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This is not a question but a comment regarding an issue brought up on Sunday meeting with friends and I did not want to argue about it in the class so not to disturb everyone tuning in for connection.  However, it sat on me like a ton of bricks, so I best air in the question section where those who are seeking connection can glance over it and skip it if it caused disturbance, but I needed to air for my peace of mind.

The issue is regarding a statement that “If the government says that this is the law.. then we have to take it as if it is the LAW” or at least how I understood it.  I could not disagree more, as I have lived under many government rules and none of them had anything right and what they say is nothing more than lies and manipulations to ensure that they actually have their foot on the neck of others as I once saw Julian show an illustration of a picture depicting egotism and the evil inclination. Take for example how the Rav. Laitman arrived in Israel after years of suffering as a “Refusnik” in Russia.  One should question what the government accumulates on those who disagree with their view, and even more so when it depicts a particular group or a minority as someone that needs to be watched.  Just because the government says, or even implies something about a group or an individual does not make it true!  In fact this is precisely why the 3rd branch of government (Judicial) was created to ensure limiting the abuse of government due to political manipulation and self-serving rumors injected by it (government) to precisely keep its foot on the neck of its population.

My conclusion is, I can understand not fighting Gallaith if this is what it means by “following what the government says” especially within a group that is seeking “Yashar El” , but it does NOT make everything they say is true as the truth.  I can trust the Creator with “Faith above reason”, but as for governments I will ALWAYS, given my life experience, examine its statement and action precisely within reason.

Now I got it off my chest and I can move on, I know I made a mountain out of  a grain of sand, but if everything comes from Him (Creator) then there must be a purpose for me to state it at 4:00 AM.