Got an email that to me, is very strange.  Apparently the individual was quite upset about our last email for last year.  He said "What is with you people?  What has happened to free will?  Don't we have rights any more?  Why can't this individual decide he doesn't want to have anything to do with this thing you're doing, even if he heard Jesus?  We have a right to say no and still take part in salvation.  What you're teaching is ludicrous, it's not of God!"
I had to ponder this for quite a while. Firstly I couldn't believe that anybody sent it, secondly I didn't know how to word a response that might reach this person.  But here's a try.  When you swear allegiance to somebody, when you accept a faith you are saying "I will obey the leader of that faith. When His wishes are made known to me I will follow those wishes, and claim the reward He has promised."  When the leader of that faith contacts you and says do this or do that, and you refuse to do so, you have broken the agreement you have made, you have violated your free will, you have made a promise and you have refused to keep that promise.  When this occurs the leader of that faith has every right to withdraw whatever reward was promised to you.  Would not a violation of an Earthly contract bring the same result?  You can't say no, I will not serve, I will not obey, and still receive the reward you are expecting.  It's that simple!  I don't know why anyone can't understand it.  You have free will, you can choose Eternal Life, or, Eternal Death.  This man who betrayed Jesus chose Eternal Death.  That was his free will.
We have been asked to comment on how the priest made out who died mysteriously, after it was exposed he molested children, in New Hampshire.  He didn't!  Escorts found him and tried to comfort him, tried to explain to him about the dead zones and that he was trapped there until the situation between The United States and The Kingdom Of God was resolved.  He seemed to understand and asked if he would be permitted entry into The Kingdom Of God afterwards.  He was told he would be but he would have to denounce all those who aided him in the concealing of his sin, and would have to ask the forgiveness of all those he had offended.  The priest became very upset, crying, "No!  No!  God would not ask me to denounce those who understood my weakness and kept it private from others.  Who are you?  You're not of God!  You could not be of God!"  He ran away and those trying to help him could not relocate him.  To everyone's utter astonishment several hours later he appeared at The Gates To Heaven, asking entry.  Everyone tried to get him to explain how he had managed to get there, but he only continued to beg for admission.  Finally he was again told he would have to denounce those who had concealed his sin.  Only then would he be allowed entry.  Again he cried, "No!  No!  You are not of God!  This cannot be God's place!  You try to deceive me!"  Again he ran off.  This time, however, pursuers were able to keep track of him and they witnessed him go off into the Darkness and suffer The Second Death.
Everyone is at a total and complete loss as to explain how he got out of the dead zone, which no one has been able to do thus far, except him!   But however he did it has gone with him into nonexistence.  Maybe the phenomena will repeat itself again.  But everyone is totally perplexed!  If there is a way of getting souls out of the dead zones, we would like to know about it!  If this poor creature got out, there must be some process by which others can get out.  How did he manage it when all other attempts have failed, when others simply can't penetrate the barriers?  It would certainly have been better if he had survived a while, and this knowledge had not been taken into oblivion with him!
The latest spiritual dead zone in The Middle East has opened up right on schedule in Sivas, Turkey, December 30th, 2,002.  Again the rate of collapse is appalling.  There is no resistance, whatever.  The moment the spiritual energy to the area is shut off the dead zones instantaneously open up.  It was thought where Turkey is a little bit more liberal, a little bit more understanding, it would be better there.  That thought was terribly wrong.

Sometimes we just don't know if we have talked about things before, and we don't have time to always look them up.  So if I've answered this one before, I hope people will forgive me.  I've been asked if people were allowed to possess weapons on The Old Worlds.  Well, on Haven only The Lord's Guard and military personnel were able, legally, to bear arms.  Private citizens were not permitted to have weapons on most occasions.  Sometimes people who volunteered as neighborhood guards were permitted to keep weapons in their homes.  Professional hunters were also allowed permits to keep weapons, but these were very, very rare!  Usually if a community hunted for game their weapons were kept by the local Guardian, and issued when they went on a hunting trip.  Wouldn't the gun lobbyists on Earth love that?
 Private ownership of weapons before the great holocaust on Peepi was commonplace.  After the holocaust it was very rare that private individuals had any weapons, though it was not really illegal, all necessity for them simply disappeared.  So there was really no need for people having them.
Among The Hashons before The Conquest and after The Liberation the private ownership of arms was commonplace.  The people felt very strongly about their right to be able to defend themselves and, their property, much like the people of The United States today.

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