Planet Nibiru Iron Debris? Underground Cities?

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OT Peeps,

Recently ran across some stuff about this, and how it is coming around the sun after 23,000 years in cycle, and carrying with it iron debris that will potentially rain on the earth. What do you know about this?

The conspiracy theorists as they are called believe that the alleged illuminati are in the know and have secret cities built underground to prepare... This correlates with some other stuff I have read.

Again, what does anyone know about this?

I do believe that 2012 did see some major changes in the world, though not as quick and extreme as some might have suspected though I never bought the 12/21 thing... I do think there have been pretty severe atmospheric changes surrounding this age... that cant be denied.

If it werent for the fact that I have seen conspiracies myself , I wouldnt buy ANY of it, but this season has gotten me searching alot. I KNOW there are people in higher positions that DO feel they are above the constitution... and I DO think the U.S. political climate is changing, and the world.

2009 was declared the first year of the one world government.

Not to go all Jesse Ventura on you, but Im not to old to change my thinking, and I think Im swinging that way a bit.

What do you think of this idea of illuminati? I have never paid attention, but Im starting to.

I have ZERO fear, more fascination. Personally if this wretched world ends I think everyone would be for the better the way its going.

Not to perpetuate the myth that Im going crazy but... When you get older you starting paying more attention to whats around you, and there are some things SCREAMING that alot of this conspiracy stuff is true.
  • Profile picture of the author LarryC
    I have studied this issue (on and off) for the last few decades and I'm sure there is something to it. On the other hand, if there is an Illuminati it follows that they would spread a lot of disinformation about themselves, which makes it very hard to know what to believe. A good book that illustrates this point in a humorous way is the Illuminatus Trilogy, written back in the 70s by Robert Anton Wilson. The book is dated in some ways, but it teaches us to be skeptical of everything and not to take anything too seriously.

    I tend to think the Nibiru stuff falls into the disinfo category, meant to distract us, but obviously I could be wrong about that. I also think that the world government has been in the works for a long time. However, there is also evidence that it's coming apart as more people are waking up.
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    • Profile picture of the author John Durham
      Originally Posted by LarryC View Post

      On the other hand, if there is an Illuminati it follows that they would spread a lot of disinformation about themselves,
      Im convinced that they do exist... but also have considered what you are saying here too... and if they are as smart as they should be, thats exactly what they would do.

      Was just in another thread about "strategists" and long term positioning... Its all very fascinating. They would be the ultimate strategists.
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  • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
    I do believe that 2012 did see some major changes in the world, though not as quick and extreme as some might have suspected though I never bought the 12/21 thing... I do think there have been pretty severe atmospheric changes surrounding this age... that cant be denied.

    If it werent for the fact that I have seen conspiracies myself , I wouldnt buy ANY of it, but this season has gotten me searching alot. I KNOW there are people in higher positions that DO feel they are above the constitution... and I DO think the U.S. political climate is changing, and the world.
    Hmmmm, l think that the most part of the Nibiru, thing is probably a pack of lies, some IM'ers have put together to sell more "Nibiru- the end is nigh", t-shirts, etc!

    • They said it can only be seen from the Arctic, (convient) and when they showed a picture of it, it looked like something a kid in his basement would put together, or in other words, it looked fake!

    • Then they said you could see the Nibiru, star near our own? I couldn't, and l certainly tried!

    • Then they said you could see the planet at dust in Australia, etc. Eventhough it looked remarkably like Mars, etc!


    So, it could be true that their is a brown drawf Star and planetary system in the Kyper belt area, but l would say that the rest is probably a crock....


    What do you think of this idea of illuminati? I have never paid attention, but Im starting to.

    I have ZERO fear, more fascination. Personally if this wretched world ends I think everyone would be for the better the way its going.
    As for that part, it is true that someone in high places is controlling what Curiosity on Mars is seeing and how it is seeing it, (as well as all other missions since Viking.

    But from what l have heard, the Military owns NASA, so it is rare to actually get the truth! Although NASA officials have publically said they have found water on Mars surface and am 95% sure there are live things in the soil.

    They have covered up info, like this up for a good 50 years, so there is hope yet.


    I have personally found that Mars definitely has green algae growing on a good part of its surface, etc. So l already know that there is life on Mars, l am just waiting for them to get on with the big announcement!!!

    Shane
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  • Profile picture of the author John Durham
    Thanks for the input Shane, thats why I asked. I havent studied these things very long, and am really just at the tip of the iceberg. We have to be careful not to try and be looking for ways to confirm what we already believe, because you will always find a way to do that, and so its hard to find actual truth.

    For that reason, people at the WF can offer a more objective perspective when you ask a question than one can get by controlling their own searches, if that makes sense.
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    • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
      Thanks for the input Shane, thats why I asked. I havent studied these things very long, and am really just at the tip of the iceberg. We have to be careful not to try and be looking for ways to confirm what we already believe, because you will always find a way to do that, and so its hard to find actual truth.

      For that reason, people at the WF can offer a more objective perspective when you ask a question than one can get by controlling their own searches, if that makes sense.
      Quite welcome John, yeah, initially l wanted to believe in the Nibiru thing, but as stated before it didn't add up!

      The Mars thing on the other hand is very obvious, and has substantial proof, that is why l believe it!


      As for Mars being inhabited by Humans and having advanced junk everywhere, etc. is still up in the air, although there is more evidence pointing in that direction than not!

      No concrete proof, but it is plausible, based on all available evidence!

      And for a change NASA is actually backing up this idea, with recent announcements!

      Should get exciting in the coming year. I suspect we will get the big announcement when this "Fiscal Cliff" issue gets resolved!

      Shane
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  • Profile picture of the author Young Financier
    The Nibiru thing has been debunked by some pretty reputable scientists. If I remember correctly, even NASA debunked it. Sounds like another fear strategy to go along w/ the 2012 thing. I guess they're gonna push the heck out of Niburu since the world didn't end in 2012. I remember hearing of Nibiru in late 2009. The person who told me about it would refer to the works of Zacharia Sichin. It had me worried for a while, until I realized that you have individuals out there who made an industry out of conspiracies. Jesse Ventura, as you mentioned...if he actually knew something, would the all powerful "Illuminati" who supposedly controls EVERYTHING allow him to have a TV show that reveals their secrets?
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    • Profile picture of the author myob
      This recent article in "Scientific American" may help explain why people believe such theories despite contrary empirical evidence:

      Why People Believe Conspiracy Theories: Scientific American
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      • Profile picture of the author LarryC
        Originally Posted by myob View Post

        This recent article in "Scientific American" may help explain why people believe such theories despite contrary empirical evidence:

        Why People Believe Conspiracy Theories: Scientific American
        There's really nothing scientific about that article, as it's really just saying that it's irrational to believe in anything that questions mainstream opinions.

        << True enough, which is why science and reason must always prevail over fear and irrationality, and conspiracy mongering traffics in the latter at the expense of the former. >>

        "Science" and "reason" are buzzwords that are often used to discredit unpopular views, but in many cases "conspiracy mongering" simply means having an open mind and not accepting everything you are told.

        There are vested interests behind the corporate media and the government. That's not a conspiracy theory, it's just economics and politics. As long as people have strong reasons to lie and cover things up, it's only rational to ask questions. That doesn't mean you should believe every conspiracy theory.

        One thing that article is right about is that they often contradict each other. However, it doesn't automatically follow from this that the mainstream theory is the correct one. I try to maintain an agnostic or skeptical position on most issues.
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        • Profile picture of the author seasoned
          Originally Posted by LarryC View Post

          There's really nothing scientific about that article, as it's really just saying that it's irrational to believe in anything that questions mainstream opinions.

          << True enough, which is why science and reason must always prevail over fear and irrationality, and conspiracy mongering traffics in the latter at the expense of the former. >>

          "Science" and "reason" are buzzwords that are often used to discredit unpopular views, but in many cases "conspiracy mongering" simply means having an open mind and not accepting everything you are told.

          There are vested interests behind the corporate media and the government. That's not a conspiracy theory, it's just economics and politics. As long as people have strong reasons to lie and cover things up, it's only rational to ask questions. That doesn't mean you should believe every conspiracy theory.

          One thing that article is right about is that they often contradict each other. However, it doesn't automatically follow from this that the mainstream theory is the correct one. I try to maintain an agnostic or skeptical position on most issues.
          Even a Parrot can quote the theory of Relativity. That doesn't make it ANY smarter!

          WHO would you rather be? That who ALWAYS trust those PROVEN to be liars, or those that always QUESTION? I would rather be one that always questions.

          I have heard CRAZY theories. Theories like how one company was secretly creating very unusual vehicles for the government. It even had an ODD name! and then there was a place SO secret that the BIGGEST proof of it's existence is a dark spot on some maps. COME ON!

          As for that last one? Area 51 is known to be that, and exists! And what OF the skunk works? Well, I even interviewed there once, so I guess it is real.

          OH, I have heard DOZENS of crazy "conspiracies" that were later proven true! There were hundreds of others some din't believe that were true.

          They really RELY on the idea of ridiculing any that would question.

          SURE, the alien tie might not be real. They might be working with technology we can track to terrestrial sources. The fact is that they DO exist and some of the craziest claims(like threatening to SHOOT TRESPASSERS DEAD, and using UFOs for cover, AND RIDICULING those that expose their cover) were TRUE!

          Frankly, with all the lies I see, and people so willing to believe them, I question even reality itself! It would be like waking up and finding all can levitate and materialize food, and go instantly to another planet. Wouldn't you THEN start to question science and the ideas against magic? It has often been said that if science is far enough beyond the experience of a culture that it will seem like magic.

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        • Profile picture of the author myob
          Originally Posted by LarryC View Post

          There's really nothing scientific about that article, as it's really just saying that it's irrational to believe in anything that questions mainstream opinions.
          On the contrary, this observation, scientifically labeled as a "monological belief system" in the article, cited empirical research of this phenomenon by University of Kent psychologists Michael J. Wood, Karen M. Douglas and Robbie M. Sutton in a paper entitled “Dead and Alive: Beliefs in Contradictory Conspiracy Theories,” published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science in January 2012.

          Taken in a marketing perspective, conspiracy advocates are successful within this large segment of the population because of a fundamental and illogical bias of distrust in authority and "official" narratives, including scientific explanations. Some of my favorite (and highly lucrative) niches are targeted exactly to extremes of this increasingly popular psychological anamoly a la Alex Jones, et al. We have some examples of it at work right here in this thread.

          "Because, There Is a War on for Your Mind."
          - Alex Jones
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          • Profile picture of the author seasoned
            Originally Posted by myob View Post

            On the contrary, this observation, scientifically labeled as a "monological belief system" in the article, cited empirical research of this phenomenon by University of Kent psychologists Michael J. Wood, Karen M. Douglas and Robbie M. Sutton in a paper entitled "Dead and Alive: Beliefs in Contradictory Conspiracy Theories," published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science in January 2012.

            Taken in a marketing perspective, conspiracy advocates are successful within this large segment of the population because of a fundamental and illogical bias of distrust in authority and "official" narratives, including scientific explanations. Some of my favorite (and highly lucrative) niches are targeted exactly to extremes of this increasingly popular psychological anamoly a la Alex Jones, et al. We have some examples of it right here in this thread.

            "Because, There Is a War on for Your Mind."
            - Alex Jones
            ANY things of this nature basically rely on the statements of ONE person!

            Are they INFALLIBLE? UNLIKELY!
            Are they QUALIFIED? MAYBE NOT!
            Are they telling the truth? TODAY?!?!?!? WHO KNOWS?!?!?!?

            so if someone says so and so is dead, is it REALLY insane to believe he or she may still be alive?

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            • Profile picture of the author myob
              Originally Posted by seasoned View Post

              so if someone says so and so is dead, is it REALLY insane to believe he or she may still be alive?
              Not at all, but I think you are again missing the point in my response to the OP's perspective.

              The scientific method is a systematic way for confirming the probability of a hypothesis. Pure science does not neccessarily have all the "answers", but levels of probability provide the direction to take for obtaining the answers.

              In your example, confirmation of the "pronouncement" or hypothesis would be subject to investigation and/or coroner's inquiry. Depending upon whether or not the body is available or identifiable, there are established procedures for determination of probabilty scenarios.

              These probable scenarios of the event or cause are themselves modifications of the hypothesis based upon additional observable or empirical evidence.

