Dear Jessica,
In past letters, I have told you about the great
invisible wizards, the State of Alaska, the State of Idaho
and the United States of America. I have told you about the
lesser wizards which are really common men and humbugs, like kings,
congressmen, presidents, judges and policemen. Now I want to tell
you about another great invisible wizard called Demos.
Soon, your teachers will be telling you about
democracy. When grownups vote on election day, they are choosing who
will take the next turn at being a wizard. Every grownup is allowed one
vote, which he can give to the humbug he likes best. Whichever humbug
gets the most votes becomes the new wizard. This is called democracy.
Democracy is an exciting part of the game grownups play called Wizards
of America.
Democracy is a game itself. It was invented by the
Greek people a long, long time ago. Democracy means rule by the people.
The Greeks did not think that God was King on earth and in heaven like
Laura and I. They pretended that the people ruled on earth and a god
named Zeus ruled in heaven. The Greek word for people is demo.
The Greek word for rule is kratia. Put the two together
and you have a fancy, high-sounding word, demo-kratia or
democracy, which simply means the people have rejected God as king
and are attempting to rule themselves. After a time, the people
become The People in hearts and minds. Their god is Demos, whose
will is law.
When grownups make-believe about the State of Alaska
and the United States of America, they also pretend that they are ruled
by Demos. Remember, God wants to rule men through their hearts and
minds. But when men are ruled by Demos, God cannot rule them. God never
forces men to let Him rule them. He didn't force the Israelites and He
won't force us. If people want to be ruled by humbugs, God will help
them believe wizards are very real. That is what is happening today in
our country.
Another great wizard you will hear about is the
Constitution. The Constitution is an agreement, or covenant, between
all the people and each individual. This is the paper that has all the
rules about the game of Wizards of America. Whenever grownups have a
question about how to play the game, they go back and check the rules.
The Constitution is old, but nowhere near as old as the Bible. The
Constitution has rules meant to stop wizards from doing as much as they
would like to do. But they just break the rules until a bigger wizard
tells them to stop, if he ever does. The Bible has rules which forbid
wizards altogether. Jesus tells us that the kings of the nations rule
over them. "But it shall not be so among you." (Matt. 20:25)
Many people think the Constitution of the United
States is one of the greatest papers ever written. Some even think it
was ordained by God. This is not really true. The Constitution
establishes man's rule by rejecting God's rule, just like all other
human governments. Find the Constitution on the spectrum:
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Man's Rule
(Great Papers) |
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God's Rule
(Bible) |
But the Constitution has some great ideas. One of
these is that wizards must not control the minds of other people. The
name of that rule is the absolute freedom of thought. It is part
of the First Amendment of the Constitution. In Wizards of America, one
of the very biggest invisible wizards, called the Supreme Court, has
said that freedom of thought is complete, total. That means that no
humbug is allowed to control your mind. Of course, the Supreme Court is
just common men, but they are right in this case.
This is very important because if humbugs were
allowed to control your mind, and what you think, then they would have
control of what you do. You would be a slave. They could even make you
think being a slave was really being free. This is exactly what teachers
are doing to all first graders when they make them pledge allegiance to
the Wizards of America. They are controlling first graders' minds. They
have been hired to make all children think they must make-believe in the
State of Alaska and the United States and obey humbugs. This is what
happens when men don't want God for their king - they lose their freedom
of thought.
There are two ways to get all the good things you
need to be happy. You can work hard and earn them, or you can take them
away from someone. Taking things away from someone who worked hard for
them is called stealing. Stealing is bad. If you love other people as
you love yourself, you do not steal. Wizards have found out that it is
much easier to steal from other grownups than to work hard for the
things they need.
One of the main reasons humbugs hire teachers and
force children to go to school is so children can be taught that humbugs
are wizards. They teach children that it is all right for wizards to
steal. Then when children grow up, they won't even think it is stealing
when humbugs take things that they worked hard to obtain.
This is mind control. It is a very bad thing and
against the rules of the Constitution. But children are never told that
this is not supposed to be done to them. Children trust teachers and
think they have to let them control their minds, or they will get in
trouble. By the time children grow up and find out about the rule, it is
too late. Their minds are already under control. But I'm telling you
now, so you can take charge of your own mind. When you see stealing,
you'll know what it is.
Your mind is not under control yet, although your
teachers are trying. Now you know about the rule against mind control. I
wish someone had told me about it when I was in first grade. But all the
grownups I knew could not tell me because their minds were already
controlled. They could think only what they had been taught to think in
school, or the thoughts they got from the T. V. or radio. Humbugs are
afraid of people who have minds that are not controlled. If people have
free minds, they soon see that wizards are really humbugs. Find wizards
on the spectrum of government:
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Man's Rule
(Stealing) |
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God's Rule
(Working) |
That's all for now.
