loony toons or a cunning scam?

Letter to 2Wheels raved about the upmart site http://www.upmart.org

All sorts of claims about getting exemption from tolls, perpetual
registration, immunity from parking fines.

Sounds like a loony, but this person is collecting $25 ($20 concession)
from a whole lot of gullible folk.

Some exerpts:
"Tolls offend biblical laws which are at the foundation of our
constitution namely Proverbs 22:27, 11:14, Mark 12,42,43,44. Further,
proof or in the least strong evidence, exists that the E-Tag is the
forerunner to the Body Tag which is the
Mark of the Beast as foretold in Revelations."

"It is illegal for us to pay road tolls pursuant to s5 of the Crimes Act
1914, which defines crimes pursuant to “aiding and abetting offences
against laws of the Commonwealth” AND also to other sections therein,
namely s4C (offences under 2 or more laws), s24,(2) (Treason)
s24AA,(Treachery) s24A & s24C (Seditious Intention)."

"A special flyer for Christians. It is a flyer for circulation amongst
their congregations. When
Christians receive this pack they praise God for being made aware of the
hidden agenda of the Electronic-tags. George P. is a Christian. When he
received this pack he organised many of his Christian friends to burn
their e-tags. They have been free from tolls ever since. Now the Word
and the connection of e-tags to Revelations Ch. 13 vs16, 17 18 has
spread through their congregation like wildfire. The Word is out. Heed
the Word or wear the mark."

"Because of the heavy influence of Freemasonry within the courts and the
parliament we understand that our exemptions will not be speedily
acknowledged by either the courts or the parliament, but instead we
understand that we must fight for this acknowledgment. We expect that
all manner of trickery and deception shall be used to uphold tollways
for as long as possible and to delay the acknowledgment of our legal
exemptions."

Moike

 

It's a loony toon scam. Playing on the perceived susceptibilities of a
target market. Nothing new.

In any case, the user pays principle is not against the Biblical teaching.
The verses quoted say nothing about tolls or taxes.

Having said that, I don't particularly enjoy paying toll ...

 

In fact, "tithing" is one of the sacraments and was laid down in the
Apostolic Constitutions, based on (among other references) I Corinthians
16:1-2. Biblical justification for gouging cash from people is pretty
strong.

Manning

 

Criticism is pretty strong too. Who was that guy who turned the
moneylenders out of the temple?

Gary