              A classic example is the death of Amelia Earhart; the conclusion based upon best probabilities from empirical research and evidence is that (despite the plethora of "conspiracy theories") she most likely died of starvation after surviving her 1937 airplane crash on the remote Howland Island in the central Pacific Ocean.
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          • Profile picture of the author LarryC
            Originally Posted by myob View Post

            On the contrary, this observation, scientifically labeled as a "monological belief system" in the article, cited empirical research of this phenomenon by University of Kent psychologists Michael J. Wood, Karen M. Douglas and Robbie M. Sutton in a paper entitled "Dead and Alive: Beliefs in Contradictory Conspiracy Theories," published in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science in January 2012.

            Taken in a marketing perspective, conspiracy advocates are successful within this large segment of the population because of a fundamental and illogical bias of distrust in authority and "official" narratives, including scientific explanations. Some of my favorite (and highly lucrative) niches are targeted exactly to extremes of this increasingly popular psychological anamoly a la Alex Jones, et al. We have some examples of it at work right here in this thread.

            "Because, There Is a War on for Your Mind."
            - Alex Jones
            Using technical sounding jargon and publishing supposedly scientific studies doesn't mean something is true. Nowhere in that whole article is there proof offered of anything at all. It's just a generalized "explanation" of conspiracy theories in general.

            It may sound impressive to talk about a "monological belief system," but this is another vaguely defined term that is really just a way to discredit people the researchers don't agree with. There are many different conspiracy theories, most people don't believe in a simplistic, single conspiracy that explains everything.

            Academic intellectuals are good at this type of propaganda. They invent all kinds of fancy sounding terminology, conduct studies and publish papers, while they really aren't studying anything objectively at all. They started out with their conclusion (in this case, that conspiracy theorists are deluded and paranoid) and then figure out a way to "prove" it. Not all scientific research is like this, but more than most people realize.

            It's true that conspiracies can be a lucrative marketing niche, but that's another topic altogether. The fact that money can be made from something doesn't address whether it's valid or not. It's like internet marketing. There are many profitable markets there, some of the products are good and some aren't. Alex Jones may very well be a cynical marketer who has figured out how to tap into this niche, but that doesn't discredit every alternative theory or even the ones he espouses.
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            • Profile picture of the author myob
              Originally Posted by LarryC View Post

              Using technical sounding jargon and publishing supposedly scientific studies doesn't mean something is true.
              Ibid post #15.

              Also, I highly recommend you buy this book: "Conspiracies and Secret Societies: The Complete Dossier" by Brad and Sherry Steiger. It includes nearly 200 alphabetically arranged juicy unbiased entries, available on Amazon.
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              • Profile picture of the author Big Rob
                Originally Posted by LarryC View Post

                I have studied this issue (on and off) for the last few decades and I'm sure there is something to it. On the other hand, if there is an Illuminati it follows that they would spread a lot of disinformation about themselves, which makes it very hard to know what to believe. A good book that illustrates this point in a humorous way is the Illuminatus Trilogy, written back in the 70s by Robert Anton Wilson. The book is dated in some ways, but it teaches us to be skeptical of everything and not to take anything too seriously.

                I tend to think the Nibiru stuff falls into the disinfo category, meant to distract us, but obviously I could be wrong about that. I also think that the world government has been in the works for a long time. However, there is also evidence that it's coming apart as more people are waking up.
                One of the trippiest storys I ever read, along with Castanedas' Teachings of Don juan and Rands Atlas shrugged.
                No wonder I got mental issues

                Originally Posted by John Durham View Post

                Im convinced that they do exist... but also have considered what you are saying here too... and if they are as smart as they should be, thats exactly what they would do.

                Was just in another thread about "strategists" and long term positioning... Its all very fascinating. They would be the ultimate strategists.
                Most deep thinking Spiritualists are as well

                Originally Posted by Sean T Alexandre View Post

                The Nibiru thing has been debunked by some pretty reputable scientists. If I remember correctly, even NASA debunked it. Sounds like another fear strategy to go along w/ the 2012 thing. I guess they're gonna push the heck out of Niburu since the world didn't end in 2012. I remember hearing of Nibiru in late 2009. The person who told me about it would refer to the works of Zacharia Sichin. It had me worried for a while, until I realized that you have individuals out there who made an industry out of conspiracies. Jesse Ventura, as you mentioned...if he actually knew something, would the all powerful "Illuminati" who supposedly controls EVERYTHING allow him to have a TV show that reveals their secrets?
                It doesnt matter if they were exposed on main stream media(CNN<FOX<CBS<NBC<) and they ran hundreds of storys with proof,
                24/7. They would always find a way to use it to their advantage.

                They have the best Spin Doctors in the world.


                sorry couldnt resist
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                • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
                  The scientific method is a systematic way for confirming the probability of a hypothesis. Pure science does not neccessarily have all the "answers", but levels of probability provide the direction to take for obtaining the answers.
                  Yep, l use that approach all the time, and it works!

                  just to give you an example, there was a discussion on a thread l did a while ago, about free energy, and there were arguments about a video showing a devise that could effectively spin forever, or a good 100 years.

                  And people were telling me this law and that law means this was a hoax!

                  The video seemed to show it did work, so l tried it, and it could or did work the way they showed in the video!

                  A kid with a Lego set and a handful of magnets could literally change the world for the better! Then after saying, l tried this and it worked, the thread, unsurprisingly went quiet!!! :rolleyes:

                  Especially in Science we don't have the full picture, eventhough super-string theory does a good job! So, quoting laws instead of just trying, is a restrictive way to go!

                  That is especially true for UFO,s and the like, but you have fear on top of skepticism, to get through!

                  As well as gov, agencies of course!!!! :rolleyes:

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      • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
        Originally Posted by myob View Post

        This recent article in "Scientific American" may help explain why people believe such theories despite contrary empirical evidence:

        Why People Believe Conspiracy Theories: Scientific American

        This was a rather unimpressive read, as the study leaves out those of us who believe in conspiracies that are NOT contradictory. It was a couple of shrinks trying to figure out why people believe in contradictory theories, not ones that believe in homogenous or complimentary ones.

        This paper was analyzing frickin' crazy people, not sane folks who have come to a differnt conclusion about what is going on in the world, evidenced by conclusions, like:

        The effect continues even when the conspiracies contradict one another: the more participants believed that Diana faked her own death, the more they believed that she was murdered

        Huh?!? This makes no sense. How can someone believe that somebody is both alive and dead at the same time? That they both faked their death and were murdered. You would have to be bat sh&t crazy.

        I don't believe Diana faked her own death. I believe she was murdered by a German family sitting on a throne in England claiming Divine Right to rule. That family has been murdering people, including their own family members, for centuries upon centuries. Now, that incestuous clan all of the sudden stopped its ways? That with hundreds upon hundreds of years of a proven track record of murdering their own family members, it is illogical to even suspect or question whether or not they had to anything to do with it? And anyone who thinks they were invovled needs to be studied by shrinks? Puuuhlease. No contradiction there. You may not subscribe to my belief (then again, you probably haven't spent anytime researching the unreported and underreported facts it if you don't suspect this), but I don't have any contradictory conspiracy theories about this.

        So, how does that, umm, scientific article apply to me? Shrinks and that article like to talk about my bias, but what about theirs? I have no doubt these two PhDs have gobbled up and swallowed the nonsense the have been fed. They believe every lie the authorities tell them and they do not question things when they do not make sense or are ignored by the authorities because to delve into them will expose a conspiracy (e.g. WTC 7).

        These guys walked into their 'scientific method' with a predisposed bias towards there being an issue with Conspiracy Theorists, that no Conspiracy Theory is true, so they drilled down to those that believe in Contradictory Conspiracies, it seems.

        I guess I don't understand your point myob. Is it to suggest that folks like me who have a little different world view than the one I have been force fed are somehow only acting out some psychological disorder? That every Conspiracy Theory is false and that it can be explained away by a couple of shrinks as a mental disorder?

        That is not the, umm, scientific method, for they skip over the whole part about testing the Conspiracies as hypotheses themselves and seem to assume them to be wrong and the 'official' story to be truthful and correct.

        That ain't an unbiased study - they assume there is a problem with ALL Conspiracy Theorists, that we ALL believe in fairy tales and cannot decipher reality and truth from deception. Or so it seems and I assume. Maybe not. Maybe these shrinks don't beleive bullsh&t stories given by the authorities about impossible and illogical Single Gunman theories, fires toppling concrete and steel buildings (for the first and ONLY time. EVER. Yea, nuthin' wrong with the official story here), etc.

        But I am sure, like the vast majority of sheeple, they have never once questioned nor researched them. They just accept them and look at those of us who understand and realize when lies are being told as mice in a labyrinth to study. Nothing more than a stupid lab rat that has some issues deciphering reality that need to be figured out by a shrink.

        because of a fundamental and illogical bias of distrust in authority and "official" narratives
        Illogilcal? Bwahahahahahahahah!!!! I suggest you do some research into thousands of years of history to understand that it is illogical to naturally trust authority. Not the other way round as you state. History, books you read in school, not conspiracy stuff, is absolutely f'ing rife with the dupliciticnous of authority across ALL cultures, countries and time periods. NO F'ING EXCEPTIONS.

        The authorities of every government lie daily. To automatically accept what they say as unimpeachable truth without any questioning or research is foolish and illogical and a recipe to get your ass eventually enslaved and controlled. That is not my opinion - it is the track record of history.

        Damn straight I naturally distrust authority - it is the only logical thing to do after one studies mainstream history, let alone alternative historical thought processes.

        A more interesting research vein for these shrniks to follow would be to study why it is so easy to turn humans into a bunch of damn sheep that will believe any bullshit, illogical, nonsensical storyline their authorities shovel their way. The sheeple lap that sh&t up like it was the nectar of the gods. Without question. Talk about illogical and crazy.

        Nah, no bias in that study, nor the author of that article. Just keep them eyes closed to reality and believe what you are told without question. And make sure to accuse those who do question official stories as needing to be examined by a shrink.

        No, myob, sorry, That article does NOT explain why I subscribe to some conspiracy theories - facts, research and logic do, not a monological belief system...
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  • Profile picture of the author David Maschke
    I can do it too, link to an article that is.

    People who are unable to perceive reality are mentally ill.

    What is Schizophrenia?
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  • Profile picture of the author John Durham
    It would be hard to watch this video to the end and not believe in conspiracies, particularly when you see the progress he made in Libya in the second half of vid:

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  • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
    Originally Posted by John Durham View Post

    What do you think of this idea of illuminati? I have never paid attention, but Im starting to.
    It is a facinating subject to delve into. I have studied and researched this type of stuff very, very extensively.

    I believe there is an oligarchical structure that has a whole bunch of worldwide power behind the scenes.

    As far as the Iluminati itself, it is a real thing, or certainly was. A crypto-jewish ex-Jesuit priest by the name of Adam Weishaupt created the Illuminati in 1776. Same year as The Declaration of Independence. This was in Germany and the goal was the infiltraion of secret societies, like Freemasonry, ultimately resulting in One World Government.

    The Illuminati was created on May 1st. Same day the Communists celebrate. People Like Lenin and Mao didn't start grassroots revolutions - they were handed fistfulls of cash by International Bankers to start and lead those revolutions. Lenin received heavy funding from New York. The bankers had a real, real, real big problem with Czar Nicholas (who was not Russian and like the Wench of England is German - all of the royal families of Europe are one big, inbred german family) as he would not allow them to set up a Central Bank and control the economy. Russia actually sent some help during the Civil War too. You thought the Civil War was all about ending slavery, didn't ya? Look deeper - money was at the heart of it, and, of course, Intrernational Bankers funded the death and destruction.

    The House of Windsor, what those inbred pukes in England call themselves now, is really the House of Sax-Coburg and Gotha. They are German, not English. Hell, King George III (King during the American Revolution) didn;t speak English. Queen Victoria did her personal communicating in german, etc. The authorities and Hollywood don't tell you that stuff, so they? They changed the name to Windsor after WWI because of anti-german sentiment in England.

    Queen Wench Elizabeth has her power because her uncle abdicated the throne. The excuse was for love, but the real reason was he supported Hitler. Time to leave once Germany lost the war to save the family name.

    Before any of you call me crazy and point to some Kent PhDs to be studied, let me quote George Washington. Yes, that George Washington:

    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. The idea that I meant to convey, was, that I did not believe that the Lodges of Free Masons in _this_ Country had, as Societies, endeavoured to propagate the diabolical tenets of the first, or pernicious principles of the latter (if they are susceptible of separation). That Individuals of them may have done it, or that the founder, or instrument employed to found, the Democratic Societies in the United States, may have had these objects; and actually had a separation of the People from their Government in view, is too evident to be questioned.

    You bet yer arse the Illuminati was most definitely a cabal setup to infiltrate and control the whole damn world. Diabolical tenets of the Illuminati. I agree George, the Illuminati defintiily has some diabolical tenets and goals.

