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Historically, a Zionist was any person who fought for the establishment of a Jewish nation in Zion. This was finally fulfilled over the course of many bloody months from 1947 to 1949, as various nations fought over the partitioning of Jerusalem and the surrounding region. The nation of Israel has held a tenuous foothold ever since, and it remains the political and spiritual homeland of all Jewish people all over the world. Since its establishment, the mission of Zionists has been to defend and strengthen Israel, and to oppose challenges to its sovereignty; in short, Zionism is Zionist nationalism.
Some critics of Zionism frequently broaden the application of the word Zionist to include any people anywhere who express support for Israel. Suffice it to say that antisemitism is not your everyday bigotry. Its roots run deep, it is cross cultural, and it's been institutionalized as an official national policy by some of the world's greatest superpowers. Nazi Germany is the only most obvious example of antisemitism as policy, but it's hardly the only one. 500 years before Christ, in the time of ancient Persia, Xerxes ordered all Jews in his kingdom to be killed. Various Roman emperors and Greek kings ordered the Jews to be exterminated. While the Christians prosecuted their Crusades against Muslims and Jews, the Muslims were forcing Christians and Jews to either convert or be killed. In the 1300s, Jews were widely burned at the stake throughout Europe for "causing" the plague. In the 1400s, the Spanish Inquisition burned some 30,000 Jews for refusing to leave their country. But this list could go on and on ad nauseum. Jews have always been blamed for something, and were always at the receiving end of the genocide. There are scant examples in history of Jews doing the same to anyone else.
And yet claims of Zionist Conspiracy have always persisted, lack of evidence notwithstanding. The most significant evidence of the existence of the Zionist conspiracy to rule the world appeared in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1903. Znamya was a small, short-lived newspaper published by an extreme nationalist faction called the Black Hundreds, for whom antisemitism was a core value. Znamya serialized 24 articles over 9 issues of the paper titled The Protocols of the Sessions of the World Alliance of Freemasons and of the Sages of Zion. They were, apparently, the recorded minutes of that group's meeting which took place sometime in the late 1800s. The headline was "A Program for World Conquest by the Jews: Minutes of a Meeting of the Elders of Zion". Its articles covered topics such as economic war, methods of conquest, acquisition of land, a transitional government, propaganda, destruction of religion, organizing disorder, and the control of stock markets. Russian ultra-nationalist Pavel Krushevan, the publisher of Znamya and openly antisemitic, refused to give his source for the articles, other than to say they were received by him in French and were translated.
Originally posted by captaintyinknots
I dont disagree with your premise (though there is a religious extremist faction of 'zionists' that does exist), Im curious: Is the claim here that groups like the skull&bones, illuminati, and freemasons DO rule the world?
I'm asking this as clarification, and do hope there can be constructive discussion on the matter.
ETA: I guess a better way to present what I am looking for is: Before worrying about proving who ISNT running the world, first we must prove that SOMEONE is. I for one have yet to see anyone put forth even the slightest bit of damning proof against one group or the other.edit on 9-6-2013 by captaintyinknots because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by ParanoidAmerican
reply to post by XxNightAngelusxX
I also would not say secret societies have no connection to it. Free Masonry in particular has symbolism from many regions and religions. There is a masonic monument in Israel. King Solomon King and Hiram Abiff (some think this last to are the same) are considered the three or at least two of the first masters. Someone else recommended a Manly P Hall book that is a great read and explains things in much more detail.
I believe the Illuminati is still at play. Unlike Zionists, their intentions for establishing a one world order were clear upon their foundation.
I would consider The freemasons less mysterious than either of the aforementioned groups. To a large extent, these days, freemasons are very open. There is a plethora of information available on them. And, the thing that makes them far less mysterious in my mind, is the fact that we know, definitively, that they exist.
Freemasonry is a bit more mysterious,
Ive given this theory a lot of thought, honestly, but Ive yet to see any good hard evidence presented on it. The thing that makes me doubt it is the fact that Weishaupt fled, and took most of the documents with him. He had begun to incorporate with freemasonry beforehand, but at best, all this shows is that freemasonry was influenced by the illuminati, not that the two merged.
but Illuminati members were also Freemasons, and because of the possibility that Illuminati merged with Freemasonry upon its banishment
I wont speak about the illuminati, because I dont think that they exist, at least not in the way they are currently thought of, but here's the thing about freemasonry:
, because of Freemasonry's current fulfillment, and because certain people of power have been Freemasons for generations, it seems there's more supporting evidence that Freemasonry, and thus the remnants of the Illuminati, have influence on world events.
The thing about skull&bones, and many other fraternal college organizations, is that they are just thought: college level. Yes, you can get an idea of who is being groomed as the leaders of tomorrow, but they are college age. They are not ruling anything.
