A Political  Reason?

On July 7, 2016 in Dallas, Texas five police officers were murdered by a so-called lone shooter (Hmmmm.) named Micah Xavier Johnson (age 25) who had no criminal record or ties to terror groups. Was he using this BLM (Black Lives Matter) so-called peaceful protest as a way to kill those cops? Or just a coincidence? This Black Lives Matter group has caused a concern across the nation. Who or what is funding this BLM group? Now behind closed doors some are saying that MAYBE there was a political reason for the shooting. (Hmmmm.) or to start civil unrest before the presidential election? What happened in Dallas will change people’s lives forever? I’m waiting to see what’s going to happen in the Democratic convention in Philly. I heard it will be on full lockdown and the same for the Republican convention in Cleveland, Ohio. We have noticed lots of mass shootings right before the election and talk of gun control from those politicians. The President was saying that the Fed’s want to control the police or a national police force. Oh by the way, I was looking into this shooting and there are too many weird stories from this shooting from the mass controlled news media.

Orlando “Wildman” Perez

Running for Office

Does a paid elected official have an “ethical obligation” to resign from their current position when they run for another office? No. Any “resign to run” law creates a legal obligation not an “ethical obligation”. What religion teaches that rule? The idea that anyone who is a paid elected official must resign when they run for another office seems like an “urban legend”, a story not founded on facts.

I used the Internet to reference Texas’ Article 16 Section 65 (b). Section 65 (a) says it applies to county offices, such as County Clerks and Judges, District Attorneys, Justices of the Peace, Sheriffs, and Constables. It does not apply to municipal offices. (Why can’t NJ voters elect these officials?) Section 65 (b) says it only applies when the unexpired term of office exceeds one year. It does not apply to anyone in their last year in office. Some people are misinformed about this law.

Florida’s Chapter 99.012 says “No person may qualify as a candidate for more than one public office … if the terms or any part thereof run concurrently with each other.” This does not apply to anyone holding a federal office or seeking the President or Vice-President. This law is to prevent one person from holding more than one office. This law does not require a state, district, county, or municipal office to resign if running for a federal office. A deputy sheriff running for a non-sheriff office would not have to resign.

Only 5 states have this law, so are the other 45 states wrong? I would assume the other states also have laws banning one person from holding two state offices. Should a person holding a municipal office be prevented from being elected to a state office? Shouldn’t the voters be allowed to make this decision? The Governor of NJ appoints other state officials, the voters cannot elect them as in other states. Shouldn’t this be banned as it allows a Governor to own or control more than one state office? Does this explain the problems in the state?

Ronald A. Sobieraj

False Judgement

I find it truly amazing at the circus a once true and original faith / belief system has grown into, becoming a false, judgment – laden, man – led (not Spirit – led) sideshow of rules, human concepts and falsehoods clothed in a veiled hate. This not only invalidates such a faith system as one of God but literally inhibits the participation in faith understanding and practice by the young people today. They have seen the church / synagogue as detached from their sensitivities, concerns and obfuscating the face of God. In fact, they are right.

Churches /synagogues today to them are bastions of systematic indoctrination, organized spiritual slavery, outright lies and abuses of the human condition….all protected from facing it’s reflection, all in God’s name. Yes, these young people are right.

Today’s churches/ synagogues have isolated themselves as sole organic operations – much like banks, businesses and political parties in an almost demonic competition to see who can be the largest, wealthiest, “community influencing” operation – all without much connection, adherence or defined obedience to the one living God.

The cure for all this dysfunction and lunacy lies not with any man…. no pastor, priest or rabbi….who very often are themselves the source of this infection but only with understanding and living what God is saying to all people personally. The religious venues in modern America have become sadly and increasingly detached from the one true God. Without reconciling that, man has no hope of anything and that is not what God wants for us all as well.

Steven Maness, Ph.D.

Institute for Spiritual Forensics

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