FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)

QUESTION 0.1:

Question 0.1:  I am on the verge of becoming a member, but I would like to know the benefits of membership and if I can be helped?

 

Answer 0.1:   Our Member Agreement (Section 5, item 8) and our Articles of Mission (Section 3.8) make it abundantly clear that no one in the ministry is authorized to promise anything or share subjective opinions about the "benefits" of our strictly religious and educational materials and information.  The goal is not to be personally "helped" in an earthly or physical way, but achieving salvation by honoring and obeying God and His laws, and man's laws to the extent that they don't conflict with God's laws.  If personal or financial benefit is more important to you than loving your neighbor by learning and following God's law and man's law, then you are on the wrong website because you are an idolator who worships money or prosperity and not God.  If you are approaching membership with the attitude of "what's in it for me", then you have the wrong motive and are discouraged and prohibited from becoming a Member (see Matt. 26:15).  Our Articles of Mission and our Member Agreement also both make it abundantly clear that the purpose of this website is exclusively to glorify and worship the one and only God through obedience, truth, education and political action and not personal gain or economic benefit.  Our goal is to love our neighbor by learning and obeying God's laws and thereby DO JUSTICE as Micah 6:8 requires.  It is only through our own weakness and persecution in satisfying that great commission of our Lord that God can be glorified.  It is only by our denying self and placing God ABOVE self through our actions and choices that this ministry and this website can even be thought of as a religious ministry in any sense of the word.  You probably know that, but you just want to tempt us and test us like the Pharisees did to Jesus to see if we also know it because you are probably from the government/Satan and want to discredit and persecute us:

"And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh [the IRS and the Federal Reserve and a corrupt government] was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure.  Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.  And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong."
[2 Cor. 12:7-10, Bible, NKJV]

My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience.  But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.  If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.  But let him ask in faith, with no doubting [of US or your own understanding of the man's law illuminated by the Holy Spirit], for he who doubts [such as you] is like a wave of the sea driven and tossed by the wind.  For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;  he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways."
[James 1:2-8, Bible, NKJV]

Your question reveals that you may be unwilling to allow yourself to be weak and vulnerable, and thereby exercise faith in God instead of trusting man/mammon/government.  Do you not want to trust God or give God any room to operate in your life? Do you not want to carry the cross of Jesus as He requires of you in Matt. 10:34-39?  It sounds to us like you may want insurance, not salvation or education.  Click here (OFFSITE LINK) for an article on this subject.  If that is the case, you need faith and trust in God, not help from us.  Is Jesus your Savior and indemnification from the liability for Hell but NOT your Lord and the object of your supreme allegiance and worship/obedience?  Jesus isn't your Sovereign Lord and He isn't above all the other idols you worship unless your are willing to risk persecution, pain, financial loss in obedience to Him and thereby forsake your other idols.  In that case, you are worshipping a false religion and we don't want you in this ministry.  How can God show His face if you give Him no room to work miracles in your life?  Jesus said in Matt. 6:25-34 not to worry about tomorrow, and you seem worried.  That kind of fear is of the devil, not the Lord.

"But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things [security, prosperity, and protection] shall be added to you."
[Matt. 6:33, Bible, NKJV]

If Jesus had only looked on His ministry based on the personal or financial benefit to Him and not others, do you think we would still be hearing about and reading about and following Him today?  Instead, when the money changers took over the Ministry, he was furious.

"But those who desire to be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and harmful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil, for which some have strayed from the faith in their greediness, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows."

[1 Tim. 6:9-10, Bible, NKJV]

Then God said to him: “Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked long life for yourself, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice, behold, I have done according to your words; see, I have given you a wise and understanding heart, so that there has not been anyone like you before you, nor shall any like you arise after you. And I have also given you what you have not asked: both riches and honor, so that there shall not be anyone like you among the kings [Sovereigns] all your days. So if you walk in My ways, to keep My statutes and My commandments, as your father David walked, then I will lengthen your days.”
[1 Kings 3:11-14, Bible, NKJV]

And when one of the Apostles proposed to abuse the power of God to earn money, he was strongly rebuked, just as we rebuke all those who pursue this ministry for the sake of money.

And when Simon saw that through the laying on of the apostles’ hands the Holy Spirit was given, he offered them money, saying, “Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

But Peter said to him, “Your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money! You have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your heart is not right in the sight of God. Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity.”

