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1798 - George Washington acknowledges that Illuminati activity has come to America: "It is not my intention to doubt that the doctrine of the Illuminati and the principles of Jacobinism had not spread in the United States. On the contrary, no one is more satisfied of this fact than I am."
"As Weishaupt lived under the tyranny of a despot and priests, he knew that caution was necessary even in spreading information, and the principles of pure morality. This has given an air of mystery to his views, was the foundation of his banishment.... If Weishaupt had written here, where no secrecy is necessary in our endeavors to render men wise and virtuous, he would not have thought of any secret machinery for that purpose."
- Thomas Jefferson
Originally posted by Produkt
but not a single one of those people take the time to research WHO and WHAT the original Illuminati were.
The truth is tho, and after looking into it. The original Illuminati wanted nothing more then to be free from the tyrany of the church back then.
Originally posted by ConspiracyNut23
Many researchers use the Illuminati has a label for the people who control the world, not necessarily tied to the Bavarian Illuminati. Just a label in the same lines has NWO, although some see it has a satanic society, many don’t.
Adam Weishaupt started the Bavarian Illuminati to combat the influence of the Jesuit society at his university. He wanted to this without loosing his position - that is why he employed the secret society model. They were pushing humanistic ideas and books such as Rousseau. Some were what we might consider, against the church, but once Von Knigge entered the order and reworked the degrees must of that was taking out. (he was a devout Christian.)
The despotism of princes grows while the spirit of liberty is expanding everywhere. To consolidate these two extremes we say: Jesus didn’t want to create a new religion, but establish a natural religion based on reason. He wanted to reunite men in a wider fashion and make them capable of governing themselves, by spreading a moral wisdom and combating all prejudgments.
Source: Nachtrag von weiteren Originalschriften as printed in “Les Illumines de Baviere” by Rene Le Forestier.
Translation is mine. (so it’s not perfect)
Originally posted by Produkt
Why did Weishaupt start to doubt Von Kingge?
Originally posted by Produkt
And it's becuase of this labeling that the original idea's of the Illuminati aren't even looked at. All I see posted here is the oh so evil Illuminati, but I don't see any post's showing how the original Illuminati, the one that started it all was in no way evil at all.
However, on the Scientific 1600's, the murders of members by the church, along with jailing highly profiled memebers, lead to contempt. Perhaps they vowed to bring down the Church, which would take time and considerable resources. Enter bankers and infiltration and the whole NWO thing. Not to take over the world, just to topple the Church for revenge, and perhaps open the world to more enlightenment once the Church no longer controlled power over thought. Is that evil? In the Old Testament way, no. An Eye for an Eye. Depends on your view, and if you were of the Church... or a persecuted Free Thinker.
Originally posted by grimreaper797
just ask yourself
"why do i consider science knowledge? i will never really know it to be 100% true"
as a philospher said "the only thing a person knows is true is themselves"
We are coming for you. We have waited for this moment for a very long time. We will bathe in your blood just as you have done to humanity. We will finish you off with a smile. We will kill you with joy. When it is all over we will redefine the meaning of sufferring. And it's all just for you. You cowards.