Congressman
Ruppersberger
Dear Congressman,
It is, in my mind, something of a miracle that I have, in fact, gotten written responses from Senator Van Hollen and Governor Hogan in light of the letters I had written them which included my experience of calling the CIA collect to try to warn them of 9/11 and my NOTARIZED precognitive “What a nightmare” warning to the FBI, which was very detailed and accurate: group, women, money, fabricating bombs, New York, death, timing, as well as an identification of the group in identifying the Weathermen manifesto. In my view, Senator Van Hollen and his legislative aides must be highly intelligent individuals. My take of Governor Hogan is that his recent bouts with cancer made him aware of the spiritual needs in dealing with illness and disease. The Mayo clinic doctor Amit Sood, in his book states categorically that spirituality is pivotal in resilience to illness and disease. Further, Governor Hogan is a moderate, and like him I am middle of the road, and I personally detest the rise of political and religious extremism and intolerance. On top of that my mother, a lifelong Republican who voted against Trump, likes Governor Hogan, so, although I am a Democrat, I support Governor Hogan.
I recently wrote to Senator Van Hollen as well as Collins, Murkowski, McCain, and Flake to highlight the fact that the deficit is a very big problem. My question was: When you give large tax cuts to corporations AND individuals, then how is it even possible to avoid very large deficits? All articles that I have read indicate that, indeed, as predicted, the deficit is growing very rapidly. That is a problem. And the extremists are using the deficit (they created) as an excuse to institute very large cuts to social programs such as social security and medicare. I believe Senator Van Hollen does advocate a revised tax plan.
Now, at this particular time, I am writing to you because of the abortion issue. What I have is, actually, a question. Genesis 2:7 states that God “breathed life” into man. It would seem fairly self-evident that ‘God breathing life into man’ would essentially form and create a definition of life as “breathing.” Obviously that Biblical passage would be relevant to the abortion debate, especially in light of the Christian extremists who push the anti-abortion position politically and religiously. My question is this: In light of the passage Genesis 2:7, could a Christian woman “rightfully” choose to have an abortion since Genesis 2:7 defines life as “breathing” – so having an abortion would not be destroying life as many of the extremist Christians argue. The point is that the definition of “life” is, in the end, a question of judgment, and peoples’ judgments will vary greatly depending on their particular points of view. In my view, the opinions of religious leaders like the Pope, or the Archbishop of Canterbury, or any of the Evangelical leaders are not as salient and important as the rights and views of the woman whose life is on the line as it were.
In Matthew 23: 2 – 34, Christ berates the Pharisees for their legalistic and pedantic views of the laws in the Torah: Matthew 23: 4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's (and in this case women’s) shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,…… 23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Several studies of the religious beliefs of the younger generation point out that many young people find the “hypocrisy” of many Christians offensive. And when it comes to women many conservative Christian leaders put a lot on women, in my view, unfairly.
I should say that, as reported in some studies of religious beliefs in America, and in my view, the Christian extremists are only alienating a lot of young people with their extremist views. A recent study of English under 24 show that of English under 24 only 4% are affiliated with the Anglican church, which as the article reported is cataclysmic for Christianity in England. The PRRI study of 2017 shows a similar dramatic and drastic drop in Americans affiliated with organized religion.
I am writing a book about religious beliefs, spirituality, and psychology which is really a collection of essays. The salience of spirit and spirituality in psychology is an important theme in my writing. You could check my website out if you wish (it is new and still rough): https://www.spirittruthandmeaning.com/ I would suggest you might want to check out the essay “Meaning, Spirit, and Suicide.” I argue that the recent roughly 25% increase in the suicide rate of Americans since 1999 is partly due to the absence of spirituality in psychology – which has probably become the “dominant” ideology in Western Civilization. Also, the website does have a special section which does include the Notarized precognitive warning that I talk about which you could also view.
Lastly, I would mention to Senator Van Hollen’s legislative aides that the Baltimore FBI has not responded to my letter or my phone call. I have found from hard experience that in government and in general there are a lot of prejudices and misconceptions so everything depends entirely on who you talk to. But, with the FBI, it isn’t a question of what they believe. The important point is that I am, in fact a citizen of the United States and as a citizen, I deserve a response of some sort. Considering that “What a nightmare” has never been done before one might think an intelligent agent would want to talk to someone such as myself. Although physicists will tell you we know absolutely nothing about dark energy, dark matter, or dark gravity – and there are phenomena like quantum entanglement which defy out ordinary understanding of physics - ironically, when it comes to “psychic” and “spirituality” people seem to automatically think they have all the answers. My question is: Why, on earth, are people so neurotic about what could be seen as an interesting and productive aspect of humanity?
Sincerely yours,
Charles E Peck Jr.
For the record I also sent this letter to Senators Van Hollen, Cardin, Cummings, Feinstein, Warren, Collins, Murkowski, McCain, Flake, Reed as well as to Congress-”man” Tulsi.