Then Simon answered and said, “Pray to the Lord for me, that none of the things which you have spoken may come upon me.”
[Acts 8:18-24, Bible, NKJV]

SEDM is a Ministry, a religious Fellowship, and a political action group.  People can't and don't join bona-fide, legitimate religious ministries for selfish or economic reasons, but exclusively for spiritual reasons.    The only legitimate spiritual reason identified in the Bible and the one mentioned in the Ten Commandments is love and obedience to God.  The Bible Book of Ecclesiastes says "this is man's all". 

"Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter:

Fear God and keep His commandments,
For this is man’s all.
For God will bring every work into judgment,
Including every secret thing,
Whether good or evil."

[Eccl. 12:13-14, Bible, NKJV]

Your question erroneously and maliciously presupposes that we are a business or government 501(c)(3) corporation focused on "customer service" like all the other corrupted churches out there that are selling their sheep to the government for twenty pieces of silver by lying to them about  the proper relationship of Christians and churches to government. We are not a "business", nor do we sell anything.  We don't do this for money.  We aren't man pleasers and we don't have any "customers" or do any advertising.  We are ONLY God pleasers.  God is our only "customer". 

“Now therefore, fear the LORD, serve [ONLY] Him in sincerity and in truth, and put away the gods [and totalitarian socialist governments] which your fathers served on the other side of the River and in Egypt. [as SLAVES and] Serve the LORD!
[Joshua 24:14, Bible, NKJV]

If you read the words of Jesus in the New Testament, you will find that the only people that He ever criticized or got angry at were the Pharisees and the lawyers, and He did so precisely because they were man pleasers instead of God pleasers (see Luke 11:37-54).  We don't ever want to be the object of that kind of condemnation or ridicule from our Lord and ONLY King, Lawgiver, and Judge.  The only "benefit" of membership is eternal salvation through faith, love and trust in God, and obedience of God's laws.  According to Jesus Christ, obedience to God's laws is the essence of how we love and honor ONLY Him.  See John 14:21, 1 John 4:16, 1 John 2:3-6.  If love for the Father and humble obedience to His Holy laws as His steward and fiduciary isn't a worthy and satisfactory SOLE reason to join this ministry, then you are a lukewarm Christian and we vomit you out of our mouth and our Ministry and cast you into outer darkness as Jesus did in Rev. 3:16, and as the host did at the parable of the marriage supper to all who were invited but either refused to come or came dressed improperly (see Matt. 22:1-14):

"So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth."
[Rev. 3:16, Bible, NKJV]

You're a hypocrite if you expect your public servants to obey and honor you as their Master and Sovereign if you won't do the same thing and honor God as your King, Lawgiver, and Judge.  Please don't try to commercialize and denigrate us by connecting us with filthy lucre or bringing your own private agenda,  commerce, and money changing inside our Ministry doors. 

"Feed the flock of God which is among you [as ministers to them and with God's pure and holy knowledge and wisdom], taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint [or compulsion], but willingly; not for filthy lucre [money], but of a ready mind;

Neither as being lords [tyrants] over God's heritage [or His flock or people], but being [good] examples to the flock.

And when the chief Shepherd [God] shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away."

[1 Peter 5:2-4, Bible, KVJ]

If you were of the Father and the Father was in you, you wouldn't even be asking the above question.  The Bible says in John 10:7-21 that the sheep in the flock that is this ministry will recognize their Father's voice if they are His.  Do you recognize the voice of the Father in the doctrine and teachings of this ministry and more importantly, are you willing to obey the Father's call to do justice and love mercy and walk humbly before Him (Micah 6:8) as the main goal of your life?  If not, then please go back to your comfortable government cage, and waste away the rest of what we believe God will end up judging (Rev. 20:11-15) as an irresponsible and hedonistic life in government employment rearranging deck chairs on the sinking Titanic.  In the meantime, we'll sit here patiently building Noah's Spiritual Ark and filling it with God's treasures of wisdom, discretion, and knowledge while we are ridiculed by nonbelievers and lukewarm Christians around us, all of whom will eventually be drowned by their own indifference (OFFSITE LINK) to the evil that is eventually going to engulf and destroy all that makes life worth living and all the liberties and freedoms we hold so dear.  Our prayers are with you in your own quest for truth, justice, and a small, accountable, lawful, and responsible limited government.

