articulated with the 1st Ame=
ndment protectionsof theFree Exercise of religion.
v. TheChristian faith, throu=
gh the words of their recognized leader (JesusChrist),compel those follower=
s to keep and the bear arms=E2=80=A6 including the keepingandbearing the mo=
st modern of arms.
vi. Italso bears mention that=
under Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 272,Section36 that the words of G=
od, the Bible, and the words and commandments ofJesusChrist are not to be q=
uestioned, reproached, exposed to ridicule,contempt, ordisobeyed.
=20
=E2=80=9CSection36. Whoever wilfully blasphemes the holy name of God by den=
ying,cursing orcontumeliously reproaching God, his creation, government or =
finaljudging ofthe world, or by cursing or contumeliously reproaching Jesus=
Christ orthe HolyGhost, or by cursing or contumeliously reproaching or exp=
osing tocontempt andridicule, the holy word of God contained in the holy sc=
riptures shallbepunished by imprisonment in jail for not more than one year=
or by afine of notmore than three hundred dollars, and may also be bound t=
o goodbehavior.=E2=80=9D
=20
vii. Asthis court must obey the=
laws of the state, then it must accept the=E2=80=9CWord ofGod=E2=80=9D as =
it is stated, or it commits a criminal act that includes apenalty of finesa=
nd imprisonment.
viii. As the Commonwealth ofMass=
achusettshas passed a criminal statute against Blasphemy, this court must a=
cceptunquestionably the Word of God as superior to the Laws of theCommonwea=
lth ofMassachusetts. The court thus must accept that the =E2=80=9CWord of G=
od=E2=80=9D asproglamatedin the Holy Bible (King James version of 1611, or =
the Geneva Biblesbefore it)as law, and of an authority that exceeds the aut=
hority of the state, ortheministers of the state.
ix. Asthe First Amendment pro=
tects the free exercise of the fundamentaltenants of myfaith and religion o=
f my choosing, and Massachusetts General Law,Chapter 272,Section 36 restric=
ts all courts in the interpretation of the scripture,or toclaim that they d=
o not represent what they in fact represent.=20
x. Inturn the Supreme Court=
has incorporated the 1st and 2ndAmendments against the states, and in turn=
the Supreme Court hasprotected theexercise of my faith, which requires the=
possession and carrying modernarms.
xi. AsI need no permission, l=
icense, or permit to be a Christian, or toattend thechurch of my choosing, =
to operate a printing press, to write or publishpoems,or to obtain, possess=
and carry arms of my choosing.
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From: James M. Atkinson <j..._at_tscm.com><br>
To: TSCM-L Professionals List <tsc..._at_googlegroups.com><br>
Sent: Mon, Dec 5, 2016 3:40 pm<br>
Subject: [TSCM-L] {6693} Just in Case You Are Interested - Declaration of F=
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So, at least once a year, I like to make the following post to each of
the lists that I own, so that people understand my position on certain
topics, and to be quite candid, if you have a negative opinion of me
doing this, or you have "issues" with what the message contains, I
quite honestly do not care. Oh, one other thing, I am also an ordained
minister (the legal terms is "Minister of the Gospel") and I can
legally perform weddings, perform communion, lead services, visit the
sick and so on. I am not a tremendously powerful leader or religious
figure, and I do admit that I have an abundance of faults, but I can be
rather effective in certain area of my faith, and I do wield an
effective amount of authority to "get things done within my constraints
of my Commission" Granted, I am really good with TSCM, TEMPEST,
NONSTOP, technical security, computer forensics, cyberoperations,
computer programming, and technical things like mechanical and
electronic engineering, but I do have other skill sets that you might
not expect unless you have known me for quite a while. Yep, being a
Christian Minister (and Chaplain) is one of those things, that you
might not expect. So, once or twice a year I post my Declaration of
Faith, to the various LISTSERVs or mailing lists that I own and
operate, or where I am the chief moderator.<br>
<br>
Merry Christmas,<br>
<br>
-jma<br>
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<br>
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<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an"; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">My
Declaration of Faith and Religious Creed</span></b></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>1.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-=
size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norma=
l; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">My
name is James M.
