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"Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you now know that friendship [and "citizenship"] with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend [citizen or "taxpayer"] of the world makes himself an

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enemy of God. "

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[ James 4:4 , Bible, NKJV]

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" Pure and undefiled religion before God and the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself unspotted from the world [and the corrupted governments and laws of the world]. "

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[ James 1:27 , Bible, NKJV]

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"And you shall be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you

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should be Mine. "

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[ Leviticus 20:26 , Bible, NKJV]

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"I am a stranger in the earth;

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Do not hide Your commandments from me."

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[ Psalm 119:19 , Bible, NKJV]

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“ I have become a stranger to my brothers , And an alien to my mother's children; Because zeal for Your house has eaten me up,

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And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.”

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[ Psalm 69:8-9 , Bible, NKJV]

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A graphical example of the need for this separation of “church” and “state” is illustrated in the Bible Book of Nehemiah, in 19 which the Jews tried to rebuild the wall that separated them, who were believers, from the pagan people, governments, and 20 rulers around them who were enslaving them with taxes, persecuting, and ridiculing them. Does this scenario sound 21 familiar? It should because that is exactly the scenario Christians in America are beginning to be exposed to. Those who 22 want to be holy and sanctified therefore cannot associate themselves with a pagan or socialist state without violating God’s 23 laws, sinning, and alienating themselves from God. The First Amendment says the right to refuse to associate, which in 24 this case is a “religious practice”, is protected. Below is what a prominent First Amendment reference book says on this 25 subject: 26

Just as there is freedom to speak, to associate, and to believe, so also there is freedom not to speak, associate, or believe. " The right to speak and the right to refrain from speaking [on a government tax return, and in violation of the Fifth Amendment when coerced, for instance] are complementary components of the broader concept of 'individual freedom of mind. '' Wooley v. Maynard [430 U.S. 703] (1977) . Freedom of conscience dictates that no individual may be forced to espouse ideological causes with which he disagrees:

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"[A]t the heart of the First Amendment is the notion that the individual should be free to believe as he will, and that in a free society one's beliefs should be shaped by his mind and by his conscience rather than coerced by the State [through illegal enforcement of the revenue laws]."

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Abood v. Detroit Board of Education [431 U.S. 209] (1977)

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Freedom from compelled association is a vital component of freedom of expression. Indeed, freedom from compelled association illustrates the significance of the liberty or personal autonomy model of the First Amendment . As a general constitutional principle, it is for the individual and not for the state to choose one's associations and to define the persona which he holds out to the world. [ First Amendment Law , Barron-Dienes, West Publishing, ISBN 0-314-22677-X, pp. 266-267]

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All of the harassment, financial terrorism, and evil instituted by the IRS and the legal skirmishes happening in courtrooms 41 across the country relating to income taxes is all designed with one very specific, singular purpose in mind: to force and 42 terrorize people into associating with, subsidizing, and having allegiance to a pagan, socialist, EVIL government, and to 43 thereby commit idolatry in making government one’s new false god and using that false god as a substitute for the Living 44 God. We are being forced to choose between one of two competing sovereigns: the true, living God, or a pagan and evil 45 government, and we can only choose ONE: 46

“ No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon [unrighteous gain or any other false god] . ” 66

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[Jesus in Matt. 6:24, Bible, NKJV]

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“Bravery or slavery, take your pick, because your covetous government is going to force you to choose one!”

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[Family Guardian Fellowship]

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66 The New King James Version . 1996, c1982 . Thomas Nelson: Nashville

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