    Guess George Washington was a nutjob for believing in the Illuminati, eh? Suffered from a simple case of monological belief systems? Yup, this sh&t is fo' real, fo' sure.

    Washington, as was Jefferson, Franklin, Revere and many other Founders were Freemasons.

    Let me give you a Franklin quote. You all thought the American Revoilution was about a silly little tax on tea, didn't ya? That is what the authorities have told you. How 'bout we ask 'ol Ben?:

    The Colonies would gladly have borne the little tax on tea and other matters had it not been the poverty caused by the bad influence of the English bankers on the Parliament, which has caused in the Colonies hatred of England and the Revolutionary War.

    English bankers = Rothchilds, to whom Weishaupt was connected. Alexander Hamnilton, who argued for Central Bank had ties to the Rothchilds. What happend was the colonies were issuing their own money. King George, a german dude who barely spoke English, took that right away. It made the Colonies poorer and the International Bankers richer.

    There is some whacky stuff around the American Revolution.

    Freemasons were all over the French Revolution too. Have you every really wondered why the hell France would just give us a statue? The statue of Liberty was given to the US by French Freemasons and it ain't a coincidence. Her crown, the torch, the fact she looks like a dude, etc.

    Look familiar?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Invictus

    No, not a coincidence. Some of this stuff gets a bit whacky and uncomfortable for the sheeple, but follow that line of research. Don't be afraid, it won't hurt.

    I suggest you keep your mind open and continue your path of research. Investigate the power structure of the world and its history. Look to the royal families of Europe and most definitely International Banking families. You would be amazed how many wars International Bankers are responsible for - they like to create wars to sell arms and then sweep in to financially rape the loser of the war. Remember too that the last Roman Emporer was the First Pope - he just switched hats and gave himself another title - the Roman Empire did not fall when and how we are usually told it did.

    Look into the Opium Trade and understand it is controlled by the same people and families it was centuries ago. Look at who launders people like Pablo Escobar's drug money - the same banks that buy off politicians across the globe. Gotta keep them drugs illegal - Black Markets are great for profit. International Bankers love war and drugs ' cause they make a financial killing off of them.

    We are all told about Hitler's Third Reich. I wonder if these Kent shrink knuckleheads have ever taken two seconds out of their lives to ask what the hell were Reichs One and Two? Oh yea, the Vatican had a concordat with Hitler.

    Don't forget about Weishaupt's Jesuit ties either. Watch out for them boys. Some of the most educated and intelligent men on the planet, and have been since Ignacio set them up. They were all over the Southwest, Central and South America, long before 1776. Setting up communistic reductions in Parguay and mining the crap outta gold over here. You were never taught about the millions of slaves of the Southwest, mostly Native Americans, were you? Taos, New Mexico was a major slave trading center. They are closely tied into the Council on Foreign Relations, today, as well.

    Three major power centers: City of London, Washington D.C and the Vatican. They all share a distinct separation from the country they are in too.

    Oh yea, Columbus knew what he was looking for too. He wasn't looking for a passage to the spice islands around India. He knew damn well about the American Continents. Trace his roots to Portugal and then back to the Templars. The Templars who were the first International Bankers and prolific sailors. Plus we know Europeans were over here long before Columbus.

    I could go on and on ...
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    new World order! ANOTHER conspiracy theory RIDICULED, and proven TRUE!

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    • Profile picture of the author Big Rob
      Originally Posted by John Durham View Post

      It would be hard to watch this video to the end and not believe in conspiracies, particularly when you see the progress he made in Libya in the second half of vid:
      Without even watching the video,(which I will,btw,thanks,John), When this happened , it bothered me.

      Mohammar had behaved himself for decades, and was playing nice. The whole thing looked like a setup/power grab orchestrated by his sons and who knows who else.
      Nothing new, North Africa is an important piece of the pie.
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      • Profile picture of the author Big Rob
        Originally Posted by seasoned View Post

        new World order! ANOTHER conspiracy theory RIDICULED, and proven TRUE!

        Steve
        And, Does anyone remember the Amero? How bout the Pan American highway?
        Still building the MASSIVE depot in Kansas.
        NAFTA anyone? Bueller? Anyone?
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        • Profile picture of the author myob
          Originally Posted by Christopher Fox View Post

          I guess I don't understand your point myob. Is it to suggest that folks like me who have a little different world view than the one I have been force fed are somehow only acting out some psychological disorder? That every Conspiracy Theory is false and that it can be explained away by a couple of shrinks as a mental disorder?

          That is not the, umm, scientific method, for they skip over the whole part about testing the Conspiracies as hypotheses themselves and seem to assume them to be wrong and the 'official' story to be truthful and correct.
          There is chasm of difference between a true skeptic and the simply skewed. Critical thinking fails when one already has a preconceived (or "monological") world view; confirmation is then easily swayed by faulty logic and unfounded evidence. According to researchers cited in the referenced article (ibid, post #9), there are observable psychological characteristics frequently intrinsic among believers of conspiracies, such as paranoia, suspension of logic, and even distrust of science itself. Examples are evident right here in this thread.

          You do seem to conveniently ignore my qualifying statement in post #15: "The scientific method is a systematic way for confirming the probability of a hypothesis. Pure science does not neccessarily have all the "answers", but levels of probability provide the direction to take for obtaining the answers."

          As a PhD, my prescription for treating this debilitating psychological affliction is to buy these books:
          "Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking" by M. Neil Browne and Stuart M. Keeley
          "Science: Good, Bad, and Bogus", by Martin Gardner
          "Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time", by Michael Shermer and Stephen Jay Gould
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          • Profile picture of the author John Durham
            Originally Posted by myob View Post

            According to researchers cited in the referenced article (ibid, post #9), there are observable psychological characteristics frequently intrinsic among believers of conspiracies, such as paranoia, suspension of logic, and even distrust of science itself. Examples are evident right here in this thread.
            Are there not observable psychological characteristics frequently intrinsic among believers of ANYTHING?

            Thus we have "demographic statistical data" for just about every group on the planet. This isnt only confined to what you call conspiracy theorists and is not a strong argument. Its a "spin".

            Lol.

            People quote this as if they arent part of a demographic themselves which the same thoughts apply to.

            I like you MYOB, but this isnt a strong argument.
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            • Profile picture of the author myob
              Originally Posted by John Durham View Post

              Are there not observable psychological characteristics frequently intrinsic among believers of ANYTHING?
              I have not seen any scientific studies regarding demographic statistical data among believers of ANYTHING, but I strongly believe that a common intrinsic characteristic of them could be a generally applied label such as "suckers". And, according to an observation attributed to P. T. Barnum, there is one born every minute.
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                Originally Posted by myob View Post

                I have not seen any scientific studies regarding demographic statistical data among believers of ANYTHING, but I strongly believe that a common intrinsic characteristic of them could be a generally applied label such as "suckers". And, according to a statement attributed to P. T. Barnum, there is one born every minute.
                And again, Im a follower of your posts, and enjoy them immensely...but who is to say who the "suckers" actually are?
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                • Profile picture of the author Joe Mobley
                  Originally Posted by John Durham View Post

                  ...but who is to say who the "suckers" actually are?
                  Non sequitur.

                  Usually a quick glance at the facts point out who the "suckers" actually are.

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          • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
            Originally Posted by myob View Post

            There is chasm of difference between a true skeptic and the simply skewed. Critical thinking fails when one already has a preconceived (or "monological") world view; confirmation is then easily swayed by faulty logic and unfounded evidence. According to researchers cited in the referenced article (ibid, post #9), there are observable psychological characteristics frequently intrinsic among believers of conspiracies, such as paranoia, suspension of logic, and even distrust of science itself. Examples are evident right here in this thread.
            Let me preface this by saying I like a lively debate and back and forth and I don't mean anything in a personal fashion, so please don't take it that way and feel free to critique my thoughts in return ...

            And there is a chasm of difference between the truth of many things and what the masses are fed and gobble up as truth.

            Yes, I understand all of that myob. I think perhaps my point escaped you, though. My point is that while these PhDs are accusing my subscribing to certain conspiracy theories as being explained by preconceived notions and then faulty analysis due to an intrinsic need to validate those preconceived notions, they themselves are the ones guilty of having preconceived notions and carrying that bias in their design of their study, subsequently calling into question the validity of their conclusions as they relate to the very real existence of high level conspiracies.

            Read that paragraph again if you need, myob.

            My point, which I don't think you got, was these two shrinks are a fine, fine example of the pot calling the kettle black. As they 'study' and level inaccurate assessments at folks such as myself like:

            the more that participants believe that a person at the centre of a death-related conspiracy theory, such as Princess Diana or Osama [bin] Laden, is still alive, the more they also tend to believe that the same person was killed, so long as the alleged manner of death involves deception by officialdom.

            I am aware of quite a few notable figures, including the father of Dodi Fayed who believe Diana was murdered by the House of Sax-Coburg & Gota. None of these figures believe what these two shrinks suggest. The beleive one thing and one thing alone - Diana was murdered. Not some bs kookiness like she is both alive and murdered.

            You see, these shrinks have closed minds. They walked into and designed around the premise that Diana's death was a complete accident and the official story was the whole and complete story. That alone jades and distorts their findings as well as undermines your precious scientific method. Further, your article provides no data on how the selected the participants of study, what the requirements were, etc.

            They sure as hell didn't involve me. Or the many investigative journalists that have dug deeper into the incident, nor very powerful, educated and intelligent people like Dodi's father who states flat out that the Crown murdered his son while murdering Diana.

            Tell my myob, how deeply have you looked into the death of Diana? Are you aware of the timeline? Of how things occurred? Of what took place between the time of the accident and Diana being confirmed as dead at the hospital? I suspect you know very little about any of this and assume you to not have spent any time doing your own research. You, like most people, just read the headlines, don't question a damn thing, including some very serious inconsistencies and abnormal procedures, and just accpet it as truth.

            And those of us that try to point out the problems concerning these discrepancies and issues are labeled as Conspiracy Theorists and illogical, and bat shit crazy enough to believe, simultaneously, that she her death was both faked and a murder.

            Get it? This study and its conclusions fall apart if you change the participants. That is NOT a minor point. Nor does it bode well for these shrink's attempt at adherence to the scientific method. Put in different participants and you get different results. Precisely what kind of conclusions can you come to when the design of the experiment is that flawed? But, you don't think it is flawed because you are skeptic. You assume anyone who suggests Diana was murdered is wrong and illogical. Paranoid, delusional, etc.

            And your proof? Your proof that Diana's death was an accident? Well, that is what your television told you. That is your only proof. Meanwhile, folks like myself can throw a litany of issues at you that discount the official story. But, your mind is closed and made up, isn't it myob?

            And that is because of the close mindedness of the shrinks that assume and design their experiments that the official story is true. With no scientific method or critical thought applied to actual conspiracy theory itself.

            It is quite obvious, that like yourself and these shrinks, the author of that article has a bias. A preconceived notion that any conspiracy theory is false and the whole truth about things is always on the surface.

            And of course, the peers that will review this study are all mostly oblivious to the real power structure of the world. Like all skeptics, the travel through life with blinders on, never once stopping to reconsider their bias or to investigate issues further. So, naturally, they too will see no problem with the design of this experiment.

            The experiment is flawed by its design, myob. I only need to read the title of the report and a few excerpts from it to understand this.

            You and I obviously disagree on this. Such is life.

            I used to define myself as a skeptic. Up until a few years ago (I am 40). And then myob, I decided to take a fresh look at things, to shed the bias that has been forced upon us all since birth

            You do seem to conveniently ignore my qualifying statement in post #15: "The scientific method is a systematic way for confirming the probability of a hypothesis. Pure science does not neccessarily have all the "answers", but levels of probability provide the direction to take for obtaining the answers."

            As a PhD, my prescription for treating this debilitating psychological affliction is to buy these books:
            "Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking" by M. Neil Browne and Stuart M. Keeley
            "Science: Good, Bad, and Bogus", by Martin Gardner
            "Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time", by Michael Shermer and Stephen Jay Gould
            No, I ignored no such thing and am quite familiar with the scientific method. It is this understnading that allows me to critique, not the results and conclusions, but the fundamental design of the experiment.

            It is flawed and incomplete.

            As far as my ability to think critically and understand concepts like the scientific method, you should know a couple things about me. Like the fact that I have a MENSA level IQ. You make me giggle with your inaccurate assertions concerning my thought process. I don't know what you were doing when you were 11-12 years old, but I was in advanced placement studies, studying the works of folks like Plato and Aristotle.

            Refining my critical thought process.

            When I was still a sophomore in college, I had a job offer in the aerospace industry upon the completion of my Electrical Engineering and Mathematics degrees.

            You are barking up the wrong tree with your insinuation of my lack of ability to think critically.

