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Originally posted by network dude
Originally posted by anicetus
reply to post by StaceyWilson
That's video creeps me out. They're holding up the satanic hand sign for the devil.
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If wishes were fishes, I'd have more sushi than I could stand. I wish people would read the whole thread before replying.
Originally posted by network dude
reply to post by poet1b
I doubt that. I think he is a satanist. throwing the devil horns all around. he is president of Iran and the illuminati.
Well, Iran at least.
I'm blood related to Lady Bird. No reptilians in the fam I knows of.
Jim Wells County is known as the home of "Box 13", the infamous ballot box which gave Lyndon Baines Johnson a 200-vote edge over popular former governor Coke Stevenson in the Democratic primary election. It was later demonstrated that these 200 votes were "stuffed" into the ballot box after the polls had closed. Johnson went on to win the election.
Originally posted by coyotepoet
The question was about "Illuminati" or occult membership..
edit on 7-7-2011 by coyotepoet because: added 2nd paragraphedit on 7-7-2011 by coyotepoet because: box 13
This was posted here before and it was determined to be the hook em horns sign.... I see that alot around here in Texas...
I'd love to know the basis for why you think these two things are synonymous....
Originally posted by coyotepoet
I was waiting on someone to comment on that-not surprised it was you.
Originally posted by coyotepoet
I don't think they are synonymous. It's linguistic shorthand. I put "illuminati" in quotes because there are those that argue that this group died with Weishaupt and were a positive force.
Originally posted by coyotepoet
I used the word occult because of some of the symbols and methods used. I have argued in other threads that symbols are neutral and can be used for good or bad, that just because something is "occult" does not make it evil.
Originally posted by coyotepoet
And yet, regardless of what you call them (and there are many names-most meant to obfuscate,) that sacred higher and hidden knowledge has been used to manipulate for not so nice purposes-Hitler' and Nazi fascination with the occult included.
And what of those who use Christianity....or any religion or belief system.....to manipulate and enslave the masses for no-so-nice purposes? How about consumerism???? How about the belief in Global Warming? The line does not stop at the occult. The point is that many individuals in modern times and throughout history have had hidden agendas. They have used propaganda to further those agendas.
Existence of these agendas does not indicate a concerted effort or conspiracy of any alleged "powers that be," no matter what name you want to call them by. The only thing such evidence indicates is that people are motivated by various factors to influence (or mislead) society. It is part of the human condition.
Originally posted by coyotepoet
reply to post by CIAGypsy
Everybody has an agenda of one sort or another. Positive, negative, selfish, selfless, it depends on the person and the agenda--as does the means to accomplish said agenda. I'm assuming the propaganda to which you refer is dis/mis-information, blind alleys, red herrings, sometimes even good old NLP style mind control.
Originally posted by coyotepoet
There is a lot of misunderstanding for instance on what is meant by "occult" especially within religious groups who are convinced many things are "from the devil" without any deeper levels of understanding.
Originally posted by coyotepoet
We also agree that the line does not stop at the occult (probably more accurately referred to as "extra-physical means"--no need to sully the good names of the innocent occultists.) But are said "extra-physical" means used to accomplish certain agendas? I think so, especially since the fingerprints of ritual (symbolically and numerologically) are found in the damnedest places (pun intended.)
Originally posted by coyotepoet
What I haven't seen is any proof that your point of view of said non-existence is based any less on faith, observation, or your own or others agendas,than mine is based on faith and observation of their existence.
Originally posted by coyotepoet
The only way either of us could speak with any such certainty is if we carried the highest levels of security clearance and anyone with such a high level of clearance saying the things you say with certainty would automatically be suspect as to the nature of that person's agenda (because remember, everyone has an agenda.)
Originally posted by coyotepoet
BTW-because of my observations of you I harbor nothing but a high degree of respect for you and your point of view (but that still doesn't mean you are right.)edit on 10-7-2011 by coyotepoet because: Spelling
Nyet... I do not necessarily think everyone approaches all propaganda with the purpose of misinformation or misdirection. Some people genuinely believe their own propaganda or perhaps even think of the message as harmless, especially when compared to something more sinister.
The argument can also be made that symbology and numerology is also found in nature. Yet you do not consider mother nature to be part of some vast conspiracy.... Some things are just simply naturally occuring. Who is to say, ultimately, that it isn't all part of some divine plan?
So, if I DO somehow prove a negative to you, that only makes my proof suspect because of where that proof is obtained? Sounds like a no-win situation to me. This is why CT believers refuse to accept logic, reason, proof, truth, or anything that doesn't fit their pre-conceived beliefs about what reality really is.
Originally posted by coyotepoet
reply to post by CIAGypsy
As for the divine plan, I am a Proniac (look up Rob Breszny if you are unfamiliar with the term) and believe that everything is for our growth and evolution as individuals and as a species-even the "negative" stuff.
Originally posted by coyotepoet
Not at all. Just that your perception of Truth is different than my perception of Truth because we are looking at it relative to where we are on the sphere. You of all people should be aware of the truly subjective nature of truth coexisting with the wholly objective nature of Truth.