Law of Consent (1 of 1)

Any attempt to treat any government as having more power, authority, or rights than a single man, in fact, constitutes idolatry. The source of all government power in America is The Sovereign People as individuals, who are human beings and are also called "natural persons". Any power that did not come from this "natural" source is, therefore "supernatural", and all religions are based on the worship of such "supernatural beings" or "superior beings".

"Religion. Man's relation to Divinity. to reverence, worship, obedience, and submission to mandates and precepts of supernatural or superior beings. In its broadest sense includes all forms of belief in the existence of superior beings exercising power over human beings by volition, imposing rules of conduct, with future rewards and punishments. Bond uniting ►nan to God, and a virtue whose purpose is to render God worship due him as source of all being and principle of all government of things. Nikzdnikoff v. Archbishop, etc., of Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church, 142 Misc. 894, 255 N.Y.S. 653, 663." [Black's Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition, p. 12921

By "worship", we really mean "obedience" to the dictates of the supernatural or superior being.

"worship 1. chiefly Brit: a person of importance—used as a title for various officials (as magistrates and some mayors) 2: reverence /obedience[ offered a divine beine or supernatural Dower; also: an act of expressing such reverence 3: a form of religious practice with its creed and ritual 4: extravagant respect or admiration for or devotion to an object of esteem <— the dollar>." [Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, 1983, ISBN 0-87779-510-X, p. 1361]

In these respects, both law and religion are twin sisters, because the object of BOTH is "obedience" and "submission" to a "sovereign" of one kind or another. Those in such "submission" are called "subjects" in the legal field. The only difference between REAL religion and state worship is WHICH sovereign: God or man:

"Obedienlia est legis essentia. Qbedience is the essence of the law. 11 Co. 100." [Bouvier :s Maxims of Law, 1856;

A quick way to determine whether you are engaging in idolatry is to look at whether the authority being exercised by a so called "government" has a "natural" source, meaning whether any human being who is not IN the government can lawfully exercise such authority. If they cannot, you are dealing with a state-sponsored religion and a de facto government rather than a REAL, de jure government.

Requirement for Consent

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