Atkinson, and I am a Christian, a follower of Jesus Christ, and I have
been a
Christian for over 50 years.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>2.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-=
size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norma=
l; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">While
my faith is that of
a Christian, my denomination is best classified be a =E2=80=9CProtestant
Evangelical=E2=80=9D
and a =E2=80=9CPentecostal Christian=E2=80=9D, under the =E2=80=9CWorld Ass=
emblies of God
Fellowship=E2=80=9D,
which is the world largest Pentecostal body in the World. </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an"; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">Historical
Points of Reference</span></b></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>3.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-=
size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norma=
l; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">My
faith and denomination
can be further defined as =E2=80=9CApostolic Pentecostal Church=E2=80=9D un=
der the
=E2=80=9CApostolic
Christian Fellowship=E2=80=9D which has a history in the Amish church movem=
ents
prior
to 1862, and the Amish Mennonite divisions of 1880. </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>4.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-=
size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norma=
l; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">These
all trace back to
the Lutheran Reformation of Christianity in 1517, and thence through
Calvinism of
1563 to 1564, and the Congregationalist movement which developed in the
United
States in the Colonial Era until the post World War I spiritual
revivals of late
1918 and early 1919.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>5.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-=
size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norma=
l; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">Prior
to the Lutheran
Reformation of 1517, my faith traces to Roman and Western Catholic
interpretation
of Christianity, and prior to the founding of the Catholic faith by the
Emperor
Constantine, to the Messianic Jews and Gentiles in the time of Christ,
and the
Jewish faith prior to the arrival of Jesus Christ on Earth.</span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>6.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
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l; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">Within
my faith and denomination
there have been what are called four great religious =E2=80=9CAwakenings=E2=
=80=9D (not
including the Lutheran Reformation), the first in 1735, lead by
Jonathon
Edwards of Northampton, Massachusetts and English Anglican cleric
George Whitefield
in 1738 until his death in 1770 and then by others through 1784, as the
Puritan,
Congregationalist, Church of England and Calvinist followers evolved to
a new
understanding of the gospels and emerged as Methodists (of note is that
the
roots of this =E2=80=9CFirst Great Awakening=E2=80=9D shaping what would be=
come the
First
Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and creating a
great impact
on the Originalists who actually authored the Constitution as they
endeavored to
split church and government). </span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>7.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-=
size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norma=
l; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">This
led to the =E2=80=9CSecond
Awakening=E2=80=9D which began in 1790, at the end of the American Revoluti=
on,
with
notable growth in the Methodist, Presbyterians and Baptist Churches,
continuing
in the Northern states from 1800 until 1840 and emerging as the driving
force
behind the abolition movement up to around 1858. </span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>8.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-=
size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norma=
l; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">The
Third Great Awakening
occurred in the years after the Civil War (1858), up to 1908 and the
early days
of World War One (with evangelist William Sunday, for example), with a
slight
carry over into the 1930=E2=80=99s through the use of radio (evangelist Aim=
ee
Semple
McPherson, <i>et al</i>). </span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>9.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-=
size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norma=
l; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">The
Fourth Great
Awakening started in the days after the Korean War, and spread until
the late mid
1970=E2=80=99s through ministers such as Billy Graham, and other modern
evangelists who
used the media of television for their crusades and revivals.</span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>10.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">It is
through the
Methodist Movement of the 1780=E2=80=99s that the modern movement of
Pentecostal and
Evangelical Christians has taken place, to include the modern
Assemblies of
God. It is with the fusion of the Methodist/Pentecostal/Evangelical
movements
through which my grand parents, parents, majority of my relatives, and
myself
were all raised, educated and trained.</span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an"; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">Core
Structure of My Faith and Religious Exercises</span></b></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>11.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
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al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe in one God, the
Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen
and
unseen.</span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>12.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe that there is
only one God, eternally existent in three persons or entities at the
same time:
Father, Son and Holy Spirit.</span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>13.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe in the deity of
our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His
miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in
His
bodily resurrection, in His bodily ascension to the right hand of the
Father/God,
and in His personal return in power and glory.</span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>14.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe in one Lord,
Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father,
God from
God, light from light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one
in Being
with the Father. For us and for our salvation he came down from heaven,
and the
power of the Holy Spirit he was born of the Virgin Mary and through
this God became
man.</span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>15.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
worship one God in
Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the persons, nor
dividing
the substance.</span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>16.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe that there is
one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy
Spirit.
But the godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, is
all one,
the glory equal, and the majesty co-eternal.</span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>17.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe that such as
the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Spirit. The Father
uncreated, the Son uncreated, and the Holy Spirit uncreated. The Father
incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Spirit
incomprehensible.</span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>18.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
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-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe Father eternal,
the Son eternal, and the Holy Spirit eternal. And yet they are not
three
eternals, but one Eternal. As also there are not three
incomprehensibles, nor
three uncreated, but one Uncreated, and one Incomprehensible. So
likewise the
Father is Almighty, the Son Almighty, and the Holy Spirit Almighty. And
yet
they are not three almighties, but one Almighty. So the Father is God,
the Son
is God, and the Holy Spirit is God. And yet they are not three gods,
but one
God. So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, and the Holy Spirit
Lord,
not three lords, but one Lord. For as I am compelled by the Christian
faith to
acknowledge each Person by Himself to be both God and Lord, so I am
also
forbidden by my faith to say that there are three gods or three lords.
The
Father is made of none, neither created, nor begotten. The Son is of
the Father
alone, not made, nor created, but begotten. The Holy Spirit is of the
Father,
neither made, nor created, nor begotten, but proceeding. So there is
one
Father, not three fathers; one Son, not three sons; one Holy Spirit,
not three
holy spirits.</span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>19.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe that in the
Trinity none is before or after another; none is greater or less than
another,
but all three Persons are co-eternal together and co-equal. So that in
all
things, as is aforesaid, the Unity in Trinity and the Trinity in Unity
is to be
worshipped.</span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>20.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
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-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe that our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God and man; God, of the substance of
the
Father, begotten before the worlds; and man of the substance of his
mother,
born in the world; perfect God and perfect man, of a rational soul and
human
flesh subsisting. Equal to the Father, as touching His godhead; and
inferior to
the Father, as touching His manhood; who, although He is God and man,
yet he is
not two, but one Christ; one, not by conversion of the godhead into
flesh but
by taking of the manhood into God; one altogether; not by confusion of
substance, but by unity of person. For as the rational soul and flesh
is one
man, so God and man is one Christ; who suffered for our salvation,
descended
into hell, rose again the third day from the dead.</span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>21.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
