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Originally posted by JoshNorton
So
- LUXUS says the Bavarian Illuminati was the inner sanctum of the Vatican (but he can't back that up).
- JohnnyBGood says the Bavarian Illuminati was the Jesuits, at war with the Vatican (but he can't back that up).
- And the guy who actually started the Bavarian Illuminati wrote that ALL organized religion is bad, and doesn't give a rat's ass for either the Jesuits OR the Vatican.
Guess which of those statements I'm more likely to believe, given the historical evidence that exists? (Hint, it's C...)
Originally posted by LUXUS
Thing is I have looked up the quote in the book you say it comes from and whilst the first paragraph is the same the rest is not? Either both authors are quoting from an older source or someone has been a bit naughty and added material.
At this point I am unsure of where the additional material comes from. Maybe someone should contact Michael Tsarion.
www.illuminati-news.com...
The Bavarian Illuminati is probably the most misunderstood secret society in modern history. Adam Weishaupt (1748-1811) founded this "new" secret society in the 1700s, but it was indeed not new at all; it's been around for thousands of years but under different names. During Weishaupt's lifetime, however, this organization was revealed in public. The Bavarian Illuminati in an earlier form created the Knights Templar and Freemasonry to safeguard ancient esoteric knowledge from coming into the hands of the Power Elite and was set up as an opposition to the powers-that-be. The Freemasons, under the influence of the Bavarian Illuminati, started a new branch of Freemasonry - Freemasonry of the Scottish Rite with its 33 degrees (33°) of initiation where also the esoteric knowledge from the Knights Templar were intermixed. After had begun as a benevolent organization, it was soon infiltrated by the malevolent Brotherhood and eventually taken over by them.
Originally posted by LUXUS
Adam Weishaupt may have announced the presence of the order but he did not create it.
Originally posted by LUXUS
Its only when you know where you have come from that you can know what you have lost. You guys don't know where you came from and therefore you don't know what was lost or even who took it.
Originally posted by JohhnyBGood
I don't give a rat's ass what Wieshaupt 'wrote' - Jesuits were famously trained to be decievers and infiltrators of all other beliefs faiths and professions - so nothing any of them say can be believed - period!
Originally posted by AugustusMasonicus
How could the Illuminati create Masonry when Masonry predates the Illuminati by many centuries?
I apparently have no idea what is going on in the orginization to which I belong, yet you, who is not a member, seems to have information which I do not. Do you see the irony?
Originally posted by Masonic Light
Weishaupt was not a Jesuit. He was, in fact, a target of the Jesuits (which is why he founded the Illuminati in the first place).
Originally posted by naeem11111
The Illuminati has existed long before Freemasonry was created.
Dr, AW, the organisation's most controversial grand master, made it look like it was new, in order to avoid questions arising about what they have been up to for many centuries. Solomon the wise was its first 'unofficial' grand master when the Illuminati were wandering gnostics and Pythogras after him, was the 'official' grand master and founder.
Let me be clear. As you know most Freemasons are at the 'bottom' and the real secrets are gained at the 32nd/33rd degree and the 34th,35th and 36th only a handful will recieve it(if you have the right 'contacts')
Originally posted by naeem11111
AW infact was educated at the Jesuit College in Ingolstadt in Bavaria, and the Jesuits largely controlled the town's university. Thats why people conclude he was a Jesuit.
The town was the Illuminati's headquaters at that time.
He was not the founder of the Illuminati but made it appear it was, to avoid the authorities from asking questions.
Originally posted by Masonic Light
The Illuminati began in 1776. Freemasonry was already many centuries old.
The Illuminati did not exist prior to Weishaupt.
Originally posted by Lateralussicksicksick
As the other guy has said what you are talking about is the BAVARIAN ILLUMINATI, which has been the most controversial of all the other existing Illuminati.
If you look at history all you'll get is Weishaupt planning a NWO, him hating religions etc. we can never know what truly took place everything written in history books is just one side of the whole story. Every story has two sides and we can only judge that story if we can understand both sides and understand their intentions.
Again Weishaupt is just another Grandmaster of the Illuminati and the Illuminati has existed long before he was born.
Originally posted by Masonic Light
And again, there is no record of any groups calling themselves "illuminati" before the late 18th century.