            As you suggest I lack critical thought, I suggest you lack an unbiased approach and have a very closed mind to consider anything other than what your school books and television tell you to believe.

            Sorry, myob, that study has a flawed design; therefore, its conclusions are suspect and must be questioned.

            To follow up on the Illuminati, I know you would define anyone who beleives in such as somebody who lacks a grasp of reality. Yet, the Illuminati is a real thing. We know for a fact that it existed. We know what its goals are. You did read that quote from George Washington, didn't you. 'Ol George is telling you the Illuminati exists, that it infiltrated the freemasonry lodges of Europe and attempted the same over here.

            Think "ol George was illogical and paranoid? Hardly. He was just aware, like I am, of things that go on behind the scenes.
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  • Profile picture of the author John Durham
    Wow, this thread just helped me with my court case.... The lord works in mysterious ways.
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  • Profile picture of the author Khemosabi
    John, I have researched/studied this kind of thing for a while. I have written some articles about such things. I thought I would throw some things at you to read, since you're interested in this kind of thing.

    {Disclaimer} I find these things interesting, and am not advocating any beliefs or trying to say that these things are things that people should blindly go accepting ... like Snopes. :rolleyes:
    I'm also not saying that anyone should take what I'm saying as fact, and that's a fact. "if I were blind and spent my whole life believing the sky was yellow, what else would I have to go on?.. unless I could see for myself." I wrote that my damned self!

    That being said, here is something you might enjoy John:
    Georgia Guidestones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Bilderberg Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    There's more, and a oh-so-interesting! And just to keep up the OP of this, it's ok to ask questions (myob) and it's also ok to respond with your side, but never should one accept what's written as fact.
    ie: I wrote it down, and read it, and I believe everthing I read.
    If the above were true, I'd be a millionaire by midnight according to Clickbank!
    {another Disclaimer} my use of the word "thing" is on purpose. I'm not a lawyer, but I do play one in the mirror at times! I really only posted this for JD to have some more food for thought!

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  • Profile picture of the author John Durham
    Thanks Theresa, I am familiar with the Georgia guidestones... someone turned me onto that awhile back, but looking forward to seeing what you have.
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    • Profile picture of the author Joe Mobley
      I am a simple man. I believe that William of Occam (Occam's Razor) would be happy with my general thought processes.

      I am a believer in the gospel of Timothy... Ferriss (The 4-Hour-Workweek.)

      I have found that the teachings of Michael Shermer (Skeptic Society) to helpful in the understanding of most things.

      With that background, might I ask a straightforward question; could you share any evidence that the planet Nibiru even exist? Or is it more than coincidence that it rhymes with woo-woo (Law of Attraction, The Secret, Deepak Chopra, 1,000 etc's.)?

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  • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
    And myob, since you seem to have your blinders on and are unwilling to allow yourself to fully investigate and research some of the issues and some of the very real conspiracies that exist around us, I want to let you know that for the super low price of $1997, I offer one-on-one Conspiracy Education Webinars.

    Act now and I'll throw in my 237 page ebook, How to see through the lies foisted upon you by the power structures of the world. And, in addition to that, for the first 50 people who take action on my super fantastic webinars I'll throw in my smash hit of 2012, Bullshit my government and the mainstream media has fed me.

    And that's not all. For the onetime, super low price of $47, you can also own a copy of my highly acclaimed report: 10 WEIRD Things That Help Me Make Money Despite The Man Holding My Ass Back and The REAL History Of The New World

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    • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
      A couple more things for research lines for those with open minds willing to at least study and consider alternative perspectives. The goal of the Illuminati, as stated in 1776, is, among other things, One World Government. The cabal of the Illuminati running and control the whole damn world and every human on it.

      Kinda like what the UN wants, eh? Who is behind the UN and the first one, The League of Nations? Who pushed that idea? Questions to ask ...

      Like I said, some of this stuff can get uncomfortable for the sheeple.

      Take the Lucis Trust. What is that? Well it started as the Lucifer Publishing Company. Yes, that Lucifer. It was formed to publish esoteric books in the 1920s by power players in the US. It changed its name to Lucis (latin for the light) and has been working with the UN for decades. The Lucis Trust has consultative status (roster level) with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

      So what's up with Lucifer? Well, there was a big push in the 20s and 30s on estoric subjects, mostly based around the works of Madam Helen Blavatsky. Esotericism was all over FDRs administartion.

      The highest levels of Freemasonry are Luciferian Doctrines. Lucifer is 'The Light' and Luciferians believe the Bible does not portray him accurately. Albert Pike, a Southern General in the Civil War, founder of the KKK, was also the senior Freemason of his time in the US You can read his 700+ page tome Morals and Dogma on Google Books for free if you doubt my assertions about Luciferianism and Freemasonry. It is a manual designed for other Freemason and he clearly outlines the Luciferian nature of things and Pike was the head of Freemasonry at the time - there is no more believable and accurate source on this than Pike himself.

      There is also a big ass bronze statue of Pike in DC - the only Southern General to have this done.

      Lucifer is also associated with the all seeing eye. Take out a dollar bill and look at the back. WTF is that?!? Oh, it is the all seeing eye on top of a pyramid. Any of you ever wonder how weird that is? That that is our national seal? Our double sided national seal, with the eagle on one side (count the feather on the eagle - 32 on one side and 33 on the other symbolizing the highest degrees in Scottish Rite and York Rite Freemasonry - neither an accident nor a coincedence) and the pyramid and all seeing eye on the other. What the hell does that have to do with the US? A pyramid and an all seeing eye?

      Look into the history of the creation of our seal. Facinating indeed. Ben franklin was a part of this. Look into his forays in secret societies in England and France - I still don't know what to make of 'ol Benjamin.

      For those that don't know, since you have a dollar bill out, see that part that says Federal Reserve Note? That means it was issued by the Federal Reserve Bank of the United States. You all do know that the Federal REserve is NOT a part of our government, right? As the saying goes, it is as federal as Federal Express. It is a privately controlled bank with shareholders who make money off of issuing our currency. They create paper money out of thin air, issue it as debt and charge the taxpayers for the interest. We don't even know who all owns the damn thing - it is kept a secret. How jacked up is that? That we do not know who makes a profit off of controlling our economy, which the Fed does through monetary supply and how much money is in circulation. Make no mistake that among the shareholders, the people who make money off our debt are the Rothschild and Rockefeller families.

      Look into the history of Central Banking in this country. The battles that President Andrew Jackson fought against them. There are ties to Lincoln, the Civil War and his assassination to the International bankers. And the Vatican through Surratt. Look into 1913 when the Federal Reserve was formed and how that all came about on Jeckyll Island and the players involved, like the Wahrburg banking family from Germany.

      Let's talk about oblesiks. Staight outta Egypt. An obelisk in DC, one at the Vatican (real deal one from Egypt) and one in the City of London. These are phallic symbols and they are tied into Solomon's Temple and freemasonry. Freemasons are also big on Hiram Abiff who did work on King Solomon's Temple. Raising any eyebrows out there?

      Don't let this spiritual stuff scare you off. YOU don't have to believe in it, but you must understand that these people do. Crazy sh&t like the Bohemian Grove that most Presidents, Democrat and Republican, have attended. Carzy stuff goes on there, like ceremonies worshiping an owl and the burning of the effigy of a human baby called 'The Cremation of Care', which symbolizes not caring about the destruction caused by achieving the goals of control.

      Wacky stuff, for sure, but it goes on every damn year. Just like the Bilderberger group, formed after WWII by Ex-Nazi Prince Bernard of the Netherlands. His daughter, Queen Beatrix, heads it up today. Of course more inbred royalty from the same family as Queen Elizabeth. Among other things, one of the reasons for the group seems to be ways to manage and disperse Nazi money after the War.

      Lots 'o Nazis passed around after WWII. The Vatican helped smuggle some out. Operation Paperclip is no longer denianble after FOIA. We know it occurred.

      Real deal Nazis and SS members, like Werner von Braun, were forgiven their sins and their Naziism downplayed as he headed up NASA. Prescott Bush, yes that Bush family, got in trouble with FDR for helping to fund Hitler.

      Look into General Smedley Butler.

      The House of Sax-Coburgh & Gota claims direct lineage from King Solomon. Yes, that King Solomon, and head up Freemasonry over in England. So, not only is the Queen of England not English, she is also not German as she claims her family to come from the Middle East and Biblical times. Look at the things said during her coronation ceremony.

      This stuff can get wacky and deep. Like I said, you don't have to believe in the spiritual mumbo-jumbo attached to some of this, but these people do believe in it, so, know thy enemy.

      I can't get into religion too much here, but at least watch Zeitgeist. Not that I agree with everything in it but, it can open your eyes. Zeitgeist is mostly based off of the work of Jordan Maxwell who delves in to the spiritual side of things at times, but if that doesn't suit your fancy, he also deals extensively with the symbology of the Illuminati, like the all-seeing eye and the etymology of words. He points some pretty serious fingers at the Vatican too.

      Look into Joseph P. Farrell if you want to go out to the edge a little further. He has done some interesting research. He is also a PhD that used to teach at Oxford, so not too easy to casually dismiss as a nut job without considering his work in a serious fashion before coming to a conclusion on it.

      There is soooo much more and this post is obviously disjointed. I am merely throwing out different lines of research to look into when trying to figure out if there exists this thing called the Illuminati and what's its goals, methods and lineage is.

      When anyone researches these issues further, I hope they understand that they don't have to agree with any of it. But the also don't have to discount all of it either. I don't know anyone on this planet with whom I agree 100% all of the time. Point of that is, if you come across things from an individual and you maybe cannot swallow or accept all of it, that doesn't mean you cannot accept any of it - make sure you do not throw the baby out with the bathwater when researching these issues.
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    Christopher I for one would like you to know you arent posting for naught, and you arent crazy. Your thoughts have been enlightening and appreciated. Especially the stuff about George Washington... Thanks for the education. Great content here. Not for nothing. Just thought you'd like to know.

    Thanks for all the effort, in case you thought you were just ranting at the wind, as I have many times... It is good.
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      Don't be afraid to open your mind and spend some hours researching this stuff, Yukon, I'll hold your hand if you need. Glad you enjoy my ramblings John. There is a lot of stuff out there to digest and I certainly haven't covered all of the issues. I'm glad you appreciate the Washington quote. Nobody can deny that Weishaupt formed the Illuminati, the only thing people can do is make claims that it went defunct. Still, today, Freemasons occupy high places in all of the Western governments, and have for quite some time, which is why Weishaupt wanted to start out by infiltrating those societies with other Illumened ones.

      And, like I said, looking into some of this stuff can stretch the limits of the accepted norm, for sure.

      Woodrow Wilson, the President who was merely a puppet and ushered in The Federal Reserve and The League of Nations. had this to say:

      Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States —in the fields of commerce and manufacturing—are afraid of somebody. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.

      Hmmm. I'm no fan of Wilson, but, what you think he is talking about here? International Corporations are tied into this as well. Nothing new with that as the British East India company has been an international corporation for centuries. Look at the British East India flag. And then look at the original US Flag. Not the 13 star Betsy Ross Flag, but the real original flag. This country was founded by corporations. That is what the slave trade was all about. Cheap cotton going back to England to their textile industry.

      A couple FDR quotes as well:

      The real truth of the matter, as you and I know, a financial element in the large centers has owned the government since the days of Andrew Jackson.

      The City of London (which is NOT London) and New York were the major financial centers at the time.

      They who seek to establish systems of government based on the regimentation of all human beings by a handful of individual rulers... call this a New Order. It is not new and it is not order

      Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter:

      The real rulers of Washington are Invisible and exercise power from behind the scenes

      Senator Barry Goldwater:

      The Trilateral Commission is intended to be the vehicle for multinational consolidation of the commercial and banking interests by seizing control of the political government of the United States. The Trilateral Commission represents a skillful, coordinated effort to seize control and consolidate the four centers of power--Political, Monetary, Intellectual, and Ecclesiastical.

      The Trilateral Commision is one of David Rockefeller's babies he set up.

      Congressman Larry P. McDonald:

      The drive of the Rockefellers and their allies is to create a One-World Government combining supercapitalism and Communism under the same tent, all under their control....Do I mean conspiracy? Yes I do. I am convinced there is such a plot, international in scope, generations old in planning, and incredibly evil in intent.

      Two ex-presidents, well three with Washington (plus others I haven't quoted) a Supreme Court Justice a Senator and former Presidential Candidate, and a Congressman are conspiracy theorists. They must be nut jobs too, I guess.

      David Rockefeller ( a major player in the NWO):

      Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as "internationalists" and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure - one world, if you will. If that's the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it - from his memoirs of 2002.