QUESTION 0.2:

Question 0.2:  Do you have any information about successes of your users in using the educational materials offered on the SEDM website?

 

Answer 0.2:  Unfortunately, we get almost no feedback from our users on how successful it is to use our materials.  We wish we had more.  Consequently, there is no information we can provide to you about the probability of success in using our educational materials.  If you have a story or anecdote you'd like to share along these lines, please send it to us!  Also be advised that our About Us page says that no one at SEDM is allowed to share subjective opinions about the effectiveness of our materials and are ONLY allowed to provide scientific statistics if available.  Since we don't have any such statistics, then there is absolutely nothing we can do to answer your question.

QUESTION 0.3:

Question 0.3:  Do you have any statistics on the "performance" or "effectiveness" of your response letters?  I'd like to know more about what I'm getting.

 

Answer 0.3:   Unfortunately, we are not presently equipped with the technology resources or staff to keep detailed statistics but would like to be eventually so we have a method to continually improve our offerings.  "Success" is a very subjective and ambiguous term unless it is defined and you didn't define it.  To know about the effectiveness of our response letters, we would need disciplined feedback from our readers.  In practice, we find that most readers do not want to be burdened with providing feedback and don't want to have to digest or make sense out of the numerical statistics that would be generated from such feedback either.

We do know that if you do not respond to Federal letters then you lose on your "dishonor" under the rules of the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC).  Dishonor occurs in two methods: 1) Silence, and 2) Arguing.  For more details on the rules for commercial law, click here.

We prefer to educate you about how to remain in Honor.  You accomplish this by a conditional acceptance made by the response letter which in effect states that you conditionally accept the government offer to get you to admit liability and payment for such liability upon proof of claim that you are a party made liable via an Implementing Regulation published in the Federal Register and that you have your legal residence and/or principle place of business within an internal revenue district.

The government has no proof of any Implementing Regulation published in the Federal Register.  The government agents have taken an Oath of Office to well and faithfully discharge the duties of their office and to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States to which American Nationals are secured parties to that very Constitution. Not a bad bargain.

QUESTION 0.4:

Question 0.4:  Are Bivens Actions effective and worth the trouble?  Why is IMF Decoding important and does your MF Decoder decode EPMF or IRAF files?  If so, is it necessary that these be decoded?

 

Answer 0.4:   Some answers:

1. We can't determine how effective a Bivens Action might be in your particular case because we can't give legal advice.  Litigation is always a gamble and results are unpredictable.  Click here (OFFSITE LINK) if you want some government statistics on how effective they are.  Get an account on http://versuslaw.com for $19.95/month and search the case databases on your own to determine for yourself how effective they are.  That is what we would do to answer the question for ourselves and certainly, there is nothing stopping you from doing it either.

2. Since we don't do any of this for money and want to be around over the long term to help educate you and earn your trust through our objectivity, there is no motivation for us to affect or influence your judgment to our financial benefit.  Consequently, we won't make recommendations about which option is best for you that involve any financial consequence.  Therefore, you can read the detailed free MF Decoder manual at http://sedm.org/ItemInfo/Programs/MFDecoder/MFDecoder.htm.  If you don't think the program or the documentation make sense or that you could not run it yourself, then you have answered your own question.  If not, go ahead and flip a coin or ask a more knowledgeable friend.

3. As far as decoding, absolutely everything we know about decoding and the decoding process is thoroughly explained at:
   http://sedm.org/ItemInfo/Services/IMFDecoding/IMFDecoding.htm
   http://sedm.org/ItemInfo/Programs/MFDecoder/MFDecoder.htm
   http://sedm.org/LibertyU/IMFDecoding.pdf

There is nothing we can add to the description there or the free manual that is available on the MF Decoder page, which are very thorough.  You will have to make your own determination about whether the service might help you, because we can't give legal advice and we don't want to either advertise or promote anything.  We are simply here to help those who can make their own informed decisions as "nontaxpayers" about what they need, and those decisions must be based entirely upon our Reasonable Belief About Tax Liability memorandum of law and nothing else, and ESPECIALLY not anything we might say.

