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Chodos knew these allegations were false, both before a complaint was filed
as
well as throughout the court proceedings, we can only conclude that such
false
charges are further evidence of the criminal conspiracy to deprive us of
our
rights.
Furthermore, as long as the State of California remains a plaintiff, and a
self-appointed and self-designated enemy and adversary of the Worldwide
Church
of God and its brethren, the Church and its brethren have no reasonable
alternative but to defend vigorously, resourcefully and diligently all of
its
rights, constitutional and statutory, to prevent the State of California
and
other individual vultures who would do everything in their power to destroy
the
Church of the Living God, to confiscate its assets for their own purposes
or for
the so-called purposes of the people of the State of California.
For the Attorney General to state before the public that only an
examination
was what the State of California had in mind in order to fulfill its duty
under
the law is to play havoc with the truth. It's our duty to spell that out
with as
much emphasis as we can to the public at large.
We also take this opportunity to renew an offer that we made to his
deputies
last week--an offer that was also communicated to him personally by several
of our intermediaries last week in writing; after the completion of the
Arthur
Anderson & Company audit of the affairs of the Church, College and the
Foundation for the year 1978, should there be any additional questions
which
would be of legitimate concern to the Attorney General, we would be happy
to
meet with him informally to discuss the same. In the meantime the lawsuit
should be put on the backburner or should be dismissed by the Attorney
General without prejudice.
Do we realize that all through history those who suffer
persecution so often suffer at the hands of MAN'S GOVERNMENT?
The ancient children of Israel suffered cruel slavery at the
hands of Pharaoh's Egyptian government.
Daniel's three friends were thrown into an over-heated flaming
furnace at the hands of the Chaldean government. Daniel was thrown
into the lions' den, on false accusations of men high in the
Babylonian government. Early Christians were thrown into lions' dens
by the Roman government. It was the Roman government's local king,
Herod, that tried to have Jesus killed while still an infant.
But I have said before, GOD ALLOWED THIS TERRIBLE TRIAL TO COME