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That’s a foolish sentiment. No one accomplishes anything on their own. They are taught be teachers. They are aided by banks, they are influenced by their parents and they are aided by their friends.
Originally posted by southern_cross3
Ah, I don't need to answer your questions, Captain Mason. As a rule, I never read posts longer than a paragraph, especially if I know that it's all garbage.
Originally posted by smallpeeps
Not sure about this. The first reference I have is in a book called "Pawns in the Game" by William Guy Carr [1968]. He says:
After an exchange of crdentials Father [Eustace] Eilers [of the Passionist Missions, Birmingham Alabama] provided me with a copy of "The Mystery of Freemasonry Unveiled" written by His Eminence Cardinal Caro Y Rodriguez of Santiago, Chile, first published in 1925.
Carr then says that this Cardinal quoted from Pike's letter to Mazzini, but still no proof.
QUESTION: Would Pike have been the same caliber of man without Freemasonry? Would he have thought as highly of himself if he had not been a Freemason? Or was it masonry that gave him the tools to be so strong? Would [insert great non-masonic person here] have been even greater with the tools, comrades and connections Freemasonry provides?
Also, why do so many masons act as if they know everything when they have so many hidden levels above them? I mean, what's to say that when you ascend to the 33rd level, they won't whisper in your ear; "Guess what! Everything we've told you to deny is actually TRUE! Don't tell the guys on level 27."?
Originally posted by southern_cross3
Find I'll answer questions but it's not going to resolve anything.
1. What proof could I show that the letter is real? None.
2. Where is this letter? I don't know, by George.
3. Why do historians laugh at it? I dunno, must be funny.
4. Why is it deemed a hoax? Because everybody likes to debunk a conspiracy. On the other hand, there are plenty of unbiased authorities that would say it's not a hoax.
5. Why am I using it as propoganda? Well, I'm not. This is a forum on secret societies involving conspiracies, and I posted along the subject line. Naturally the Freemasons aren't going to even consider this as being true, which is why I'm sort of "ignoring" your input on the matter.
Originally posted by smallpeeps
I find this statement very interesting. Would you say most Masons agree with you? Would you say that this is a masonic tenet or central axiomatic truth? I am curious.
from: www.cooperativeindividualism.org...
The central tenets of contemporary conspiracy theory owe much to the British author Nesta H. Webster's World Revolution; The Plot Against Civilization (1921), a book that testifies powerfully to the endemic flaws of conspiracy notions.[1] World Revolution describes minute similarities (differences receive little or no mention) found in a variety of secret societies and intellectual movements between the late 18th century and the early 20th century. These, it says, are "proof" that the source of revolutionary upheaval in the modern world "is not local but universal, it is not political but social, and its causes must be sought not in popular discontent, but in a deep-laid conspiracy" (emphasis added). Accordingly, parallels between the rituals, methods, and symbolism of various societies, and the teachings of individuals as various as Rousseau, Robespierre, Owen, Fourier, Marx, Bakunin, and Louis Blanc are interpreted as evidence of an "occult force, terrible, unchanging, relentless, and wholly destructive, which constitutes the greatest menace that has ever confronted the human race."
According to Mrs. Webster, one man started it all: Adam Weishaupt, a renegade Jesuit priest and professor of canon law who founded the Order of illuminati of Bavaria on May 1, 1776. By this account, Weishaupt was the principal architect of internationalism as it became manifest in the 20th century. World Revolution terms him the mastermind of the "terrible and formidable sect" that launched "the gigantic plan of World Revolution" and so earned him a place on the dark side of history as "the profoundest conspirator that has ever existed. " At least some mention of Adam Weishaupt or the Illuminati is found in virtually all contemporary conspiracy literature.
To attempt to refute the Webster account of global conspiracy by pointing out every historical fallacy of the work would be an enormous waste of time. It would be so not because there are no factual errors but because she does not offer support, by references to verifiable "facts," for the crucial aspect of her thesis -- that the key people involved conspired to achieve a common purpose. That critical notion is an inference she makes from the evidence presented, but it is not the only plausible inference. Indeed, other inferences seem more plausible.
Thus, to attempt to refute Mrs. Webster's conspiracy thesis and those of other conspiracy theorists -- one must contend with facts not presented more than with those offered. And to prove a negative -- that is, that there is no conspiracy -- is virtually impossible. That, however, in no way suggests Mrs. Webster's thesis is accurate. Her method is fundamentally flawed; it permits neither verification nor refutation. Consequently, "believers" can accept the conspiracy theory and "nonbelievers" can reject it.
from: freemasonry.bcy.ca...