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-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe that for our
sake Jesus Christ was crucified under Pontius Pilate; that he suffered,
died
and was buried. On the third day that he rose again in fulfillment of
the
Scriptures; that he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right
hand of the
Father, and that he will come again in glory to judge the living and
the dead,
and his kingdom will have no end.</span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>22.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
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-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe in the Holy
Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father (and
the
Son); who with the Father and the Son is worshiped and glorified; who
has
spoken through the disciples and prophets, and this same Holy Spirit
with which
modern day Christians are baptized with, and which is indwelling within
them.</span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>23.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
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al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe that there is
only one universal Christian Church, although it is known by many
names,
creeds, divisions, denominations, variations, interpretations, rituals,
expressions and understandings, that it is still only one Church,
created by
Christ himself by his dispatching 84 disciples described in Luke 10:1.</spa=
n></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>24.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe that there is
one baptism, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost.</span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>25.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe that that God,
the Father entered into a new covenant of forgiveness with mankind upon
the
sacrifice and death of his Son Jesus Christ, as a means of grace and
everlasting life, and the resurrection.</span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>26.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
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al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe that for the salvation
of lost and sinful people, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is
absolutely
essential.</span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>27.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
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al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe in the
Salvation of the lost and sinful through the shedding of the blood of
Jesus
Christ by faith apart from works.</span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>28.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
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-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe in Salvation by
faith and grace alone, through the shedding of the blood and the
Sacrifice of
Jesus Christ, and not in deeds of men.</span></div>
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quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
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-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>29.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe in the present
ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is
enabled to
live a godly life.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>30.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe in the resurrection
of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the
resurrection of
eternal life, but they that are lost unto the resurrection of eternal
damnation.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>31.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe in the
spiritual unity of all believers in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Church,
and the
Body of Christ, to share in Christ=E2=80=99s baptism, and to eat at his tab=
le,
and to
join him in his passion and victory.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>32.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe in Baptism in
Water, as a Holy Sacrament, and in Communion with Christ through this
baptism.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>33.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe that Christ has
instructed his followers to eat bread and to drink wine in remembrance
of him
and that this is one of the many Holy Sacraments of being a Christian.</spa=
n></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>34.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe that Jesus
Christ promises to all who trust in him, full forgiveness of sins and
fullness
of grace, courage in the struggle for justice and peace, his presence
in trial
and rejoicing, and eternal life in his kingdom which has no end.</span></di=
v>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>35.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe the Bible and
Holy Scriptures to be the inspired by God, the only infallible,
authoritative
Word of God, divinely inspired, infallible, entirely trustworthy; and
the
supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text=
-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"><span>36.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times =
New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: nor=
mal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stre=
tch: normal; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe that the Holy
Bible referred to the =E2=80=9CKing James Version=E2=80=9D is merely a sub-=
set of the
writings
our faith and doctrine, and that the King James Version is incomplete,
and that
to fully grasp the true tenants of our faith, we must reach down
through
history and study the various version of the Holy Bible they predate
the King
James version of 1611, to include the Mathews Bible, the Wycliffe
Bibles, the
various Geneva Bibles (actually carried by the early American
Colonists), and
the versions that reach back through time to the historical documents
at the
juncture of the founding of the Church, and thence to continue back
through
time to the period of time where Christ still walked the Earth, and his
disciples and Apostles described what they experienced in their own
writings
and recollections, and then to pass before the time of Christ to
examine the
documents of the Babylonian Exile of the Kingdom of Judah, and the
documents
that predate the Exile, all the way backwards in time to the point the
scriptures (Holy Writings) were being written down for the first time,
well
before the time of Christ.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in;"><s=
pan style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: rgb(57, 57, 5=
8);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-=
indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; =
color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"><span>37.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times N=
ew Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: norm=
al; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stret=
ch: normal; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe that the Holy
Bible is not merely a single book, but rather a collection of sacred
writings,
by multiple authors, written and collected over a span of many
thousands of
years. There are books on the Holy Bible that are historical in nature,
books
about law, and religious practices, books of poetry, or prophetic
matters, and
even of politics, philosophy, and other matters.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>38.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe that the Bible
is divinely inspired, and that in the writings that compromise the New
Testament are the words and direct commands of Christ are recorded. </span>=
</div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>39.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">Further,
that the words
of Christ found in the New Testament provide specific commands to the
disciples
and Apostles of Christ and followers of Christ. Additionally, that
Christ
commanded his followers to do very specific things to communicate to
others and
to teach as they are able, and to directly contribute their abilities
to this
pursuit with such talent or abilities they may possess.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>40.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe that =E2=80=9CGod so
loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believes in
him should not perish, but have everlasting life=E2=80=9D (John 3:16).</spa=
n></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>41.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe in the Great
Commission of Jesus Christ to his followers as directly articulated and
described
in Matthew 28:16=E2=80=9320, Mark 16:14=E2=80=9318, Luke 24:44=E2=80=9349, =
and John 20:19=E2=80=9323.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>42.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe that Christians
are compassionate, because they have been shown compassion by God, and
in line
with the instructions of Christ, this compassion towards one another is
a basic
tenant of my faith, and compassion is one of my essential skills as a
Christian.
</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>43.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe that our
Country was founded by Christians, and that they integrated their faith
into
the Constitution of the United States and into the original intent of
the
Constitution of the United States, to include the First Amendment to
the
Constitution to the United States which guarantees all Americans the
unqualified and free exercise of their religion and the faith of their
choosing, and to permit the belief or faith, rituals, and actions taken
in this
pursuit to be incorporated against the states and local governments by
operation
of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.</span=
></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>44.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I
believe that due to the
Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the Constitution of the
United
States that neither the Federal Government nor any state or local
government,
or anyone acting under the color of law may in any way make or enforce
any law,
rule, regulation, custom, ruling, or practice that may in any way
infringe upon
my faith as a Christian, or upon any other faith or any other U.S.
