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Critic Of Rebellion
To the editor:
I enjoyed the 4th of July fireworks in Washington, and the speeches and patriotic songs did their work to remind me of the happening on that day in 1776. Unwilling to wait for a more evolutionary unfolding of social and political growth, the Thirteen Colonies rebelled against their legally constituted authority. It has been said that to rebel against Caesar is to rebel against God, and Jesus’ teachings to render unto Caesar what was Caesar's, and unto God what was God’s, bear it out.
Rebellion came into the universe by way of Lucifer, who refused to recognise God’s supernal government, and armed revolutions have been the result. History shows us that our revolution against England began in the 1600s with the Puritans, who drew close to God with their lips w’hile committing all kinds of evils agaist the dignity and liberty of children of God. Ironically, the flag they flew to symbolize their rebellion was a solid red banner, from which had been removed a white cross. Their rebellion ruined the Puritan theocracy, but their teachings were carried forward in spirit in the university they founded, Harvard. There they festered until the first shots at Concord.
The religion of the Puritans is alive today and is the basis of our public religion, the one which enables our leaders of yesterday and today to speak high sounding words about God while they systematically destroy villages, towns, cities, nations and peoples. This is a religion without belief, a religion which is used for control, the religion which rightfully has been termed “the opiate of the masses.” Real religion suffers at its hands. The Christ of the spirit becomes a hidden
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