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What We Need to Avoid; Untangling the Gordian Knot
announcement to rs_public
What We Need to Avoid; Untangling the
Gordian Knot
Remnant Saints Inter-Continental Congress
NEWSLETTER
Volume 1 Number 8
February 15, 2002
To: full RSICC membership
As we mull over the various principles behind an ideal government to protect the freedom of all
mankind, I believe it is important for us to stay focused on common sense -- what rings true to the
soul.
Today's system is so complex, and the lawyerspeak is so overwhelmingly thick, that it takes a person
a hundred times more bright than Edison to get to the bottom of what the enemies of freedom have
done to find loopholes for the support of Satan's government to give it an air of legitimacy to the
point that it has become accepted by so many in the world today, and has gradually usurped control
to such an extent that it is poised to very soon become the prevailing form of government on earth.
Where Randy J. and Greg excel is in a knowledge of what these dark disciples have done, and some
possible remedies of how to 'get out' or to 'undo' this tangled mess.
Certainly there is a role for that, and that role does overlap -- to an extent -- our mission here
at RSICC of presenting to the world an alternative to Satan's government.
BUT THAT MUST NOT BE OUR FOCUS. Our mission statement is not about untangling Satan's government, it
is about creating a new thing.
And that new thing will ring true to the soul.
People will not need a Ph.D. to understand the basic structures and principles and foundations of
freedom. The average, responsible, 21-year-old (and yes, there are a good portion of those even
today) seeking citizenship (will not come automatic by birth) should be able to comprehend it, and
find a resonance with it.
Yes, there will be a need for an explanatory founding document (akin to the Federalist;
anti-Federalist papers) that will be required study material for lawyers and judges in the coming
society; and that document will need to talk through how possible contradictions have been accounted
for, etc. And that is where the kind of knowledge and gifts that Greg and Randy J. will come in most
handy -- to help us identify all of those intricate nuances. But focusing on the new creation and
working through all the details surrounding it is one matter. Belaboring the current system and how
to undo that mess, is quite another, and in my opinion shouldn't be paid hardly any attention in our
deliberations, for it is really more a distraction than anything for what we are seeking to
accomplish.
To draw an analogy, there is what is called the "Gordian Knot." The story goes that this
knot is tied so tight and intricately that no one can figure out how to untie it. People come from
far and wide to tackle the task of unraveling it; but none are able. If I remember right, after a
great while passes, and the entire world is left stumped, some unconventional soldier comes along
with a sharp sword and whacks right through it. Hence the phrase, 'Cutting the Gordian Knot.'
That is what we have to do.
If we get bogged down with trying to unravel the Gordian Knot of Satan's government, we will forever
be at it and will never accomplish what it is we are here to accomplish as an organization.
Let's pull out the sword of truth, through faith in God, and cut clean through the Gordian Knot of
Satan's deceptions with a presentation of principles so clear that none with a good heart can
misunderstand or quibble. The world is yearning for such a heroic act.
In my opinion, Joel's material is by far the best start ("start" isn't a good term because
it is closer to completion than to commencing) of anything we have available to us.
MOTION:
That said, I would like to propose that this concept, as annunciated above, be presented for
discussion, and possibly be presented as 'required reading' for anyone who is considering joining
the rs_form forum where we will be hammering out the principles of government that will become the
footing, foundation, flooring, walls and roof, etc. of the new government of God (i.e. of truth,
that rings true to common sense, without a lawyer's encyclopedia required to understand it).
FOLLOW-UP
Pending guild approval of the above motion, I have created a tentative rs_form forum sign-up page
that reflects the proposed as well as approved prerequisites for involvement in that committee. See
http://www.rsicc.org/Discussion/rs_form/
Except for this most recent 'Gordian Knot' motion, this checklist reflects items approved by the
guild in the recent vote archived at
http://www.rsicc.org/Voting/Results/2002/02/13form_govt_committee.htm
MOTION TWO
I am guessing that there is going to be some protest that the above checklist for the rs_form forum
prejudices the discussion strongly in favor of the model of ideal government that Joel Skousen has
presented thus far, and that it unfairly snubs the approach to ideal government proposed by Gregory
Thomas Williams, which is similar to the solutions proposed by Randy J. (neither of whom are
official RSICC members). I do believe that Greg's and Randy's proposals, and others similarly
related, do deserve a fair hearing and discussion. However, I do not believe that such discussions
ought to be included, except occasionally, at rs_form. Therefore, I would propose the creation of
yet a separate discussion forum specifically tailored to addressing those models. I am not familiar
enough with them to adequately propose a name or description for them at this point. Perhaps another
of you, such as Susan, could do this. According to my understanding, the model Greg proposes would
be a covenant society within the more broad society protections of freedom that Joel's model
encompasses. Hence, a discussion of its parameters does fall within the mission of RSICC, for
establishing the government of God on earth, and should be developed, but under a different
committee and associated forum.
Sterling D. Allan
Follow-up
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