      People need to understand that Mao was not the only one fomenting revolution at the time. There was another movement about that had significant sway and power, but the International Bankers handed Mao Marx's little red book and boatloads of cash to sup[port him and ensure communism took hold. Communism comes from the Illuminati - it is their creation. That is their goal, implementing the China model on all of us, with them running the show.

      I haven't even scratched the surface. For people like myob to just dismiss conspiracy theories offhand (like I used to be guilty of too) is indicative of a lack of research into the subject.

      Just wanted to share some One World Government, New World Order, Illuminati stuff ...
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        Originally Posted by Christopher Fox View Post

        Don't be afraid to open your mind and spend some hours researching this stuff, .
        you have more on this stuff?
        like to know more:-)
        you can pm me if you like

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        • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
          Originally Posted by onlinewarriors View Post

          you have more on this stuff?
          like to know more:-)
          you can pm me if you like

          thx
          David

          Which part? I hit on a lot of different things from a few different angles so far.
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          • Profile picture of the author onlinewarriors
            Originally Posted by Christopher Fox View Post

            Which part? I hit on a lot of different things from a few different angles so far.
            this stuff:

            Just wanted to share some One World Government, New World Order, Illuminati stuff ...

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            • Profile picture of the author myob
              Originally Posted by John Durham View Post

              who is to say who the "suckers" actually are?
              There was a recent scientific study on this very topic. Clinical insiders actually dubbed the results as the "Sucker Susceptibility Index". This phenomena is measurable and predictable, and has nothing to do with intelligence or even education at all.

              The study, "Childhood Origins of Gullibility", resulted in identifying 6 benchmark characteristics of those at risk of being "duped" - the Workbench Heterodex Index Zeta.

              Using selected subjects over a wide cross-section of the population, researchers were able to statistically predict the "belief" levels (or "Chi") of 22 common "conspiracies" such as the JFK assasination, 9/11, UFO encounters, Illuminati, Mayan 2012 Prophecy, Nibiru, etc.

              References:
              Annals of Gullibility, by Stephen Greenspan
              "Chi-WHIZ: Childhood Origins of Gullibility", Psychology Today (July 20 2009)
              How Vulnerable Are You to Being Duped?
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              • Profile picture of the author Enfusia
                I am not a theorist of conspiracies and it doesn't take me an hour and a half to watch 60 minutes.

                I will share my thoughts and why I think this way.

                Today is my 49th Birthday (that's just to show my age and that I'm not 14 or something). I am a disabled Marine Vet who was sent to do his job in 3 countries ( I say this so you know where I'm coming from, that is all).

                Now, what I would tend to believe. (The following is just my own reasoning from my life experiences kicking into gear. Remember, we're all tripping, mine's just different than yours).

                I don't know if there really are UFO's etc... I have never seen one that I know of. But, I think it would be very vain of us to believe that we are it. We are the only living things within trillions of Universes. I am somewhat embarrassed by our arrogance.

                I don't see how anyone could believe that Mr Gates is the wealthiest man in the world. You have families that have been running tens of nations for in some cases thousands of years. And you believe that some computer nerd is the worlds wealthiest man... Really???

                What happened to theses families just to name a few; Rothschild, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, De beers, War burg, Volcker? The German brothers Max and Paul Volcker each financed one side of WWII. Think about that, one family financed an entire world war! Now that's wealth.

                What happened to these families? They all went bankrupt?
                No, they don't want their names on your lips is all.

                Those are my thoughts,
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                • Profile picture of the author seasoned
                  Originally Posted by Enfusia View Post

                  I am not a theorist of conspiracies and it doesn't take me an hour and a half to watch 60 minutes.

                  I will share my thoughts and why I think this way.

                  Today is my 49th Birthday (that's just to show my age and that I'm not 14 or something). I am a disabled Marine Vet who was sent to do his job in 3 countries ( I say this so you know where I'm coming from, that is all).

                  Now, what I would tend to believe. (The following is just my own reasoning from my life experiences kicking into gear. Remember, we're all tripping, mine's just different than yours).

                  I don't know if there really are UFO's etc... I have never seen one that I know of. But, I think it would be very vain of us to believe that we are it. We are the only living things within trillions of Universes. I am somewhat embarrassed by our arrogance.
                  UFOs exist! NOBODY knows EVERYTHING that is flying. HECK, some birds may be unusual!

                  I don't see how anyone could believe that Mr Gates is the wealthiest man in the world. You have families that have been running tens of nations for in some cases thousands of years. And you believe that some computer nerd is the worlds wealthiest man... Really???
                  ACTUALLY, if a family owned 100 times what bill gates owned bill gates would STILL seem to have more. Take the queen of england, for example. SHE INHERITED most of it and what was inherited was split among many and the UK. SO, though they have a LOT of money, no one person lays claim to it. That said, Bill Gates isn't nearly as rich as is claimed. Much of it is stock, and fixed assets. AGAIN, shared and/or hard to liquidate. If he tried to liquidate it all at once, he would get a small portion, and M/S could maybe even go bankrupt.

                  What happened to theses families just to name a few; Rothschild, Vanderbilt, Carnegie, De beers, War burg, Volcker? The German brothers Max and Paul Volcker each financed one side of WWII. Think about that, one family financed an entire world war! Now that's wealth.
                  NO war cost NEAR what many today cost. at least not in today's terms. The other wars were simpler and cheaper. How many bullets would you need to buy ONE missile? How many ships to buy ONE battle ship? etc... Of course, those families were LARGE!

                  What happened to these families? They all went bankrupt?
                  No, they don't want their names on your lips is all.

                  Those are my thoughts,
                  Patrick
                  You may be right about that. There are a LOT of ways to own as much as bill gates or buffett and not be as well known.

                  Supposedly, W.C. fields wasn't nearly as dumb as his character, and was VERY rich! Wikipedia apparently doesn't say TOO much, but it says how he supported his kids, grandkids, and started a school for an orphanage:

                  W. C. Fields - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

                  When I heard about this, LONG AGO but still LONG after he died, they were STILL finding places where he stocked away money! Considering that he turned down $75,000 to be the wizard in the wizard of OZ, you figure he likely got a lot more elsewhere.

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      • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
        Well, in fairness, I shouldn't leave out quotes from some English chaps for our mates across the pond.

        Sir Winston Churchill:

        From the days of Sparticus - Weishophf [Adam Weishaupt], Karl Marx, Trotski, Belacoon, Rosa Luxenburg, and Ema Goldman, this world conspiracy has been steadily growing. This conspiracy played a definite recognizable role in the tragedy of the French revolution. It has been the mainspring of every subversive movement during the 19th Century. And now at last this band of extraordinary personalities from the underworld of the great cities of Europe and America have gripped the Russian people by the hair of their head and have become the undisputed masters of that enormous empire.

        Benajmin Disraeli:

        The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans

        For you see, the world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes.

        There are a couple Prime Ministers telling you, yes, YOU myob, YOU Yukon, to stop for a second a do some research into this stuff, as there is way more to this than you guys casually dismiss, point your finger at me and snicker.

        Snicker away gents, snicker away ...

        Still want to state that I have illogical beliefs about this? Are you prepared to level those same accusations at all of the notable figures I have just quoted? And make no mistake, there are many, many more quotes like this from people in positions of power.Yes, this stuff, conspiracy, behind the scenes, secret society, one world government stuff is for real. It exists and it ain't just weirdos with tin foil hats saying it, is it? It is Prime Ministers and Presidents. You just have to be willing to open both your ears and your minds to digest it ...
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    INTERESTING how this thread devolved to calling "conspiracy theorists" idiot sheeple, and then mentioned so many of the DUMBEST "conspiracy theories" that ended up being proven FACT!!!!!!!

    Interesting thing about conspiracies. MOST are SECRET!!!!! MOST of the remaining may APPEAR to be open, but spin things so they may appear to be the OPPOSITE of what they are.

    As for the Lucis trust? It is INTERESTING! WHY would it be called lucifer, or even lucis? It wasn't named after the authors, or publishers, and naming after the place would make NO sense! And NO, I am not saying that lucifer, the guy later often called Satan, started it. One CAN, however, figure that they either were followers, or wanted to attract such people. Their site CLAIMS.....

    There are comments on the World Wide Web claiming that the Lucis Trust was once called the Lucifer Trust. Such was never the case. However, for a brief period of two or three years in the early 1920’s, when Alice and Foster Bailey were beginning to publish the books published under her name, they named their fledgling publishing company “Lucifer Publishing Company”. By 1925 the name was changed to Lucis Publishing Company and has remained so ever since.Both “Lucifer” and “Lucis” come from the same word root, lucis being the Latin generative case meaning of light. The Baileys' reasons for choosing the original name are not known to us, but we can only surmise that they, like the great teacher H.P. Blavatsky, for whom they had enormous respect, sought to elicit a deeper understanding of the sacrifice made by Lucifer. Alice and Foster Bailey were serious students and teachers of Theosophy, a spiritual tradition which views Lucifer as one of the solar Angels, those advanced Beings Who Theosophy says descended (thus “the fall”) from Venus to our planet eons ago to bring the principle of mind to what was then animal-man. In the theosophical perspective, the descent of these solar Angels was not a fall into sin or disgrace but rather an act of great sacrifice, as is suggested in the name “Lucifer” which means light-bearer.
    Although logical, and somewhat true, that is NOT the most common understanding of the term, and a BAD name for a publishing company! It's use, in the context above, is illogical.

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  • Profile picture of the author John Durham
    Well guys, I'll bite. If Im a sucker at least I have fun searching, kind of boring having all the answers. My ex, studied quantum physics and believes there is nothing after death, we just die and we are gone and thats it.

    She bored the heck out of me, wheres the romance and fascination and wonder in life, if you already know it all and it leads to nothing?

    Being a sucker is a possibility. I dont rule that out, its another fascinating question to pionder, and answer to find out. Wondering is the spice of life. Life is too short to really put much salt in any of it.... I hate knowing the end of a movie before its over. I feel that I do know the end of earths movie, but what after that....lots of wonder.
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  • Profile picture of the author Khemosabi
    @John, I think Christopher covered a lot of what I was going to, but another "subject" you might want to explore is George Soros.
    Really do explore the Trilateral commision (especially their members, current and past), Bilderberg, et al., they are a facinating read. Soros is a huge player in the NWO. (At least he's trying to be)

    As to your OP about the planet X, I find tagiscom's post about Mars interesting, and you know what.... who knows? Keep searching!! I have heard that there is a planet on the opposite side of the sun that is the twin of Earth.. How do we know? Oh, we trust the scientist to tell us. {No, I don't believe that, just sayin'}

    If we all closed our minds to possibilities, then how would we grow? It's always good to question EVERYTHING we read, explore it, and come to OUR OWN conclusions. Whether or not we are SUCKERS, is only for US to decide. Good grief, I'm starting to post like Steve!
    All due respect seasoned, I love your posts! :p
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    • Profile picture of the author TimPhelan
      "From the days of Sparticus - Weishophf [Adam Weishaupt], Karl Marx, Trotski, Belacoon, Rosa Luxenburg, and Ema Goldman, this world conspiracy has been steadily growing. This conspiracy played a definite recognizable role in the tragedy of the French revolution. It has been the mainspring of every subversive movement during the 19th Century. And now at last this band of extraordinary personalities from the underworld of the great cities of Europe and America have gripped the Russian people by the hair of their head and have become the undisputed masters of that enormous empire."

      Yes, Winston Churchill did write this earlier in his life. He was referring to "international jews" and specifically in the article was referring to Jews in Russia. He wasn't referring to the defunct Illuminati. haha. I don't believe Churchill was anti-semitic by the way, although that quote and that article sure sounds that way. He was for a Jewish state, had many Jewish friends and admired the Jewish "race". Later in his career he said exactly the opposite of the quote above.

      The quote from George Washington was in response to someone in regards to a book written by John Robison, who was one of the main reasons the Illuminati first achieved their fearsome status. The book painted the Illuminati as something they really weren't and I think that is what Washington is referring to. Yes, nobody denies there was a Illuminati and that is was founded by Adam Weishaupt. That doesn't make Washington a believer in conspiracy theories. It becomes conspiracy theory when the group is falsely misrepresented and also in saying it still exists and has amazing powers in our world.

      Lets look at the Illuminati as it was during it's brief life.

      First of all, why was it a "secret society"? Well, here's the reason folks, I'll let another founding father explain it:

      "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.

