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Mr.
AttorneyGeneral
of California:
The battle lines are drawn!
Your office launched a State vs.
Church lawsuit-to test the strength,
power and the very existence of the
Constitution of the United States.
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THIS,
MR. ATTORNEY GEN-
ERAL,
is a battle you can't
win' Realize it or not, vou
have chosen to do battle
against the living Goo' You
have engaged in an unconstitu
tional fight
to
take over, own and
operate (or destroy) Co,fs Holy
Church-to run
it
hv the
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politicians instead
of
the
will of
Goo
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(;od's Church
b,•lon/,/s to
(;OD-and when vou attack it vou
attack Almighty Goo!
The giant Goliath once challenged the
people of Goo. The soon-to-be King
David, then onlv a lad, �aid, ··Who is
this Philistine that he should defv the
living (�oo
'l
" The giant lost that· bat
tle�and his life'
Our forefathers came to America to
escal){' religious per�ecution from human
government. Thev established a f.'onsti
tution whose Fir�t Amendment guaran
tees the religious liberty they tied, fought
and died to secure for us'.
That Constitution shall stand invio
late� But even if we, as they. had to flee
to other countries for a base fromwhich
to spread God's iRUTH, we would
remove beyond your jurisdiction� There
is NO WAv you can stop us!
This nation is becoming aware that
vour massive civil lawsuit actuallv is
the
first
REAl TEST
of the freedom of
CHURCH
against political encroach
ments of
STATE.'
It is a battle to decide
whether politicians of the
STATE
can
take over , own and. operate a l l
CHI 'RCHES
according t o political will
instead of the WILL o, Goo'
It
is a
political onslaught to determine
once and for all that the CHt
1
RCH of the
living Goo may be governed by H1M
according as He directs through His
chosen apostle, as revealed in His 'Word,
the Holy Bible
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Hl'RRl'RT \.\. ARMSTR,lNi;
rhe 1 , 0\·t,:RN\I.F:�T OF r;oo
once
existed
over the earth---a fact unknown in the
w,,rld today. It
exists tuday
in
only one
place lo the world-in Coo's CtffRCH'
I'ht> first created man,
Adam,
rejected
that KOvernment
OF and R't'
God
[,'OR
the pei)ple.
Our
first
forefather chose
g_(w€ ' rnm("nt <JF and R\' the people
l 'nfortunately self-moti,ated political
rule has deHlnped --sometimes evil
The
(;OvF.R!',!Mf.NT
or Goo is govern
ment from the top down-from Cod,
through
Christ as living HEAD of His
Church,
an<l on
the human
level the
apo:-;tle nf C'hnst's choosln�, then in
administrative ottice. evangelists, pas
tors, preaching elders and teachers
tEphe�ians 4 11-12, I Corinthians
l�:��l So prophets en•r served in
administrative capacity in the New Tes
tament Church.
And as His chosen apostle. [ say to
vou in the authority of .Jesus Christ the
POLITICAi. STATE
cannot and shall not
take over, govern or administer the
affairs of
the
Worldwide Church of
God.
By
that authority, far transcending
yours, Mr. Attorney General. this
rhurch shall continue to operate, not by
the will nf politicians. but hv the will ,Jf
the eternal Coo as revealed in His
\.\"ord•
Your
jurisdiction extends only to
the
boundary lines of the �tate of California.
The jurisdiction of Goo's GOVF.RSMENT
is limited to the voluntarv assent of its
'naplized members wor\d�ide
\\'ithin the jurisdiction of human
political government in all matters.
aF.\de
from
an attack to take o..-e,::, o..,,..n
and operate God's Church. according to
political will. our members are willingly
suhject to
whatever government of
man
that has jurisdi('lion ovn us. We are
respectable. God-fearing, law-abiding
ritlzens in whatever cnuntn: we live .
We
practice the law of outflowing lo1w·e
toward neighbor equal to self-concern
But our Cod is a jealous God IExodus
"20:5)
who will
not
tolerate another
usurping His rule! And in this case He
will tight for us.
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\1r. Attorney General. we are not in
politics nor sh81l we be. But when your
office assumed it was launching this
supreme
TEST CASE
to test the First
Amendment of the Con�titutian of th.e
l'nited States you grossly underest1·
mated God's Church�
If
your office
assumed you were attacking a very
small, weak.
. though ai sufficiently estaib·
lished Church to serve as the first domi·
no of a domino theory-that we would
simply lie over
and
"cave in'·-you must
have known
verv
little of us
Those with u� are far more powerful
than any power seeking to destroy us'
The Church of Goo is imbued with a
STRENGTH greatly underestimated! God
will
give
us the VICTORY�
jJ!t}/t�f,v1)
HERBERT
W.
ARMSTRONG
Pastor General
Worldwide Church of God
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Deukmejian, California Attorney General, 555 Capitol
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Sacramento, Calif., 95814
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