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59 The visitors would lik nothing better than fo your religious institutions to govern the nations. This you must resist. your religious must resist. advise. MANIPULATION OF RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS AND BELIEFS The Way of Knowledge, however it may be defined within their own cultures. This is the source of individual freedom. This is what enables individuals and societies to have true integrity and to have the wisdom necessary to deal with the influences that counteract Knowledge, both within their worlds and within the Greater Community. It is, therefore, necessary to learn new ways, for you are entering The visitors would like a new situation with new forces and new influ- ences. Indeed, this is not some future prospect but nothing better than for an immediate challenge. Life in the universe does not wait upon your readiness. Events will happen institutions to govern whether you are prepared or not. Visitation has the nations. This you occurred without your agreement and without your permission. And your fundamental rights are being violated to a far greater degree than you yet realize. Because of this, we have been sent not only to give our perspective and our encouragement but also to sound a call- ing, an alarm, to inspire an awareness and a commitment. We have said before that we cannot save your race through mili- That is not our role. And even if we tary intervention. attempted to do so and garnered the strength to carry out such an agenda, your world would be destroyed. We can only You will see in the future a ferocity of religious belief expressed in violent ways, carried out against people who dis- agree, against nations of less strength and used as a weapon of attack and destruction. The visitors would like nothing bet- ter than for your religious institutions to govern the nations. This you must resist. The visitors would like nothing better