      So what was the Illuminati about and who could join? Lets let the founder explain that:

      Weishaupt's goal was "illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason, which will dispel the clouds of superstition and of prejudice"

      "Whoever does not close his ear to the lamentations of the miserable, nor his heart to gentle pity; whoever is the friend and brother of the unfortunate; whoever has a heart capable of love and friendship; whoever is steadfast in adversity, unwearied in the carrying out of whatever has been once engaged in, undaunted in the overcoming of difficulties; whoever does not mock and despise the weak; whose soul is susceptible of conceiving great designs, desirous of rising superior to all base motives, and of distinguishing himself by deeds of benevolence; whoever shuns idleness; whoever considers no knowledge as unessential which he may have the opportunity of acquiring, regarding the knowledge of mankind as his chief study; whoever, when truth and virtue are in question, despising the approbation of the multitude, is sufficiently courageous to follow the dictates of his own heart, - such a one is a proper candidate.

      The tenor of my life has been the opposite of everything that is vile; and no man can lay any such thing to my charge." ~ Adam Weishaupt.

      It wasn't even required to be a Freemason to be a member. You didn't have to be a certain religion either. You just needed to believe in a supreme being.

      Pretty scary stuff isn't it?

      In 1785 the Illuminati was discovered by the government and banned, Weishaupt lost his job and was banished. He died in another country in 1830. The Illuminati ceased to exist by 1800. Well, except for in the imaginations of some. Two authors, Robison and Augustin Barruel wrote books in the late 1790s that theorized the Illuminati survived and aquired great powers with evil intent. Both writers apparently did bad jobs at translating the Bavarian documents from the Illuminati and Robison got all his information from other writers. Neither provided references for their sources.

      So that's how this conspiracy theory started over two hundred years ago and now won't go away.

      By the way, regarding this quote from Woodrow Wilson:

      "Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States —in the fields of commerce and manufacturing—are afraid of somebody. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it."

      Who is he referring to here? not the Illuminati. He's referring to big business, corporations and special interests. Here, you can check out more of his statements from The New Freedom:

      excerpts from The New Freedom a book by Woodrow Wilson, 1961
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      • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
        Originally Posted by TimPhelan View Post

        .

        By the way, regarding this quote from Woodrow Wilson:

        "Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States —in the fields of commerce and manufacturing—are afraid of somebody. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it."

        Who is he referring to here? not the Illuminati. He's referring to big business, corporations and special interests. Here, you can check out more of his statements from The New Freedom:

        excerpts from The New Freedom a book by Woodrow Wilson, 1961
        Well, Tim. That certainly was an effort by yoiu to dispell this stuff. But, I am afraid, a rather unimpressive one. No offense.

        I'll get to the Weishaupt stuff in the next post, but we'll just start with this one. Of course he is talking about business. He even says so in the quote. So, you are doing nothing more here than pointing out the obvious. Which, does nothing to negate the assertion of Wilson.

        Namely, that assertion being the very powerful businessmen are afraid of an even more powerful, organized, shadowy, behind the scenes organization that weilds tremendous power. Enough power to shut them down.

        Absolutely NOTHING inconsistent with the point I am making. Look at the other quotes. Look at Goldwater and his take on the sectors over which the control is exerted - Government, BUSINESS, Education and Religion. Get it?

        That was swell of you to provide the book that people can turn to in order to verify that quote, but the stretch you are unsuccessfully trying to make here is to suggest that somehow I misrepresented that quote.

        I did no such thing. At all. This stuff is staring you right in the face, yet you, due to a bias that you carry which assumes all of this to be nonsense, cannot see it. Are unwilling to see it.

        This is a common mistake though. Instead of doing more research into the issue, the first cry of a skeptic when presented with a quote that cannot be disputed, as Wilson's cannot as it is in the book you reference, is to cry, "You took that out of context!!!!"

        Nope. I did no such thing Tim. You just don't have a full grasp of the issue. This is due to the lack of time you have spent researching this issue, I assume. So, you can fix this slight error of yours.

        Who is he referring to? It is quite clear who he is referring to. Firstly, he is referring to captains of industry. Secondly, he is referring to a behind the scenes, organized, pervasive organization that has way more poweer than those referred to captains of industry. Call the second what ever you want - I call it the Illuminati. Don't want to call it the Illuminati? Fine. Call it something else then. But, Tim, you must call it something. Because it is there. Wilson beleives so too. He tells you. I call it the Illuminati. Wilson calls it, and I, umm, quote:

        They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.

        You see? WIlson calls it a 'power'. I call that power the Illuminati. If you prefer to call it "The Most Exalted Collection of Fuzzy Green Bunny Rabbits", well, that is fine by me. POinting out the Wilson is talking about the business sector is, as I said, nothing more than stating the obvious.

        You did not however, address the 'power' Wilson was referring to, though. You just skip right over that point to the out-of-context cry.

        So, are you saying that WIlson was wrong? That no such power exists? That powerful businessmen did not confide in him that there was this shadowy 'power' that had the ability to destroy their business at will?

        Yes, Tim, the Illuminati controls the financial sector, with the pinnacle being the International Banking system. They control major corporations, too. Any idea of what David Rockefeller's portfoilio looks like? Can you tell me which oil company Queen Beatrix, daughter of Prince Bernard and founder of Bilderberg, is attached to?

        Get it? These families, the Rothchilds, Rockefellers, Morgans, Warburgs, etc., have ENORMOUS control over the corporate sector, let alone the world's finances.

        As far as your Churchill thing, well, you again are making an incorrect assertion about context.

        I'll get back to your assessment of the timeline and life of the Illuminati in a bit.

        Oh, and since you went after the Churchill quote, implying improper context, how 'bout ya man up and go after Disraeli's (another Prime Miinister) quote, where he falt out staes, in no uncertain terms that Secret Societies have the power to override the wishes and will of governments.

        It always bothers me when engaging in back in forth exchanges on da net that people have such a lack of understanding of how debates and arguments work. A proper argument is built upon many pillars. A good, solid argument can lose a couple of those pillars and still be persuasive. One can concede a point with out conceding the argument.

        However, I concede no points to you Tim. Your erroneous assertion that I somehow took the quotes of Churchill, Washington & Wilson out of context is precisely that.

        Erroneous.

        But even if I conceded your point. Even if I threw those three quotes out of my argument, that still leaves the other quotes, some of the other pillars, left untouched and unanswered by your skepticism.

        I am going to have to do a point by point on your post, Tim, so if you are iunterested in my response, it will be another long one ...
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        • Profile picture of the author TimPhelan
          Well, trying to stay down to your level Christopher, which is unimpressive. I'm not going to waste my time going through your BS point by point because I have better things to do Christopher. By the way Christopher, I did go through this idiotic stuff point by point about 5 years ago, I believe, with another conspiracy theory nut job who has been banned from this forum for years. I'm sure some of the people who have been around a while remember that one. It lasted weeks. Dozens and dozens of posts. In the end, it doesn't matter what I say, what proof I provide, you have your unimpressive mind made up and nobody will change it. Good luck with that Christopher.

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          Well, Tim. That certainly was an effort by yoiu to dispell this stuff. But, I am afraid, a rather unimpressive one. No offense.
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          • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
            My, my. Quite ungracious in defeat, you are. Have it your way Tim. Come back any time, I certainly bear no ill will towards you and didn't mean to upset you, merely correct you.

            Well, since Tim is departing and is obviously not going to answer the question about what international corporation Queen Beatrix is attached, I'll do it for him.

            It is Shell. Or Royal Dutch Shell. Here is the comapny's logo:



            Watcha lookin' at there guys and gals? A shell? With those colors? Guess again. It is Sun symbology. Those are sunrays. Of course the Rockefellers are all over the oil industry too. Make no mistake that the Rothchilds and Queen Elizabeth have large oil corporation portfolios.

            People are willing to kill for oil, aren't they? Who's oil is being protected and who is ordering the killing?

            I posted quotes from FDR and Felix Frankfurter, and others. a few posts back to help, umm, shine some light on the issue.

            Maybe I'll get into the Saturn Death Cult a bit more and its ties to Naziism in the next post.
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            • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
              How many of you thought the Betsy Ross flag was the Original flag of the us, the one GW carried across the Delaware when he went to go fight the Hessians? The Hessians? Yup. German mercenaries rented by King George from the German House of Hesse. The same House of Hess that Mayer Amschel Rothchild was attached to and made his name.

              That is who George Washington crossed the Deleware to fight, NOT British Soldiers as we are led to believe.

              Here is the original flag, the Continental Colors, or Grand Union Flag : http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Union_Flag.svg

              And here is the British East India international corporation flag: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...%281801%29.svg

              Same damn flag. Hmmmm ....
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            • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
              Originally Posted by Christopher Fox View Post




              Watcha lookin' at there guys and gals? A shell? With those colors? Guess again. It is Sun symbology. Those are sunrays. Of course the Rockefellers are all over the oil industry too. Make no mistake that the Rothchilds and Queen Elizabeth have large oil corporation portfolios.
              This is the evolution of the scallop shell.


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              • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
                Originally Posted by Daniel Evans View Post

                This is the evolution of the scallop shell.


                Certainly points to consider, but it doesn't change the fact that what it looks like today and as well as previous iterations. Color printing was certainly a little more difficult and expensive in the early 1900s. I am not dismissing your point here, but neither am I swayed by it.

                What it comes down to is one's interpretation of all the other data, in total. I don't mind admitting that it took a bit to get my mind wrapped around the symbology of this all. It was difficult for me to see the connection, initially, as the concept of communication through symbols is completely lost on moist of us today in 2013 - but not to these folks. They use symbology that strecthes back thousands of years.

                I'm suggesting that these folks are heavy in symbology. Because it has changed throughout the years doesn't change the message. You may think I am stretching, and that is okay if you do, but, with the exception of the first one, just the shape of the shell is symbolic.

                Sunrays are very important to these folks. They use anything they can to simulate them - even black and white shells that mimic those sunrays. The very first one, no, but the subsequent ones are mimicing those sunrays.

                Again, this is a deep, deep subject and symbology is one of the more difficult concepts in all of this to understand. That logo is but a small piece of the puzzle and it is a piece that makes much more sense once you start tying all of these symbols together and trace them back to the same source. There is a very, very clear pattern. And when you start tracing seemingly unrelated entities back to their source, one finds them to go back to the same source. And one finds Sun symbology as a consistent theme, in many iterations, of thios group.

                The reason I am not overly persuaded is because these types of symbols always go back to the same group, the group the Queen Beatrix is involved in. Call it the Illuminati, or whatever else one wants.

                Pareidolia is when people's eyes and minds see shapes basd on loose contrsucts, like seeing shapes in clouds. If you think I am guilty of this, that's okay. I don't agree, but if you prefer to not consider that post about shell as another pillar of my argument, that's fine. Throw it out the window if you are unpersuaded by that logo - don't throw it too far though, as once you start to really study their symbology, you'll need to go pick this one back up to add to tthe collection. ANd don't throw the baby out with the bathwater ...

                People are free to dismiss my point, but I encourage them to do further research into symbology first. Shell is an isolated incident and when taken in isolation, your point is most definitely more valid. When this logo is added to the whole of the rest of the data, the distinction you are trying to draw becomes less simple, and less transparent. To understand the symbology, there is no way around a thorough study of Sun Cults and to trace those cults across time and culture.

                Do you have a take on any of the rest of the stuff I have thrown out here?
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                • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
                  Originally Posted by Christopher Fox View Post

                  Do you have a take on any of the rest of the stuff I have thrown out here?
                  I only commented upon the logo because that's something I have experience with and I was aware of the development process of that particular logo.

                  It's fair play to state that perhaps the shell is iconic of the suns rays but what isn't likely is that the dev process would begin with an image which doesn't resemble that. You could argue against that however by claiming that it was just a red herring in a masterplan.

                  I appreciate that the logo might just be viewed as a component to a much bigger picture, but quite often, I'm sure people will just see what they want to see as they are convinced by those other components.

                  The sun is a pretty significant thing, so I'm not going to be too surprised if it crops up from time to time in human symbology whether it's intentional or not. Infact it's pretty unoriginal. The symbol as a whole is an eye upon a triangle (pyramid) with sun rays behind. Sun rays on their own therefore are no more significant to an "organization" than an eye on it's own, or a triangle.

                  That just addresses my opinion on the logo mind you. I don't doubt the theory that there's things going on in the world that most are oblivious to but I feel the logo claim is clutching at straws.

                  You could say exactly the same of NBCs peacock.......but perhaps you may?
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                  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
                    Originally Posted by Daniel Evans View Post

                    You could say exactly the same of NBCs peacock.......but perhaps you may?
                    Ironically, I think the peacock was likely to show off the color. I was a kid in the 60s/70s, and color WAS expensive and rather rare. They even wet through a kind of retro period to cut costs. They had color AND B&W film NOT for effect, but becaue the color wa more expensive.