Citizen. </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>45.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">I am a
Christian, I am a
Proud American and that I only bend my knee when it is time to pray,
and it is
upon our collective knees, in prayer that this county was founded.</span></=
div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>46.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">Our
leaders, back in the
days of our founding knew the value of a bent knee, and a whispered
prayer, and
the heavens thundered as they petitioned God, on those bent knees.</span></=
div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&=
quot;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; color: r=
gb(57, 57, 58);"><span>47.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman=
"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
al; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;; color: rgb(57, 57, 58);">In
short, I am a
Christian, American, and a Disabled Veteran (in that order), and I will
not be
denied the Free Exercise of my faith.<br>
</span></div>
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-0.25in;"><br>
</div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: =
-0.25in;">Which then invokes
the following:<br>
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<b><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";">Declaration
of Rights under the First, Second, and Fourteenth Amendment to the
Constitution
of the United States, in regards to the Constitutional Protections on
the Free
Exercise of Religion under the =E2=80=9CStrict Scrutiny=E2=80=9D Doctrine. =
</span></b>
</div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=3D"text-align: justify; text=
-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
"><span>1.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-sty=
le: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line=
-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-fo=
nt: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">This
document is to declare my First Amendment rights and protections under
the
Constitution of the United States and in how these rights crossover,
articulate
and intertwine with my Second and Fourteenth Amendment rights, as it
applies to
me specifically, and to the People of the United States in general.
Thusly,
strict scrutiny much be applied.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><s=
pan style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style=3D"text-align: justify; text-=
indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";"=
><span>2.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-styl=
e: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-=
height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-fon=
t: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">I
was born into a Christian family, to Christian parents, who themselves
had
Christian parents, as were their parents before them. </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"text-align: justify; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span>3=
.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: norma=
l; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: =
normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;=
">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">I
was raised in and embraced the Christian Faith, I was educated in the
faith,
and have consciously adopted the Christian faith as a child and also as
an
adult.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"text-align: justify; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span>4=
.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: norma=
l; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: =
normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;=
">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">I
was dedicated, and baptized as a young man, and strive to follow the
teachings
of Christ both in my personal life, and in my professional life.</span></di=
v>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"text-align: justify; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span>5=
.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: norma=
l; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: =
normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;=
">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">The
Christian religion that I have chosen to embrace requires that the
Bible be
interpreted in the literal sense, and not in a metaphorical or
figurative
sense. Thus, when Jesus Christ gives specific instructions to his
disciples and
followers, we take this as his specific literal commands.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"text-align: justify; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span>6=
.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: norma=
l; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: =
normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;=
">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">As
a Christian, I believe that God created a human, into which he placed
his own
divinity and person so that God himself took on the biological body of
a =E2=80=9Conly begotten=E2=80=9D
human, so that he (God) could offer himself as a sacrifice for the
atonement of
man-kind, but to those members of man-kind how would willingly accept
this
atonement, and the entering of a Second Covenant or agreement with God,
to
replace or amend the original Covenant that God had made with Abraham.
This is
a basic tenant in all major variations of the Christian faith, that God
became
man, and sacrificed himself to vacate the original sacrifice based
convent
between God and Abraham, and to convert the sacrifice based
=E2=80=9Cconsideration=E2=80=9D (to
use proper legal contract terminology), into a =E2=80=9Cby Grace alone=E2=
=80=9D
covenant or =E2=80=9Cby
faith alone depending on the Christian sub-denomination dogma a
Christian may
choose to embrace.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1.5in; text-align: ju=
stify;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";">=E2=80=9C=
For
God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.=E2=80=9D (Jo=
hn
3:16,
KJV)</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=3D"text-align: justify; text=
-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
"><span>7.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-sty=
le: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line=
-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-fo=
nt: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">As
all mainstream variations of the Jewish and Christian faith recognize a
point
of origin of the faith at the juncture of the Abrahamic covenants as
the
Genesis of the Abrahamic Religions of both Judaism and all variations
of
Christianity, as well as part of the Islamic Dogma. This Abrahamic
series of
Covenants are defined in the Pentateuch and Torah, which is to say the
books of
Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Number, and Deuteronomy in the Holy Bible.
These
books are herein incorporated by reference in their entirety, as they
are too
voluminous to include to this document and are instead included as a
document
attachment.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><s=
pan style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style=3D"text-align: justify; text-=
indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";"=
><span>8.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-styl=
e: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-=
height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-fon=
t: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">Further,
in the Book of Jeremiah (versus 31:30-33), the Prophet Jeremiah states
that a
=E2=80=9Cnew covenant=E2=80=9D between God and his followers would take pla=
ce as final
fulfillment of the Old Covenant described in the first five books of
the bible.
In turn, that both the Old and New Covenant were established with the
House of
Israel, through the House of David, and within the Tribe of Judah (2
Samuel 7:8-19
and Luke 1:68-78).</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"text-align: justify; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span>9=
.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: norma=
l; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: =
normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none;=
">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">My
faith recognized that the New Covenant was established at the Last
Supper as
Christ performing the first Eucharist with him saying =E2=80=9Cthis cup tha=
t is
poured
out for you is the new covenant in my blood" (Luke 22:20).</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"text-align: justify; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span>1=
0.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: norm=
al; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height:=
normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none=
;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">In
the tenants of my faith, I/we believe that Jesus Christ had an
ancestral
lineage back to King David, and through the House of David (though the
genetic
line of his biological mother Mary and her family, who were of the
tribe of
Judah, direct descendant of King David), to the Israelite tribe of
Judah.