4. Neither the MF Decoder Software nor the Full Service decoding examine IRAF files.  You are on your own with those.

Once again, our Articles of Mission say very explicitly we can't give legal advice or make any kind of promises or assurances about anything offered on this website.  False promises are the basis for how the government slanders and shuts down those it targets for illegal persecution, because allegations of false promises are used to accuse individuals of "false commercial speech" that hurts people.  We can therefore have no part in answering such a question.  The most we can say is that we have done our best to ensure that everything we offer is completely consistent with the latest versions of the Internal Revenue Code, the Treasury Regulations, the Internal Revenue Manual, and other IRS publications.  It is for you as an informed consumer to decide whether we have been effective at that mission, and it would be a conflict of interest for us to influence you in one direction or another.  Our tools and offerings are only as accurate as the government's propaganda...Oops, I mean code (not "law", but "code") and publications .  Caveat emptor.

"If a nation [or a people] expects to be ignorant [or dependent on anyone] and free... it expects what never was and never will be.”
[Thomas Jefferson]

If our materials are inconsistent with reality or prevailing law, it is only because the government:

1. Refuses to accept responsibility for the accuracy of their publications, phone support, or statements.  Why then do you want us to take more responsibility for our statements than the government does for theirs?  Read the amazing truth of this matter for yourself:

   http://famguardian.org/Subjects/Taxes/Articles/IRSNotResponsible.htm  (OFFSITE LINK)

2. Refuses to accept our repeated invitations to contact us informally and administratively to help us correct the information we offer, in violation of their Internal Revenue Manual section 1.1.1.1, which says their mission is to: "Provide America’s taxpayers top quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax responsibilities and by applying the tax law with integrity and fairness to all."  The "fairness to all" part of that mission statement implies that they owe an equal duty to those who are not "taxpayers", such as us, and that duty has been maliciously neglected to date by them.  Equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment Section 1 demands that they provide an equal degree of help to "nontaxpayers" in defending their status as "nontaxpayers" and explaining to them why the IRC does NOT apply to them.

3. Refuses to make available the necessary publications and internal policy documents which might allow us to correct any errors, after repeated good faith attempts by us and several others to obtain the information.  In fact, they have systematically withheld, hid, and obfuscated the information necessary to improve our tools and  publications in an attempt to interfere with the process of determining the validity of the false and illegal assessments they have been making on nontaxpayers.  That is called "obstruction of justice" and "extortion" and hypocrisy in our book.  It also violates the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. Chapter 41, Subchapter V, which requires that all parties subject to federal jurisdiction MUST be able and willing within 30 days to provide all information necessary to determine the validity of any imputed debt, whether a tax debt or not.

You are the sovereign and you and only you can determine what is right for you based on your own reading of the extensive information available in the legal resources referenced on both this website and the Family Guardian website. You must base your decision about what is best on what the government says constitutes a Reasonable Belief About Income Tax Liability and consistent with our Member Agreement.  If these sources of information and belief aren't enough, then the problem isn't a deficiency of information, but rather a crisis of confidence in yourself and your ability to govern your own life and make your own decisions.  No amount of marketing on our part can compensate for a crisis of confidence on your part.  The government likes and actually helps "manufacture" people who feel inadequate to make their own decisions, because they make good sheep and targets for exploitation and extortion.  They do this in the public fool, I mean "school", system.  Spread your wings and learn to fly or forever be chained to the federal plantation (Babylon the Great Harlot).  America will be the land of the free when it is the land of the brave, and bravery has to start with you.  Please read this page and our "About Us" pages if you have any doubts about these issues.  Good luck and God bless in your own sovereign quest for Truth and justice.

"The hand of the diligent [and responsible and studious] will rule,
But the lazy [or irresponsible] man will be put to forced labor [government slavery!]."
[Prov. 12:24, Bible, NKJV]

QUESTION 0.5:

Question 0.5:  I belong to The Church of The Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith and we don't believe in fellowshipping, with any other religious organization.  Our belief is based on the Bible.  I've noticed the only way one can obtain information from the Ministry, is by becoming a Member.  I ask is there any other way I can obtain your information?  I have been reading various forms of information from the Family Guardian website.  My ultimate goal is to become sovereign.