                    As for shell? They say it started out as a mussel, and changed to a shell in 1904(about 7 years after the company started!) The history of the Shell logo - Shell Global

                    So that is ODD! One wonders WHY! GRANTED the current shell is STILL a shell, and cuter than a mussel likely would be, but one wonders. Take this ONE thing into account along with historic norms, and the logo really hasn't changed AT ALL! Earlier logos were always crude and B&W. They then went to writing on or IN the logo. THEN, the writing moved OFF the logo and/or disappeared. If the logo, or name, was in any way specific, it was then often generalized. This is why nike has the swoosh and Kentucky Fried Chicken is now called KFC. So the changes in the logo were more to follow convention then to change anything material.

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                    Originally Posted by Daniel Evans View Post

                    You could say exactly the same of NBCs peacock.......but perhaps you may?
                    You could certainly say that Daniel. Thanks for bringing the peacock up. More eyes. Don't forget CBS, yet another eye.

                    Two tv networks, utilizing the same symbol - The All Seeing Eye. Coincidence? I am sure you think so, but before coming to that conclusion, investigate the corporate power structures at the time of the formation of these corps.

                    Look into the roots of the Eagle being used as a symbol for the Sun, too.

                    In addition to the media, I'll maybe touch on Rockefeller's influence on changing our education system in the 1900s. COntorl the information, control the media, the education, and you control the mind.

                    Pretty simple and effective tactic. And well used throughout history.

                    Not a coinmcidence. The mainstream, corpoate media outlets have been one of their outlets of control. Control the media, control the information, and you control the minds.

                    So while you snicker, which is okay with me, I am impressed by your ease at finding other such corporate logos that are steeped in a more ancient symbolism. Due to your experience with logos, with symbols, I strongly suggest that while you go about the more mundane tasks of IMing, keep Dawn of A New Day by Jordan Maxwell playing in the background.

                    Keep looking, you might be surprised at what you find ...
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                    • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
                      Originally Posted by Christopher Fox View Post

                      You could certainly say that Daniel. Thanks for bringing the peacock up. More eyes. Don't forget CBS, yet another eye.
                      I was suggesting that the NBC "feathers" actually resembled sun rays but it's interesting to see how deep you thought into that.

                      An eye on it's own has no significant meaning to me other than fact that's it's a symbol being used to depict keeping on eye on world affairs.

                      Eyes are used to depict exactly the same observational aspects through a vast range of other applications too.

                      The Warrior Forum logo contains a hierarchical triangle and although there have been jokes cracked no-one tends to immediately, or at least realistically assume that the board is Illuminati affiliated.

                      Likewise, the Bindi is worn by followers of Hinduism and is, in effect, an "all seeing eye" of it's own spiritual nature.

                      Two tv networks, utilizing the same symbol - The All Seeing Eye. Coincidence? I am sure you think so, but before coming to that conclusion, investigate the corporate power structures at the time of the formation of these corps.
                      It's an eye.

                      Conspiracy theorists add the "All seeing" prefix.

                      So while you snicker, which is okay with me, I am impressed by your ease at finding other such corporate logos that are steeped in a more ancient symbolism. Due to your experience with logos, with symbols, I strongly suggest that while you go about the more mundane tasks of IMing, keep Dawn of A New Day by Jordan Maxwell playing in the background.

                      Keep looking, you might be surprised at what you find ...
                      Again, I don't have doubts there are secret societies including the Illuminati. I just don't believe there's symbolism of those very things in as many places as you seem to be suggesting, nor do I think so many organizations are throwing around secret clues in a carrot dangling fashion.

                      I will give that a listen though.
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                      • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
                        Originally Posted by Daniel Evans View Post

                        Conspiracy theorists add the "All seeing" prefix.

                        Again, I don't have doubts there are secret societies including the Illuminati. I just don't believe there's symbolism of those very things in as many places as you seem to be suggesting, nor do I think so many organizations are throwing around secret clues in a carrot dangling fashion.

                        I will give that a listen though.
                        Fair enough on your take on peacock eyes and CBS' eye logo. we see that differently, obviously. The All Seeing part, though, that attachment you dispute, while easier to proffer skepticism on these couple corporate examples I provide, certainly you cannot dispute the All Seeing prefix on either the US seal or the Seal of the State of Colorado.

                        By definition, that is the All Seeing Eye. I understand you are a Brit and don't expect you to be familiar with the Seal of the US that appears on the dollar, but that is absolutely the clearest example of the All Seeing Eye, and it goes back furhter than the late 1700s when it was adopted here.

                        In case any of our mates across the pond are unfamiliar with the US Seal, this is the reverse side of it. You design logos, Daniel, what do you think would possess and inspire this design? And again, I respect your opinion concerning not extrapolating out the all seeing thing into a couple of corporate logos that I do, however, this, by definition, is the All Seeing Eye. See the sunrays too?

                        What a wacky seal, eh? Even the most ardent skeptics gotta raise an eyebrow a little bit, if for nothing more than the weirdness of this seal. Novus Ordo Seclorum. How's your Latin? New Order of the Ages. All these damn eyes and New Orders everywhere. How many steps to you see on that pyramid? Not a coincidental number...

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                          I think those literal representations of the eye, pyramid and sunburst are exactly why I have suspicions.

                          I'm aware of the one on the dollar bill too.
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                          Just a couple more quotes from statesmen telling you all the same thing I am about the fact that there most definitely is a cabal behind the scenes that is actually running the world.

                          President Theodore Roosevelt:

                          Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.

                          Former New York City Mayor John Hylan (1868 - 1936) in a speech delivered in 1922, while still mayor:

                          The real menace of our Republic is the invisible government, which like a giant octopus sprawls its slimy legs over our cities, states and nation. To depart from mere generalizations, let me say that at the head of this octopus are the Rockefeller Standard Oil interests and a small group of powerful banking houses generally referred to as the international bankers. The little coterie of powerful international bankers virtually run the United States government for their own selfish purposes.

                          They practically control both parties, write political platforms, make catspaws of party leaders, use the leading men of private organizations, and resort to every device to place in nomination for high public office only such candidates as will be amenable to the dictates of corrupt big business.

                          These international bankers and Rockefeller-Standard Oil interests control the majority of the newspapers and magazines in this country. They use the columns of these papers to club into submission or drive out of office public officials who refuse to do the bidding of the powerful corrupt cliques which compose the invisible government. It operates under cover of a self-created screen [and] seizes our executive officers, legislative bodies, schools, courts, newspapers and every agency created for the public protection.


                          Go ahead, guys, come out here in public and tell us all that Teddy Roosevelt was a nutjob, a whacked out conspiracy theorists who sees monsters under his bed every night. It is easy to point me out and do that, but how about all of these very well known, very educated, very respected statesmen? People, who by virtue of their position are privy to much more of this stuff than anyone participating in this thread.

                          I triple dog dare ya to do so. Call Churchill, FDR, Wilson, Disraeli, Teddy, et al., crazy. Crazy ass nutjob conspiracy theory wackos. Don't be shy, don't just call me a nutjob, call those who think and believe as I do concerning the real power structure of the world and who controls the governments nutjobs too.

                          Anyone? Bueller ... Bueller ... Bueller ...

                          All some of you folks have to is clean the wax out of yer ears and listen, 'cause it ain't just this knucklehead telling you this stuff.
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            Originally Posted by TimPhelan View Post

            I did go through this idiotic stuff point by point about 5 years ago, I believe, with another conspiracy theory nut job who has been banned from this forum for years. I'm sure some of the people who have been around a while remember that one. It lasted weeks.

            Ahh, yes, I remember those days. Brings back lots of fond memories, although the thread has been deleted.

            However, back on topic regarding the OP, here are a couple of recent lively threads regarding the impact Niribu (aka Planet X) had on 2012, and similarly the Galactic Alignment which was widely expected (although erroneous and unfounded) to occur in 2012.

            http://www.warriorforum.com/off-topi...alignment.html
            http://www.warriorforum.com/off-topi...-planet-x.html

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        Originally Posted by TimPhelan View Post

        "From the days of Sparticus - Weishophf [Adam Weishaupt], Karl Marx, Trotski, Belacoon, Rosa Luxenburg, and Ema Goldman, this world conspiracy has been steadily growing. This conspiracy played a definite recognizable role in the tragedy of the French revolution. It has been the mainspring of every subversive movement during the 19th Century. And now at last this band of extraordinary personalities from the underworld of the great cities of Europe and America have gripped the Russian people by the hair of their head and have become the undisputed masters of that enormous empire."

        Yes, Winston Churchill did write this earlier in his life. He was referring to ... Russia.
        Huh? Referring to Russia? Sure he was. But more Tim. It is all right there. Read it again. France is not Russia, nor did the French Revolution take place in Russia - it happend in France. Further, the Bolsheviek Revolution took place around the time of WWI, which was in the 20th century. The 19th century is the 1800s Tim. So, obviously, oh so obviously, Churchill was referring to more than just Russia as you incorrectly state.

        He wasn't referring to the defunct Illuminati. haha.
        If you say so, Tim. He clearly defines a conspiracy. A single conspiracy playing out over the course of centuries. His words - it is all right there. He flat out calls it a conspiracy. And he credits that conspiracy with every subversive movemnet of the 1800s, as well as the French Revolution, as well as the Bolsheviek Revolution.

        One conspiracy. Spanning centuries and borders. No, Tim, not just Russia and the revolution that took place in the 20th century.

        So, if you know he wasn't referring to the Illuminati, then what single conspiracy, what one group, was he referring to? Inquiring minds want to know.

        Wow. You accuse me of taking things out of context, etc. and right there you are doing even worse. Even though you quoted it, you are changing Churchill's words. Right there in the open, for us all to see.

        haha.

        The quote from George Washington was in response to someone in regards to a book written by John Robison, who was one of the main reasons the Illuminati first achieved their fearsome status. The book painted the Illuminati as something they really weren't and I think that is what Washington is referring to.
        Huh?!? You think? You think Washington was referring to the Illuminati as being portrayed in an improper, negative light? You don't have to think Tim, just read the quote. Washington labeled the goals of the Illuminati as, and I quote:

        diabolical tenets

        Yup, Washington does consider them fearsome. He flat out says so. They are diabolical according to him. You are streching. Badly, with both of these quotes. And unsuccessfully to boot.

        Yes, nobody denies there was a Illuminati and that is was founded by Adam Weishaupt. That doesn't make Washington a believer in conspiracy theories.
        Speaking for Washington after he has already spoken? Washington told us, in that very quote, that he believed in a conspiracy theory. That the Illuminati had spread their plan, their tenets, to America. The only thing Washingotn was denying was that he did not think that the Illuminati had successfully infiltrated the Freemasonic Lodges of America, as they had in Europe, and particulary France, with his reference to the Jacobins.

        It becomes conspiracy theory when the group is falsely misrepresented and also in saying it still exists and has amazing powers in our world.
        That is NOT what a conspiracy or a conspiracy theory is. At all. Not even close. You are just making things up to suit your bias, which seems to be that how this world operates is completely on the surface and you know everything there is to know about the power brokers of the world. Quite a claim you make.

        A conspiracy is:
        • A secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful.
        • The action of plotting or conspiring.
        The assasination of Lincoln is an undeniable, real life, conspiracy, by definition. The real definition, not your 'fabricated for this thread to indulge your bias' one. A group of people, including Booth and Surratt (look into the ties this guy has and follow his travels after Lincoln's death), conspired to kill Lincoln.


        Yes, history books are full of real live conspiracies. They are also full of conspiracy theories, where the evidence is largely circumstantial, hence the 'theory' part.


        Lets look at the Illuminati as it was during it's brief life.

        First of all, why was it a "secret society"? Well, here's the reason folks, I'll let another founding father explain it:

        "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.
        You are quoting from a letter. Partially quoting. The sentence preceeding wher you began is TJ quoting Weishaupt:

        The tranquility of our consciences is not troubled by the reproach of aiming at the ruin or overthrow of states or thrones.

        While painting a rosy picture of nonviolence, Weishaupt dives into how clear his conscience would be after aiming (planning, conspiring) to overthrow governments.

        Hmmm.

        So, what it looks to me like you are trying to do here is pit GW against TJ, with, of course, you asserting that TJ is more the authority on this than Washington. Under what logic? Or is it just an arbitrary choice as TJ suits your bias of denial? Furhter in that same letter you quote from, TJ has this to say:

        This subject being new to me, I have imagined that if it be so to you also, you may receive the same satisfaction in seeing, which I have had in forming the analysis of it:

        Being new to me. Doesn't inspire much confidence that 'ol TJ has had time to thoroughly investigate the matter, does it? Compare that to Washington:

        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. The idea that I meant to convey, was, that I did not believe that the Lodges of Free Masons in _this_ Country had, as Societies, endeavoured to propagate the diabolical tenets of the first, or pernicious principles of the latter (if they are susceptible of separation).