People of power have been in Skull & Bones as well, but they're Nazi sympathizers. Not Jewish at all.
As a group, I agree. But, as I hope has come through, my point is that most of these groups themselves are not nefarious, they dont have a ton of power, they arent ruling the world. Its the individuals.
I don't see any Zionists in any generation that planned for a new world order, and Zionists have no connection to these other organizations, either. It seems like the Zionist conspiracy has always been loosely fitting fluff.
But can we even define either one? Who is the illuminati? Who are the zionists?
I would consider The freemasons less mysterious than either of the aforementioned groups. To a large extent, these days, freemasons are very open. There is a plethora of information available on them. And, the thing that makes them far less mysterious in my mind, is the fact that we know, definitively, that they exist.
Ive given this theory a lot of thought, honestly, but Ive yet to see any good hard evidence presented on it. The thing that makes me doubt it is the fact that Weishaupt fled, and took most of the documents with him. He had begun to incorporate with freemasonry beforehand, but at best, all this shows is that freemasonry was influenced by the illuminati, not that the two merged.
I wont speak about the illuminati, because I dont think that they exist, at least not in the way they are currently thought of, but here's the thing about freemasonry: To the majority of its members, its nothing but a gentlemen's club. There is only the slightest percentage of them that have any actual clout.
What they DO do, though, is have a nice little political niche that they have built for themselves. Most members are, to some extent, at least, influenced by their membership.
So, that leads to the question, who are the INDIVIDUALS swaying the group. We know some. Not all.
The thing about skull&bones, and many other fraternal college organizations, is that they are just thought: college level. Yes, you can get an idea of who is being groomed as the leaders of tomorrow, but they are college age. They are not ruling anything.
Which, again, leads to the question, who are the INDIVIDUALS behind it.
As a group, I agree. But, as I hope has come through, my point is that most of these groups themselves are not nefarious, they dont have a ton of power, they arent ruling the world. Its the individuals.
Thats not the point, I know what the commercial definition is. I am asking for specifics, with evidence to back them up.
The Illuminati can be pretty well defined in the OP, and in the video I posted. The Zionists are pretty clearly defined in the link provided.
Which, like I said, brings it down to the individuals.
Oh, their existence and fronted intentions are not mysterious at all. Their existence is obvious, and their fronted intentions (meaning the lower ranked Masons, like my uncle, who take part in charity and community service) are clear. But their secrets are still secret behind the Master Masons, and beyond simple community service, no one knows the intentions of Freemasonry.
*Were* more clear. At this point, it cant even be proven that they exist, and if they do, they are certainly a different group than Weishaupt's illuminati.
Whereas, the Illuminati's intentions were leaked and exposed. While their existence is more questionable, their intentions are more clear than Freemasonry.
Yes, but that is my overall point in regards to the illuminati. Im not saying they dont exist. But if it cant be proven that they do, its pretty hard to prove that they are pulling the strings, right?
It would be hard to present hard evidence on this, honestly. But the Illuminati had its own power and the snowball had gotten bigger already, before Adam supposedly fled and made peace with the Catholic church. That topic is discussed in the videos too. This is a bit of a touchy "Is it really so?" topics of interest regarding the Illuminati, because there's no hard proof one way or another.
Fair enough, and I concede that it is possible as well.
Understandable, and I won't say indefinitely that the Illuminati is alive, but I believe it to be possible.
Agreed. But I have seen nothing that shows freemasonry to have the type of power to be running the show, so to speak anyway, so its a bit moot, in my opinion.
True. But Freemasonry itself didn't (as its yet proven, anyway) have Jewish origins or Zionist influence, to the best of anyone's knowledge. However, since their higher ranks are guarded more heavily than the White House itself (theoretically), its still up for question to some degree. But looking from the outside, I see no Zionist connections.
Again, I agree, but they are the bottom of the food chain. They are not running anything. They are an important thing to keep an eye on, but they most certainly are not the ones running the world.
Yes, but a handful of our presidents have been Skull & Bones. While they're just kids at this point, it still has some impact on who they are, what ideals they're loyal to, and who they will become.
I dont know if thats true. Skull&Bones was founded in 1832,after a dispute between Yale debating societies Linonia, Brothers in Unity, and the Calliopean Society over that season's Phi Beta Kappa award. Im not sure how the nazi connection ties in (not saying I support them in any way, I just dont see the connection).
Who knows? All we know is that many aspects of the original Skull & Bones were founded on Nazi ideals, which eliminates the possibility of Zionist influence.
While I am not in any way supporting the idea that they do, I would like to present a couple of names to you, in hopes of making my point about individuals instead of groups:
Yeah... regardless on what you think of the other organizations in the OP, I think it should be clear that Zionism doesn't rule the world.