Further, that Jesus Christ/God created a =E2=80=9Cnew tribe of Israel=E2=80=
=9D who
would follow
the teachings of Christ, the Disciples, the Apostles, and the Christian
faith
and denominations as a whole.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"text-align: justify; text-indent: =
-0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span>1=
1.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: norm=
al; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height:=
normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none=
;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">In
church, and through my family I was taught the Old and New Testament of
the
Holy Bible and as a child I was a student of the Gospels to include the
Gospels
of Mathew, Mark, Luke, and John. I thus recognize and assert the
following:</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-al=
ign: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Time=
s New Roman";"><span>a.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; fo=
nt-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: no=
rmal; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">Jesus Christ commanded his
followers to
be well armed:</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-a=
lign: justify;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";">&=
nbsp;</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style=3D"margin-left: 1.5in; text-a=
lign: justify;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";">"=
He
said to them, 'But now if you have a purse, take it, and also a bag;
and <u>if
you don't have a sword</u>, sell your cloak and <u>buy one'</u>" (Luke
22:36, KJV</span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";">=
).</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-al=
ign: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Time=
s New Roman";"><span>b.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; fo=
nt-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: no=
rmal; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">In the NASB translation and
interpretation, the same scripture reads slightly differently, but with
a
similar meaning as: </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-ali=
gn: justify;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";">&nb=
sp;</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-left: 99.35pt; text-align: justify=
;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";">=E2=80=9CBut n=
ow, whoever has a money
belt is
to take it along, likewise also a bag, and whoever has no sword is to
sell his
coat and buy one.=E2=80=9D (Luke 22:36 NASB</span><span style=3D"font-famil=
y: "Times New Roman";">)</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>c.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: =
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-=
system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">Jesus Christ himself not only
personally supported the keeping and bearing of arms, but Christ
himself was
actually armed: </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-left: 0.75in; text-align: justify;=
"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></=
div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-left: 99pt; text-align: justify;">=
<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";">=E2=80=9CI come n=
ot to bring peace,
but to
bring a sword" (Matthew 10:34, KJV</span><span style=3D"font-family: "=
Times New Roman";">)</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-al=
ign: justify;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";">&n=
bsp;</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-a=
lign: justify;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";">&=
nbsp;</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-a=
lign: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Tim=
es New Roman";"><span>d.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Ro=
man"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; f=
ont-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: n=
ormal; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">Thus,
Jesus Christ himself, not merely commanded his followers to be armed,
but by
his own statement and testimony he, himself was also armed.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-a=
lign: justify;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";">&=
nbsp;</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-ali=
gn: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times=
New Roman";"><span>e.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roma=
n"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; fon=
t-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: nor=
mal; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">Once Apostles had learned the
lesson of
trusting in God in their early missionary training and assignments
=E2=80=9CCarry
neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.=E2=80=9D
(Luke 10:4,
KJV</span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";">),
they were to be prepared to defend themselves in the future as they
travelled
through dangerous areas to take the gospel to the whole world.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>f.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: =
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-=
system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">In the New Testament, there is
an
account that when Christ was to be arrested by the religious police
(not the
Romans) before he was crucified, that the disciples used arms in order
to
defend him.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-left: 99pt; text-align: justify;">=
<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";">"Then Peter, <u>w=
ho had a
sword</u>,
drew it and struck the high priest's servant, cutting off his right
ear. Jesus
commanded Peter, 'Put your sword away! Shall I not drink the cup the
Father has
given me?'" (John 18:10-11, KJV</span><span style=3D"font-family: "Tim=
es New Roman";">).</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-al=
ign: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Time=
s New Roman";"><span>g.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; fo=
nt-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: no=
rmal; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">Jesus allowed Simon Peter to
have the
swords both before and after this incident. The problem was not that
defending
someone is wrong; the problem was that it was inappropriate at this
time since
Jesus wanted to sacrifice himself and die for our sins (Mark 10:45).</span>=
</div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-a=
lign: justify;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";">&=
nbsp;</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style=3D"margin-left: 1.5in; text-a=
lign: justify;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";">"=
'Put
your sword back in its place,' Jesus said to him, 'for all who draw the
sword
will die by the sword'" (Matthew 26:52, KJV</span><span style=3D"font-famil=
y: "Times New Roman";">).</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-al=
ign: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Time=
s New Roman";"><span>h.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; fo=
nt-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: no=
rmal; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">Again, Jesus did not
necessarily
condemn possessing or using the sword (the keeping and bearing of
arms). He
told Simon Peter to put it back in its scabbard, but not to get rid of
it. What
Jesus is saying is that anyone who fought during that specific
confrontation risked
his life in doing as Christ=E2=80=99s submission (and thus Gods submission)=
to
his
sacrifice was already ordained, and process that could not be
interfered with.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-a=
lign: justify;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";">&=
nbsp;</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-ali=
gn: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times=
New Roman";"><span>i.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roma=
n"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; fon=
t-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: nor=
mal; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">As biblical scripture
demonstrates that
Jesus Christ required that his disciples, Apostles, and followers to be
armed, then
as a Christian I am also compelled by the commands of Christ, by my
faith and
religious beliefs to also be suitably armed. </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>j.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: =
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-=
system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">Religious civil liberties are
clearly guaranteed
by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution</span><span style=
=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span> </span>and in
turn by the Fourteenth Amendment</span><span style=3D"font-family: "Ti=
mes New Roman";">,
and provide for a federally protected Constitutional right upon which
the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (or any other state) is prohibited to
infringe. </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>k.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: =
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-=
system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">Civil liberties which involve
the right
to keep and bear arms, are clearly guaranteed by the Second Amendment
to the
United States Constitution</span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times Ne=
w Roman";"><span> </span>and in
turn by the Fourteenth Amendment</span><span style=3D"font-family: "Ti=
mes New Roman";">,
and provide for a federally protected right upon which the Commonwealth
of
Massachusetts (or any other state) is prohibited to infringe. </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>l.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: =
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-=
system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">In the case of both the First
and the
Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States the Supreme
Court has
made it well settled that no state may infringe upon the freedom of
speech, nor
of faith, nor of arms.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>m.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: =
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-=
system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">Thus, the First Amendment
crosses over
and articulates with the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the
United
States, and is made Applicable against the States by operation and
articulation
with the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.</sp=
an></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>n.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: =
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-=
system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">Additionally, as these
biblical
commandments (from Jesus Christ of Nazareth himself) predate the
formation of
the Constitution</span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&qu=
ot;;"><span> </span>of the
United States, and were incorporated
into the minds and intentions of the signatories of the Constitution of
the
United States</span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;">,
and into the minds and intentions of the colonial era Congress and the
original
founders of this nation.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>o.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: =
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-=
system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">While I am a very gentle,
thoughtful,
and compassionate Christian, I also recognize that there are times when
it is
only appropriate to use arms, but that this must be done with great
restraint
and only as a last resort.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>p.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: =
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-=
system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">It is notable that the
Christian
religion and thus the teachings and commandments of Jesus Christ are
inherently
assumed and implicitly present in the Constitution</span><span style=3D"fon=
t-family: "Times New Roman";"><span> </span>of the
United States.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>q.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: =
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-=
system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">Indeed, according the <u>Strong=E2=80=99s
Exhaustive
Concordance of the Bible</u> written by James Strong (based of the King
James
Version of 1611) swords are mentioned 469 times in the bible, knives
are
mentioned 5 times, daggers 3 times, armor 24 times, and arrows 57
times. </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>r.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: =
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-=
system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">In <u>Vines Complete
Expository
Dictionary</u> by W.E. Vine it is explained that the Ancient Hebrew
word for
sword is <i>hereb</i> and that this word is
present as a weapon of warfare in the Semitic language to include
Aramaic,
Syriac, Akkadian, Arabiac, and other languages of the region and time
period of
both the Old Testament and New Testament of the Holy Bible. The general
description of a sword or <i>hereb</i> is of
a two handed, long two-edged implement that is longer than a dagger or
knife.