 

Answer 0.5:   Thank you for that insightful and important question.  We don't seek to force anyone to do anything.  This is a voluntary religious and/or political association of people who do nothing but share beliefs and opinions, not facts.  All you have to be in order to become a Member is believe in God, put Him first, and obey the other technical requirements of the Member Agreement.  We can't and won't force you to fellowship or speak or associate with other Members if you don't want to.  You are free to redefine the spiritual aspects of the Member Agreement, to replace the word "fellowship" or "Member" with whatever else you want and to describe your religious beliefs however you choose, as long as you otherwise meet all other aspects of the agreement and indeed believe in God.  We can't and won't waive any of the other terms of the agreement, however, because it is very carefully designed to avoid anything that would bring reproach upon the Lord or cause anyone to engage in any unlawful or injurious behaviors.  Send us your modified version of the agreement signed and highlight what you changed, and we will examine it and notify you whether we can accept it.  Please send both the signed acrobat version and also it in editable Microsoft Word format.  Before you make the changes, make sure you turn the Microsoft Word "Track Changes" mode on so that we can see what you changed or modified.

QUESTION 0.6:

Question 0.6:  I don't meet all of the requirements for membership identified in the Member Agreement.  Can you make an exception for me?

 

Answer 0.6:  We can't and won't willingly make exceptions for ANYONE.  Period. You must meet ALL of the requirements for membership identified in the Member Agreement BEFORE you sign the agreement and begin availing yourself of our educational and spiritual reference materials.   This requirement is also true even if you promise to meet the requirements in the Member Agreement but in fact haven't yet. To do otherwise would be to needlessly clog up the IRS and interfere with the lawful and constitutional administration of the Internal Revenue Code, which we don't ever want to be accused of doing.  The only people we can have as members are "nontaxpayers" and people the IRS simply isn't lawfully allowed to deal with and who are not subject to the jurisdiction of any federal district or circuit court.  We are not a customer-driven organization or a business, but a spiritual, religious, and educational ministry.  We exist ONLY to love and serve God and teach people how to honor Him by studying and obeying His law and by loving and not hurting their neighbor in fulfillment of the two Great Commandments found in Matt. 22:36-40 in the Bible. 

QUESTION 0.7:

Question 0.7:  Your Member Agreement is only signed by the Member and not the Ministry.  Doesn't this mean it is not enforceable in court?

Answer 0.7:  Thanks for that very insightful question.  The answer is a resounding NO.  There are many legally enforceable obligations that are only signed by one party.  Let's list a few examples:

1. Tax returns.  Judges treat the obligations created by this effectively unilateral contract as a solemn obligation that people can't get out of.  That is why is it signed under penalty of perjury.

2. Trust deeds on property.  The reason they aren't signed by multiple parties is because they are frequently sold on the open market and would be unmarketable if they were.

3. Debt securities or notes.  Debt securities are supposed to be signed by the borrower AND the lender.  Look at the Federal Reserve Notes in your pocket.  There are two signatures on the notes but both parties work for the U.S. government, who is the borrower.  The lender, which is the Federal Reserve, doesn't sign.  Therefore, they FRNs are debt securities signed by only one party: The U.S. Government.

If the government wants to attack this as a defect in our Member Agreement, then they are also going to have to destroy the very mechanism that allows them to assess and collect revenues under Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code.  Our memorandum of law entitled " Requirement for Consent" proves that Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code behaves as "private law" or "special law" that only applies to parties who make themselves individually subject by individual consent.  In effect, it behaves as a contractual obligation incident to federal public office and requires a signature of some kind on the part of a person in order to make them into a "taxpayer".  That signature must appear on any one of several different types of private contracts, including the SS-5, W-4, or 1040 federal return.  If a party has never signed any of these "contracts", then they cannot be a "taxpayer" under Subtitle A of the I.R.C.  Therefore, they are "nontaxpayers" not liable.

 

Some contracts also behave as "adhesion contracts", where involving oneself in a particular activity makes them subject to an agreement of some kind, even though written consent was never provided.  These kinds of contracts trigger based on an activity, rather than explicit informed consent.  For instance, criminal or penal laws act this way:  If you commit a crime, you become subject to a certain provision of the criminal code.  If you never committed the crime, you can't be subject.  Another example is engaging in foreign commerce under Subtitle D of the Internal Revenue Code.  In the case of this Ministry, viewing, using, or downloading our copyrighted and licensed materials or communicating with us in any form causes the User to become automatically subject to the terms of the SEDM Member Agreement, even if they have not explicitly signed it.  You will note that the term "User" has a different meaning in the Disclaimer statement than other words on this website, and it is explicitly defined to mean anyone who views, reads, downloads, or uses any of the materials available on this website or communicates with any of the users.