...Carr erroneously depicts the USA seal as an insignia of the Illuminati and describes the "all spying eye" without citing any source or documentation. In a later footnote he again claims: "the Great Seal of america is actually the insignia of the illuminati." [p. 53 footnote]
"The significance of the design is as follows: the pyramid represents the conspiracy for destruction of the Catholic (Universal Christian) Church and the establishment of a "One Uorld", [sic] or UN dictatorship, the secret" of the Order; the eye radiating in all directions, is the "all-spying eye" that symbolizes the terroristic, Gestapo-like, espionage agency that Weishaupt set up under the name of "Insinuating Brethren", to guard the "secret" of the Order and to terrorize the population into acceptance of its rule." [p. xiii]
With a breathtaking lack of historical accuracy, Carr claims: "It should be noted that this insignia acquired Masonic significance only after merger of that Order with the Order of Illuminati at the Congress of Wilhelmsbad, in 1782." [p. xiii]
Jumping off from Taxil's lies, Carr continues: "...[Albert] Pike accepted the idea of a one world government and ultimately became head of the Luciferian Priesthood. Between 1859 and 1871, he worked out the details of a military blue-print, for three world wars, and three major revolutions which he considered would further the conspiracy to its final stage during the twentieth century." [p. xiv] "Pike organized the New and Reformed Palladian Rite." [p. xv]
When Carr makes the following claim, it is time to seriously question his sources: "Long before Marconi invented wireless (Radio), the scientists who were of the Illuminati had made it possible for Pike and the Heads of his councils to communicate secretly." [p. xv]
Carr purports to quote Pike's August 15, 1871 alleged correspondence in the British Museum Library but neglects to provide citation. [p. xvi] He also quotes Taxil's lie about worshipping Lucifer citing it as being in a letter sent to his Palladian councils July 14th, 1889 [p. xvi]
from: www.theforbiddenknowledge.com...
What, among other things, appears so significant in the Illuminist/Masonic plan for three world wars is that the Third Planned War has been enunciated by conspirators as revolving around tensions with the Moslem "world." While the Middle-East has been specifically pointed to in the Luciferian conspiracy as providing the strategic and tactical basis for a Third World War, corollary components could be in the construction stage in other regions of the world, notably India/Pakistan/China.
A Plan for Three World Wars, you might say ? Not my idea. Not my conspiracy. Not my prediction. It is, however, a plan by persons who have much more power and influence than that expressed through the power of the pen. It does, however, substantially include persons who have the lion's share of the power of the pen, that is, the "press." Or, one might say, includes those who have the lion's share, the vulture's share, and the jackal's share. And I'm just trying to hold on to my First Amendment share. And that's a principle shared by many patriotic Americans and Christians around the world.
When was the alleged plan for three world wars penned and by whom?
It was put to writing in 1871 under the auspices of two prominent godfathers of Freemasonry, Mafia founder Giuseppe Mazzini who viewed the subversive and occult structure of Freemasonry as a profound vehicle or "lever" for world revolution, and America's Confederate General Albert Pike, co-founder of the KKK and Supreme Pontiff of Lucifer who re-wrote the degrees of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry and who instituted the diabolical Rite of the Palladium to dominate Freemasonry, with the Palladian Rite providing an intensified hands-on course in "fleshly glove" demon possession leading to walking/talking possession of human initiates by Lucifer-associated spirits, demons. The ultimate objectives of the "occult conspiracy" include the establishment of a One-World Government to exercise overt occult oligarchic ruler ship world-wide.
The "Plan" embodies the ultimate in human rights violations, and the world wars which it has spawned have been instruments to achieve even more diabolical objectives. Within the scope of what "Plan" has Freemasonry elicited oaths embracing murder, perjury, and treason ? To what extent have persons been culpable who have operating within the United States as U.S. citizens ? Enemies Within ? Including Presidents ? Beyond Bill Clinton ? Brace yourself.
from: www.prolognet.qc.ca...
Recently I came across a tape entitled «The History of the Illuminati» by Myron Fagan in which Mr. Fagan explains in detail what the Illuminati is, how it started, and their conspiracy to form a one world government by the end of the 20th Century. Following are excerpts taken from this tape, based on William Guy Carr's book, "Pawns in the Game".
- Melvin Sickler
Originally posted by mcguyvermanolo
reply to post by cotwom
Funny that this Letter once proudly and arrogantly on display was removed from the Royal Naval Museum directly after the publishing of "Tragedy and Hope" by Professor Carroll Quigley, Clinton's Mentor at Georgetown University.
Clinton, BTW, was a student in his youth with "De Molay", the Bushes,"Skull and Bones" at Yale, and Obama, a "Prince Hall Mason".
Why don't you read that book and Jack Bernstein's, "My Farewell to Israel", too?
www.youtube.com...
I love it when people who reply to 6 year old posts give 'at a boy's to members who haven't even logged in since 2007.
Originally posted by fordrew
I love it when people reply to posts that are 6 years old.
Originally posted by mcguyvermanolo
reply to post by cotwom
Funny that this Letter once proudly and arrogantly on display was removed from the Royal Naval Museum
Clinton, BTW, was a student in his youth with "De Molay"
the Bushes,"Skull and Bones" at Yale
and Obama, a "Prince Hall Mason".
What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know, it's what we know for sure that just ain't so.