Indeed, in the book of Judges in 3:16 a dagger is stated to be up to
roughly 24
inches long, or equivalent to a Roman short sword or modern bayonet.</span>=
</div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>s.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: =
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-=
system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">Additionally, in <u>Vines</u>,
under
the Ancient Greek versions of the New Testament there is reference to
the sword
as either a <i>machaira</i> (short sword or
dagger of 18 to 24 inches) or <i>rhomphaia</i>
(long sword, in excess of 24 inches).</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><u><span style=3D"f=
ont-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style=3D"text-decoration: n=
one;"> </span></span></u></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>t.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: =
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-=
system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><u><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman&q=
uot;;">The United States Constitution</span></u><u><span style=3D"font-fami=
ly: "Times New Roman";"><span> </span>contains
a direct reference to Jesus Christ</span></u><span style=3D"font-family: &q=
uot;Times New Roman";">. </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1.5in; text-align: ju=
stify; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Ro=
man";"><span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; =
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7=
pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-s=
ystem-font: none;"> &n=
bsp;  =
; &n=
bsp;
</span>i.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-styl=
e: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-=
height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-fon=
t: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">"Done
in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the States present the
Seventeenth
Day of September in the Year of <u>our Lord</u> one thousand seven
hundred and
Eighty seven and of the Independence of the United States of America
the
Twelfth...."</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>u.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: =
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-=
system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">As the framers of the
Constitution</span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
"><span> </span>strongly
embraced religious neutrality and
religious freedoms and protections in regards to the practicing of both
Christian and non-Christian faiths, they nonetheless based the Militia
Clause</span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";">,
and the Second Amendment</span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New =
Roman";"><span> </span>partially
upon the direct commandants of Jesus
Christ. This is of particular importance as it convincingly
demonstrates the
intentions of the framers in regards to their own religious beliefs in
regards
to arms, self-defense, and the defense of others.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>v.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: =
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-=
system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">Thus, any infringement or
restraint
upon my right to keep and to bear arms is not only a violation and
deprivation
of my rights under the Second Amendment</span><span style=3D"font-family: &=
quot;Times New Roman";"><span> </span>to the
Constitution</span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
"><span> </span>of the
United States, but as such it is an
infringement that impairs my ability to follow the commandments of
Christ, and
the infringement of my right to keep and bear arms also interferes with
my
First Amendment rights in regards to the practicing and free exercise
of my
faith of my choosing and forms a deprivation of this right.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>w.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: =
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-=
system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">To be very direct and concise,
I keep
and bear arms not only because it is a right acknowledged by the
Constitution
of the United States (and by those documents which predate the
Constitution),
but I also keep and bear arms as a requirement of my faith, and for the
defense
of my country, and for the defense of my home, for my own personal
defense, and
for other lawful pursuits such as hunting, target shooting, firearms
competitions, and training with arms, and training others in regards to
arms.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>x.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: =
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-=
system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">In <i>Sherbert
v. Verner</i>, 374 U.S. 398 (1963)</span><span style=3D"font-family: "=
Times New Roman";"><span> </span>the
Supreme Court required states to meet the <b><u>"strict
scrutiny"</u></b>
standard when refusing to accommodate religiously motivated conduct.
This means
that a <u>government must have a "compelling interest"</u> regarding
such a refusal. The case involved Adele Sherbert, who was denied
unemployment
benefits by South Carolina because she refused to work on Saturdays,
something
forbidden by her Seventh-day Adventist faith. </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>y.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: =
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-=
system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">In <i>Wisconsin
v. Yoder</i>, 406 U.S. 205 (1972)</span><span style=3D"font-family: "T=
imes New Roman";"><span> </span>the
Court ruled that a law that "unduly
burdens the practice of religion" <u>without a compelling interest</u>,
even
though it might be "neutral on its face," would be unconstitutional.</span>=
</div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>z.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";=
font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: =
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-=
system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">The need for a <u>compelling
interest</u>
was narrowed in <i>Employment Division v.