 

Based on the foregoing analysis, if the government or any Member invalidates the enforceability of our Member Agreement, then it would also have to declare that:

1. Federal Reserve Notes were unlawfully issued and unusable.

2. Tax returns create no obligation in law.

3. All trust deeds on real property are invalid and no one really owns real property.  The whole real estate industry is just one big fraud.

4. Social Security participation is not lawful.  The SS-5 application only has one signature.

QUESTION 0.8:

Question 0.8:  I am having trouble faxing you the Membership Application.  May I email it to you instead?

Answer 0.8:  Yes you may.  Acrobat PDF format is preferred because these files are usually smaller.  If you scan and send as image files, the attachments may be too large to go through the email.  Generally, attachments bigger than about two megabytes will bounce.

QUESTION 0.9:

Question 0.9:  Why do people have to consent to such a long Member Agreement in order to obtain your materials?  This seems kind of restrictive?

Answer 0.9:  There are several reasons for this.  Below are a few:

1. We want to prevent our materials from being abused or misused and thereby bringing reproach upon us, the God we serve, and the freedom community in general.  The Member Agreement section 1 is VERY specific about who can and who can't obtain our materials, to prevent them from getting in the hands of those who might abuse them.

2. We want to prevent the materials from being used for an unlawful purpose.  The audience authorized to read the materials excludes "taxpayers" and all those who have not done all the things necessary to become "nontaxpayers".  A "taxpayer" who reads our materials is violating the Member Agreement because he might try to abuse them to interfere with the lawful enforcement of the Internal Revenue Code in violation of 18 U.S.C. §371 and 26 U.S.C. §7212.  We as a ministry are nonresident persons not subject to these statutes and not engaged in commercial activity or speech, but we don't want to target or associate with  those who might be, because this might result in a surrender of our sovereign immunity under 28 U.S.C. §1605(a)(2) and needlessly subject us to corrupted federal jurisdiction.

3. We want to require all those who read our materials to take complete, personal, and exclusive responsibility for all their actions and prevent them from blaming us for the consequences of any of their decisions or actions.  Personal responsibility is a prerequisite for being sovereign.  Those who haven't done all the study and research necessary to apply our materials properly or consistent with prevailing law will be more careful and scrupulous if they know that they must accept all the responsibility for the consequences.

4. We want to prevent those who benefit financially from perpetuating the theft, violation of law, and plunder facilitated by the present de facto system from suing or otherwise persecuting us.  The fact of the matter is that there are many who benefit financially from maintaining the present de facto government and tax system that we have and who want to prevent any changes that might undermine their livelihood.  This includes lawyers, tax preparers, CPA's, the government, etc.  Many of these professions would like to prevent the information available here from getting into your hands so that Americans don't have a chance to learn of their misdeeds, fraud, and violations of law.  Abusing legal process against us for any number of reasons are often the only way they have to inflict punishment.  Such legal terrorism amounts essentially to anti-whistleblowing activity.

5. We want to discourage the following types of persons from joining, who are both high maintenance and nothing but trouble:

   5.1  Schemers with a pyramid sales deal disguised as network market.

   5.2  People who are a fry shy of a happy meal ("nut cases").

   5.3  Have an ego bigger than Bush, Clinton, Rumsfeld combined.

   5.4  Have attitude issues….some just mean.

   5.5  Those who would rather be lazy and presumptuous than do their own homework.

   5.6  Have “Hi…I’m a target painted on their face.” [aka do really stupid things]

   5.7  Want others to do ALL the work for them.

   5.8  Will absolutely chastise government in speech…yet still believe government wizards in courtrooms when the chips are down.

   5.9  Confuse winning or loosing with merit of an argument.

   5.10  Cannot understand ORGANIC, independent thought….the answer they feel is always ANYWHERE but within themselves.  These people are sheep and don't even realize it.

   5.11  Want someone to LEAD them and feel naked without a leader.

Consequently, the Member Agreement prevents and deters any of the unlawful or undesirable consequences above from happening.  The agreement may look way longer or way more complicated than it needs to be, but practical experience and extensive legal research has taught us that there are many modes the government and legal profession uses to attack and persecute people like us for exercising our First Amendment right to inform others about their fraud and violations of law, and we want to be ready for them.  As long as you simply read our materials, take full responsibility for your own choices and actions and don't try to blame us for them, do not ask us for advice, and don't become a mole, witness, or snitch or "kype" against us, there is nothing to fear from consenting to the Member Agreement.  We're only trying to protect our First Amendment rights because this is a non-profit law enforcement and educational ministry, not a business.  We're not like the government: We don't seek to control people or coerce them to do anything.

QUESTION 0.10:

Question 0.10:   How would one be able to benefit as a Non- Resident Alien? Am I denying that I was born in the U.S.?

Answer 0.10: By claiming yourself as a "nonresident alien", you are recognizing the separation of powers (OFFSITE LINK) put there by the founding fathers for the protection of your liberties and rights.  That separation of powers (OFFSITE LINK) makes federal jurisdiction "foreign" for nearly all subject matters and implies differences in meaning of the term "United States" between the Constitution and the federal laws that implement it.  The "U.S." as defined in federal statutes is not the "U.S." (OFFSITE LINK) that includes states of the Union indicated in the Constitution.  You need to read the following to appreciate these differences in meaning and the implications upon your citizenship and domicile:

   Why you are a "national" or a "state national" and not a statutory "U.S. citizen", Form #05.006

   http://sedm.org/Forms/FormIndex.htm

As far as the consequences of being a "nonresident alien", read our free materials below:

1. Federal and State Income Taxation of Individuals, Form #12.003:  High level summary of income taxation and what the law says about the liability of nonresident aliens.

2. Nonresident Alien Position", Form #05.020:  Detailed memorandum of law documenting all the obligations of being a nonresident alien.

Please study the above references and rebut the questions at the end of the pamphlets.  If you want to study citizenship further, read Great IRS Hoax (OFFSITE LINK) sections 4.11 and following for detailed analysis.  We can't do the home work for you. Only you can do it and reach your own conclusions.  You must be persuaded by facts and evidence, and not anything we tell you or write.  Our Member Agreement says that the only basis for reasonable belief about tax liability is documented in the pamphlet Reasonable Belief About Tax Liability, Form #05.007.  Read and study it for yourself.  Sovereignty begins with education, and you need to get educated before you attempt to step forward and take on a corrupted and unlawfully administered system.  That education will take faith, effort, and discipline.  Your questions reveal that you need more education, which is available for free in our Liberty University.

QUESTION 0.11:

Question 0.11:   I'm confused about contradictions with your approach to obtaining or using your materials.  I am glad that I have found your ministry on the web and I have even made a donation and downloaded Sovereign Christian Marriage and SSN Policy  Manual. Though I have read the first and enjoyed it, there is something I do not understand and need clarification from you. At the beginning of Sovereign Christian Marriage, there is an Important  Notes page.  The first warning on this page goes along the line "only the intended audience may use and read this material" the content goes on to say that if you received this from basically anyone, you are a thief and a criminal unless you agree to the SEDM Member Agreement. So I clicked on the link and read the agreement. It says that in order for you to be a member you have to be an sovereign citizen, reject all earthly government and only adhere to the heavenly Father's government before all others. Then in section 6 it says a member needs to share their new light. So how can some one share their light of the SEDM ministry with some one who does not know that the Gods government comes before man? Or with people who don't know about sovereignty?  Your book is very articulate, much more than I have yet to be.  So when I try to explain this concept to people who have never understood it, let's just say I have a hard time and would like to lend them the book so that your understanding goes directly to them and won't get garbled through me. It seems to me that if Jesus took the same approach that you are taking,  He would only be preaching to the angels.  So please help me understand:

1. How I can share your knowledge with others?

2. How I can I use your knowledge even if I don't agree with all your requirements of membership ( If not convicted of a truth I have no business following it)

3. If I don't fit your membership requirements, how can I legally own a copy of your material?

4. The apparent contradiction in your message.  Your message appears to be contradictory, "here's the truth but only if you already believe it can you share or even have a copy" is that the case?