Smith</i>, 494 U.S. 872 (1990)</span><span style=3D"font-family: "Time=
s New Roman";"><span> </span>which
held no such interest was required under
the Free Exercise Clause regarding a law that does not target a
particular
religious practice. </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>aa.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size:=
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x=
-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">In <i>Church
of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah</i>, 508 U.S. 520 (1993)</span><spa=
n style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span> </span>th=
e
Supreme Court ruled Hialeah had passed an
ordinance banning ritual slaughter, a practice central to the Santer=C3=ADa
religion, while providing exceptions for some practices such as the
kosher
slaughter. Since the ordinance was not "generally applicable," the
Court ruled that it needed to have a compelling interest, which it
failed to
have, and so was declared unconstitutional.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>bb.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size:=
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x=
-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">As the right to keep and to
bear arms
is a federally protected right, and federal statues already provides
limitations upon those right as to who may not possess arms (for
example,
citizens adjudged insane or adjudged to be felons are not allowed
access to
arms), and who is forbidden to possess arms, and how they may be
acquired, the <u>Commonwealth
of Massachusetts thus has no compelling interest</u>, reason, or cause
to
impose restrictions beyond those already present in federal statue and
enforced
by the Federal Government.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>cc.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size:=
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x=
-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">Further, as there is no
federal license
required to keep and bear arms, and the right to arms is a federally
protected
act (by virtue of the Constitution</span><span style=3D"font-family: "=
Times New Roman";"><span> </span>of the
United States), any state would gravely
err in confecting any licensing scheme in regards to arms as any act of
licensure is by its very nature an infringement upon a right. </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>dd.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size:=
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x=
-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">In association with this, the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts unlawfully imposes criminal sanctions
upon a U.S.
Citizen who has lawfully obtained a firearm, and who lawfully possesses
it
inside their home, but who has not been given state permission to do
so, which
is a direct and very grave infringement upon the Constitutional rights
of the
otherwise law abiding citizen.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=3D"margin-left: 1.5in; text-=
align: justify; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Tim=
es New Roman";"><span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roma=
n"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; fon=
t-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: nor=
mal; -x-system-font: none;">  =
; &n=
bsp;  =
; &n=
bsp;
</span>i.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-styl=
e: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-=
height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-fon=
t: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">It
is also clear that under Federal law there is no process to apply,
obtain, be
granted, or to seek any form of licensing of arms by U.S. Citizens.
While an
export license is needed to export arms, and certain arms require a
federal license
(FFL) to operate a business to sell primarily firearms on a retail
basis, there
is no actual license required to merely possess arms. </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin-left: 1.5in; text=
-align: justify; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Ti=
mes New Roman";"><span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; fo=
nt-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: no=
rmal; -x-system-font: none;"> &nbs=
p; &=
nbsp; &nbs=
p;
</span>ii.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-sty=
le: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line=
-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-fo=
nt: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">There
are provisions under federal law for certain arms to involve a transfer
tax or
transfer stamp, but these do not grant an actual license to own, to
keep, or to
carry or bear as such a license is Constitutionally forbidden under the
2<sup>nd</sup>
Amendment. </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin-left: 1.5in; text=
-align: justify; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Ti=
mes New Roman";"><span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; fo=
nt-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: no=
rmal; -x-system-font: none;"> &nbs=
p; &=
nbsp; &nbs=
p;
</span>iii.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-st=
yle: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; lin=
e-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-f=
ont: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">Therefore,
as the Federal government is specifically enjoined from the
infringement upon
the =E2=80=9Cright of the people to keep and bear arms=E2=80=9D so to are t=
he
individual
states.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin-left: 1.5in; text=
-align: justify; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Ti=
mes New Roman";"><span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; fo=
nt-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: no=
rmal; -x-system-font: none;"> &nbs=
p; &=
nbsp; &nbs=
p;
</span>iv.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-sty=
le: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line=
-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-fo=
nt: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">No
state is permitted to have any law that in any way interferes with law
abiding
citizens from keeping and bearing arms for lawful activities, and the
moment
that any state passes into law any such infringing statute or ruling,
it automatically
ceases to exist as of the moment of its creation through the
Nullification
Doctrine of the Supreme Court of the United States.</span></div>
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-align: justify; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Ti=
mes New Roman";"><span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; fo=
nt-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: no=
rmal; -x-system-font: none;"> &nbs=
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height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-fon=
t: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">Further,
through the Superiority Clause of the Constitution of the United
States, no
state, city or county court, and certainly no other court is permitted
to rule
contrary to the rulings of the Supreme Court of the United States, and
when any
court is actually suffering from a paucity of common sense, but an
abundance of
stupidity, the rulings of that state or country court may be utterly
ignored by
the citizen, with both impunity and immunity.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin-left: 1.5in; text=
-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";"=
> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-ali=
gn: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times=
New Roman";"><span>ee.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; fo=
nt-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: no=
rmal; -x-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">As the Supreme Court in <b><i>Heller</i></b>
states that in the modern day we must look back to the origination of
the
Constitution and the Second Amendment to see what modern arms were
regarded as
at the time of the ratification of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Thus
the Supreme Court defines that the arms protected under the 2<sup>nd</sup>
Amendment as a personal right included not merely those military
weapons in
common use at the time of the ratification, but that it must reach
forward in
time, and protect the modern arms used by a modern army, and this the
Second
Amendment as incorporated against the state by the 14<sup>th</sup>
Amendment
preserves the right to keep and bear a modern M16 or M4 or other
weapons
system, and no court is allowed to rule contrary to this ruling of the
Supreme
Court.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left: 1in; text-align: just=
ify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an";"><span>ff.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size:=
7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x=
-system-font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">As the Supreme Court requires
that when
a privilege, immunity, or right is ratified into law or otherwise
adopted that
in the present day we must reach back in time to the time of the
ratification. </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"text-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font=
-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style=3D"margin-left: 1.5in; text-=
align: justify; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Tim=
es New Roman";"><span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roma=
n"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; fon=
t-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: nor=
mal; -x-system-font: none;">  =
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bsp;  =