Thank you for receiving my email,  please answer my email as I'm only looking for understanding of your ministry.

Answer 0.11: Thank you for your insightful question and this opportunity to clarify our intentions.  Some answers:

1. The Bible makes it abundantly clear, including in the first four commandments, that God ALWAYS goes before government and that not observing this rule constitutes idolatry, which is the worst sin documented in the Bible.  People who don't understand this basic spiritual concept of idolatry are lukewarm Christians, and Jesus spits these people out of His mouth. Rev. 3:16, Matt. 22:1-14..  The process of getting people to the point where they at least believe in God and are reading the Holy Bible regularly and are not making government into a pagan idol is an evangelical work that is beyond the direct mission of this ministry.  We address people AFTER they have reached this point.  What the 501(c )(3) churches do often satisfies this mission or goal of getting people past the point of achieving faith and salvation and basic biblical knowledge and it is pointless to reinvent the wheel.  Our materials do, however, have an indirect affect of getting people to this point, because we apply God's word to show that they are sinning, need to repent, and are being punished because of their violation of God's laws.  That may be why the Apostle Paul and Jesus both referred to the law as the "schoolmaster":  It teaches us how to love our God and our neighbor.  See John 9:35-41; John 18:15-25.  We prefer to complement, not replace, what evangelical churches do presently in America, and to focus on help in areas that they aren't involved in but should be involved in.  These areas include biblical law, legal education, ecclesiastical courts, self-government, and specific procedures for separating oneself from the government so that we can fulfill the biblical mandate to serve ONLY God and not any government.

   “Away with you , Satan!  For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him ONLY [NOT the government!] you shall serve.’”
   [Jesus in Matt. 4:10, Bible, NKJV]

2. You don't have to agree with any of our free materials to share them.  You can share any of the FREE knowledge on the website with anyone you wish as long as you don't change the copyright or owner information or charge for it.  You don't need to be a member to read the free information, but you must be a member to USE it in governing your life and enforcing your rights against the government administratively, legally, or in a court of law.  This is done to ensure that you do not abuse our materials to violate any law or bring reproach upon yourself, us, Christianity, or the God that we serve.  By "USE" our materials, we mean employing them for any of the following specific purposes:

   2.1  Attach to correspondence sent to any third party, and especially the government or the legal profession or a business.

   2.2  Attach to legal pleadings sent to any government, court, or the legal profession.

   2.3  Attach or incorporate within any tax return or tax collection correspondence sent to the federal or state taxing authorities.

   2.4  Incorporate our materials by reference or provide a hyperlink to our website in correspondence or legal pleadings sent to any government, legal profession, or business .

   2.5  Mention anything or anyone connected with our ministry website or any member of our ministry as an authority or a basis for your beliefs about your responsibilities under the law. 

3. The distribution of the bookstore items is limited to Members only, however, because most if not all of these materials at one point or another have the possibility of being used in interacting with government and the legal profession in defense of one's rights. 

   3.1  We sustain our operations through the bookstore items and you will DESTROY and DISCREDIT our ministry if you give them away for free or in violation of the Member Agreement or you allow them to get in the hands of uninformed or dis-informed or  presumptuous people who intend to abuse our materials to discredit or injure themselves, Christianity, the Lord, and/or us. 

   3.2  If you want to share bookstore items with others, make a suggested donation to obtain another copy on behalf of that person and then give it to them as a gift. When you obtain our  materials through the bookstore on behalf of those who are not members, you must therefore ensure that they are warned that they cannot USE these materials to interact with the government or legal profession unless and until they become Members and that they are only for reading and entertainment UNLESS and UNTIL they meet all the requirements for being a Member. 

   The bookstore checkout process enforces the mandatory requirement to consent to the Member Agreement and therefore it is impossible to obtain our bookstore items without consenting to become a Member.  If after obtaining and reading materials from our bookstore you decide you don't agree with the requirements of membership, you will become a Member in Bad Standing.  Members in Bad Standing cannot use any of our materials in correspondence with the government, legal profession, courts, or anyone else, but may only read the materials.  You must be a Member in Good Standing in order to USE our materials for any tax years in which you use them.

4. Only if you already believe in God and have no disagreement with the the vast collection of free materials on our website other than the bookstore items can you become a