; &n=
bsp;
</span>i.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-styl=
e: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-=
height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-fon=
t: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">As
Jesus Christ commanded that his followers be armed with swords, and in
turn
swords were the primary individual weapons of the Roman Legions at the
time,
and =E2=80=9Cmodern weapons=E2=80=9D of the day. </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin-left: 1.5in; text=
-align: justify; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Ti=
mes New Roman";"><span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; fo=
nt-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: no=
rmal; -x-system-font: none;"> &nbs=
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le: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line=
-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-fo=
nt: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">Thusly,
the =E2=80=9Cswords=E2=80=9D which Jesus Christ commanded his followers to =
purchase and
to
carry is a right protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution
of the
United States, in which he commanded his followers to obtain and carry
military
weapons for personal defense and security.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin-left: 1.5in; text=
-align: justify; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Ti=
mes New Roman";"><span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; fo=
nt-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: no=
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e-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-f=
ont: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">As
the Supreme Court in <b><i>Heller</i></b> requires a
=E2=80=9Clook back=E2=80=9D then
we must regard the commandment of Christ to include not only swords,
but also
modern arms to include the M4/M16, the M21, and all arms that can be
carried be
a single person (the key being that the individual must be able to
=E2=80=9Cbear arms=E2=80=9D)
as this confines the definition to arms suitable for individual use as
opposed
to crew served weapons.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin-left: 1.5in; text=
-align: justify; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Ti=
mes New Roman";"><span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; fo=
nt-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: no=
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le: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line=
-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-fo=
nt: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">To
put it succinctly; the commandments of Christ in regards to the 2<sup>nd</s=
up>
Amendment are incorporated against the states by way of the 14<sup>th</sup>
Amendment and articulated with the 1<sup>st</sup> Amendment protections
of the
Free Exercise of religion.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin-left: 1.5in; text=
-align: justify; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Ti=
mes New Roman";"><span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; fo=
nt-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: no=
rmal; -x-system-font: none;"> &nbs=
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height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-fon=
t: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">The
Christian faith, through the words of their recognized leader (Jesus
Christ),
compel those followers to keep and the bear arms=E2=80=A6 including the kee=
ping
and
bearing the most modern of arms.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin-left: 1.5in; text=
-align: justify; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Ti=
mes New Roman";"><span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; fo=
nt-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: no=
rmal; -x-system-font: none;"> &nbs=
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le: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line=
-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-fo=
nt: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">It
also bears mention that under Massachusetts General Law, Chapter 272,
Section
36 that the words of God, the Bible, and the words and commandments of
Jesus
Christ are not to be questioned, reproached, exposed to ridicule,
contempt, or
disobeyed.</span></div>
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-align: justify;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";"=
> </span></div>
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lign: justify;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";">=
=E2=80=9CSection
36. Whoever wilfully blasphemes the holy name of God by denying,
cursing or
contumeliously reproaching God, his creation, government or final
judging of
the world, or by cursing or contumeliously reproaching Jesus Christ or
the Holy
Ghost, or by cursing or contumeliously reproaching or exposing to
contempt and
ridicule, the holy word of God contained in the holy scriptures shall
be
punished by imprisonment in jail for not more than one year or by a
fine of not
more than three hundred dollars, and may also be bound to good
behavior.=E2=80=9D</span></div>
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lign: justify;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman";">&=
nbsp;</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin-left: 1.5in; text=
-align: justify; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Ti=
mes New Roman";"><span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; fo=
nt-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: no=
rmal; -x-system-font: none;"> &nbs=
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yle: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; lin=
e-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-f=
ont: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">As
this court must obey the laws of the state, then it must accept the
=E2=80=9CWord of
God=E2=80=9D as it is stated, or it commits a criminal act that includes a
penalty of fines
and imprisonment.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin-left: 1.5in; text=
-align: justify; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Ti=
mes New Roman";"><span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; fo=
nt-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: no=
rmal; -x-system-font: none;"> &nbs=
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tyle: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; li=
ne-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-=
font: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">As the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
has passed a criminal statute against Blasphemy, this court must accept
unquestionably the Word of God as superior to the Laws of the
Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. The court thus must accept that the =E2=80=9CWord of God=E2=
=80=9D as
proglamated
in the Holy Bible (King James version of 1611, or the Geneva Bibles
before it)
as law, and of an authority that exceeds the authority of the state, or
the
ministers of the state.</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin-left: 1.5in; text=
-align: justify; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Ti=
mes New Roman";"><span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; fo=
nt-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: no=
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</span>ix.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-sty=
le: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line=
-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-fo=
nt: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">As
the First Amendment protects the free exercise of the fundamental
tenants of my
faith and religion of my choosing, and Massachusetts General Law,
Chapter 272,
Section 36 restricts all courts in the interpretation of the scripture,
or to
claim that they do not represent what they in fact represent. </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style=3D"margin-left: 1.5in; text=
-align: justify; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Ti=
mes New Roman";"><span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Rom=
an"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; fo=
nt-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: no=
rmal; -x-system-font: none;"> &nbs=
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p;
</span>x.<span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-styl=
e: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-=
height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-fon=
t: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">In
turn the Supreme Court has incorporated the 1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</su=
p>
Amendments against the states, and in turn the Supreme Court has
protected the
exercise of my faith, which requires the possession and carrying modern
arms.</span></div>
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lign: justify; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style=3D"font-family: "Time=
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"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font=
-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: norm=
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sp; =
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nt: none;">
</span></span></span><span style=3D"font-family: "Times New Roman"=
;;">As
I need no permission, license, or permit to be a Christian, or to
attend the
church of my choosing, to operate a printing press, to write or publish
poems,
or to obtain, possess and carry arms of my choosing.</span></div>
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