        TJ is an admitted noob to the subject matter, whereas GW certainly conveys the impression of a more rigorous study. You can align yourself with TJ's opinion, but it flies in the face of evidence that goes beyond just these two quotes.

        Looks like you just went around and did some quick Googling. Looks like I am to GW as you are to TJ - I think this is new to you and I doubt you have the countless hours I have into researching the subject matter at hand.

        That's okay Tim. I was a noob to all of this at one time too. Haha, as you say.

        Further, TJ's letter was penned after a trip to France, where he paid visits to more than one Lodge. Lodges that had already been infiltrated, so I cannot rule out that TJ was regurgitating the Kool-Aid and GW, who made no such visits and no such interactions seems to think differently about it

        So what was the Illuminati about and who could join? Lets let the founder explain that:

        Weishaupt's goal was "illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason, which will dispel the clouds of superstition and of prejudice"
        Sun of reason. You are delving into the esoteric here Tim. And I doubt you even know it. That is more than just a cute metaphor there. This stuff goes back to the pharohs of Egypt. You're not quite grasping this 'Illuminated' stuff, are ya? Lights and Suns and Illumination, etc. I told you all in previous posts that this gets a bit wacky if you really want to study it.

        "Whoever does not close his ear to the lamentations of the miserable, nor his heart to gentle pity; whoever is the friend and brother of the unfortunate; whoever has a heart capable of love and friendship; whoever is steadfast in adversity, unwearied in the carrying out of whatever has been once engaged in, undaunted in the overcoming of difficulties; whoever does not mock and despise the weak; whose soul is susceptible of conceiving great designs, desirous of rising superior to all base motives, and of distinguishing himself by deeds of benevolence; whoever shuns idleness; whoever considers no knowledge as unessential which he may have the opportunity of acquiring, regarding the knowledge of mankind as his chief study; whoever, when truth and virtue are in question, despising the approbation of the multitude, is sufficiently courageous to follow the dictates of his own heart, - such a one is a proper candidate.

        The tenor of my life has been the opposite of everything that is vile; and no man can lay any such thing to my charge." ~ Adam Weishaupt.

        It wasn't even required to be a Freemason to be a member. You didn't have to be a certain religion either. You just needed to believe in a supreme being.
        We can find eloquent writings and justifications from all sorts of diabolical folks through out history. And what did Weishaupt think of his recruited members?:

        These good folk swell our numbers and fill our money-box. Set yourselves to work; these gentlemen must be made to nibble at the bait…But this sort of people must always be made to believe that the grade they have reached is the last

        You don't seem to like Robison, but from his book:

        The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment; let it never appear in any place in its own name, but always concealed by another name, and another occupation. None is fitter than the lower degrees of Freemasonry; the public is accustomed to it, ex- pects little from it, and therefore takes little notice of it. Next to this, the form of a learned or literary society is best suited to our purpose, and had Freemasonry not existed, this cover would have been employed; and it may be much more than a cover, it may be a powerful engine in our hands... A Literary Society is the most proper form for the introduction of our Order into any state where we are yet strangers.

        How 'bout we look to others, aside from GW, TJ and Weishaupt himself? How 'bout the Duke of Brunswick, head of German Freemasonry in 1794, 18 years after the formation of the Illuminati.

        I have been convinced that we, as an Order, have come under the power of some very evil occult Order, profoundly versed in science, both occult and otherwise, though not infallible, their method being black magic, that is to say, electro-magnetic power, hypnotism and powerful suggestion. We are convinced that the Order is being controlled by some Sun Order, after the nature of the Illuminati, if not by that Order itself

        See, I told you that you were delving into the esoteric, into Sun Cults. Getting a little wacky, huh? Let me throw someting esle in from Pike and Morals and Dogma to further outline some of the esotercism that comes alonmg with this subject matter:

        Masonry, like all the religions, all Mysteries, Hermeticism, and Alchemy, conceals its secrets from all except the Adepts and Sages, or the Elect, and uses false explanations and misinterpretations of its symbols to mislead those who deserve to be mislead; to conceal the Truth, which it calls Light, from them, and to draw them away from it...The Teachers, even of Christianity, are, in general, the most ignorant of the true meaning of that which they teach. There is no book of which so little is known as the Bible...Masonry jealously conceals its secrets, and intentionally leads conceited interpreters astray.

        There was a reason I delved into things that occurred over 3000 years ago. This is a large, deep topic, Tim. You ain't gonna get it all figured out in a couple hours of Googling. Sorry. Haha.

        Pretty scary stuff isn't it?
        Yes it is. When you have a deep understanding of all of this stuff, like I do, it is quite frightnening.

        In 1785 the Illuminati was discovered by the government and banned, Weishaupt lost his job and was banished.
        And yet, 9 years later, the Duke of Brunswick sends out a communication to other high level Masons to warn them that the ban didn't work. Don't be so naive. Governments across time and borders have repeatedly banned things. Religion was banned in the USSR as in China. Yet, shock of shocks, people meet in private to worship, despite the bans.

        Being banned by the government is NOT proof of disbandment. Sorry.

        He died in another country in 1830. The Illuminati ceased to exist by 1800.
        According to whom, may I ask?

        Well, except for in the imaginations of some.
        I don't take any offense to this, but I would like to inform you that you look kinda silly when you try to be a smartass and you have made such egregious errors in your dissection of the quotes from Churchill and Washington. Just a heads up ...

        Two authors, Robison and Augustin Barruel wrote books in the late 1790s that theorized the Illuminati survived and aquired great powers with evil intent. Both writers apparently did bad jobs at translating the Bavarian documents from the Illuminati and Robison got all his information from other writers. Neither provided references for their sources.
        Mmmm. Okay. You are stating others opinions, which is fine, but keep it clear in your mind that opinions are not facts. Also keep in mind that this is about SECRET SOCIETIES, which people like Prime Minister Disraeli believe are at work.

        So that's how this conspiracy theory started over two hundred years ago and now won't go away.
        Okay. If you say so Tim.

        Thanks for playing. Haha ...
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          Well, for those that have been following my long and disjointed posts, did that last one start to pull a little of it together? Things like Churchill remarking about the subversive movements against governments that began around 1800. Washington's comments around 1800. The Duke of Brunswicks comments around 1800.

          The formation of the Illuminati around 1800.

          The concept of the Illuminati strecthing much farther back than 1800 and not being an original creation of Weishaupt.

          Sun Cults, Illumination, Lucifer the Light Bearer, Venus, Sol Invictus, Egypt, HIram Abiff, Phonecians, Columbus etc.

          I mentioned Joseph P Farrell earlier. One of his books he has put out is titled Babylon's Banksters. Babylon was a wile ago.

          I haven't touched on the Freemason connections with Baal yet, either.

          There is also pplenty of recent stuff, stuff that people who want to blow this Illuminati thing off can look to to get a sense of it all and how it has been going on continuously in different sectors of society.

          There so much more to all of this. I haven't even touched some things surrounding the Saturn Death Cults.
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          • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
            Let me show you how pervasive this stuff is. This is the State Seal of Colorado, where I call home.



            Well, lookey there. It's that damn eye again, looking right at us. Notice the Sun Rays? Around the turn of the century (1900), this was also the State Flag of Colorado. Roickefeller was in here at that point in time. There were some very, very interesting things that occurred in the mining industry at the time too.

            Notice that Roman Facses there? WTF is that doing there? WHy is symbology of the Roman Empire all over our country? This is in the Oval Office, The House of Representatives. etc.

            Really? The ingenious minds that created this country lacked the ability to come up with their own symbology, so they just lifted that from the Roman Empire? Coincidence???
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      To touch a bit more on the Lucifer thing. When I talk about Luciferian Doctrine, it is not in the sense that Freemasons worship the Devil, Satan, etc. From Morals and Dogma:

      Lucifer, the Light-bearer! Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! It is he who bears the Light, and with its splendors intolerable, blinds feeble, sensual, or selfish souls? Doubt it not!

      In this context, Lucifer is associated with the planet Venus. Venus is the Morning Star. There is another celestial body that was worshiped, going back to the time of Hiram Abiff and King Solomon and it was the star Shekinah, which is purported to have appeared during the dedication of Solomon's Temple. Also referred to as the Morning Star. This is also in reference to the same star that was purported to appear at the time of the birth of 'ol JC.

      Masonic ritual dictates that King Solomon instituted a Super Priesthood, a cult within a cult. These Priests are referred to as the Star Families and their symbol they used to identify themselves was two triangles - one inverted and placed on top of the other - the Star of David.

      Back to a bit on Hiram Abiff, he was a Phonecian and the builder of Solomon's Temple. Although it is often claimed that Freemasons developed out of the trade guilds of the Middle Ages, like a labor union, ther masonry that Freemasons deal with is tied to about 3000 years ago and the masonry of Hiram Abiff. As the story goes, after completion of the Temple some of Hiram's workers demanded that he share with them his secrets (look in to the legends around Solomon's Temple concerning its construction) of masonry. He denied to offer up the goods, so the struck him in the head three times, with the thrid blow being the one that killed him. This event, the death of Hiram, is all reenacted in Masonic rituals.

      So, with all of this, I am merely trying to add some historical context to Freemasonry and the Illuminati. There is much more to go into on this, like Ophir, where Solomon's men journeyed to on a 3 year round trip to bring back a boatload, literally, of gold. So where is Ophir?

      So, back to the Illuminati. The Illuminati are the 'Illuminated Ones'. This ties back into the whole Lucifer/light thing.

      The vast majority of Freemasons today are not tied into this stuff. Your average Freemason uses the lodge as a social and networking club ... but not all do. It is important to understand that neither Freemasons nor the Illuminati are Atheists. That is the reason for the my delving into some spiritual matters.

      I don't know what to tell folks like myob at this point. I can only show you the path - the decision as to whether or not you want to take a stroll with me down that path is your own decision. The Illuminati is a real thing. We know it existed. I have tried to post some quotes from world leaders that state flat out that there is a subversive, behind the scenes, cabal that is pulling the strings. Don't want to listen to Churchill, Disraeli, FDR Wilson, et al, that is your choice to DENY REALITY, not mine ...

      I'm having a lazy day watching football, so I'll flesh out a couple more posts on this today ...[/
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        Originally Posted by Christopher Fox View Post

        To touch a bit more on the Lucifer thing. When I talk about Luciferian Doctrine, it is not in the sense that Freemasons worship the Devil, Satan, etc. From Morals and Dogma:

        Lucifer, the Light-bearer! Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! It is he who bears the Light, and with its splendors intolerable, blinds feeble, sensual, or selfish souls? Doubt it not!

        In this context, Lucifer is associated with the planet Venus. Venus is the morning star. There is another celestial body that was worshiped, going back to the time of Hiram Abiff and King Solomon and it was the star Shekinah, which is purported to have appeared during the dedication of Solomon's Temple. This is also in reference to the same star that was purported to appear at the time of the birth of 'ol JC.

        Masonic ritual dictates that King Solomon instituted a Super Priesthood, a cult within a cult. These Priests are referred to as the Star Families and their symbol they used to identify themselves was two triangles - one inverted and placed on top of the other - the Star of David.

        Back to a bit on Hiram Abiff, he was a Phonecian and the builder of Solomon's Temple. Although it is often claimed that Freemasons developed out of the trade guilds of the Middle Ages, like a labor union, ther masonry that Freemasons deal with is tied to about 3000 years ago and the masonry of Hiram Abiff. As the story goes, after completion of the Temple some of Hiram's workers demanded that he share with them his secrets (look in to the legends around Solomon's Temple concerning its construction) of masonry. He denied to offer up the goods, so the struck him in the head three times, with the thrid blow being the one that killed him. This event, the death of Hiram, is all reenacted in Masonic rituals.

        So, with all of this, I am merely trying to add some historical context to Freemasonry and the Illuminati. There is much more to go into on this, like Ophir, where Solomon's men journeyed to on a 3 year round trip to bring back a boatload, literally, of gold. So where is Ophir?

        So, back to the Illuminati. The Illuminati are the 'Illuminated Ones'. This ties back into the whole Lucifer/light thing.

        The vast majority of Freemasons today are not tied into this stuff. Your average Freemason uses the lodge as a social and networking club ... but not all do. It is important to understand that neither Freemasons nor the Illuminati are Atheists. That is the reason for the my delving into some spiritual matters.

        I don't know what to tell folks like myob at this point. I can only show you the path - the decision as to whether or not you want to take a stroll with me down that path is your own decision. The Illuminati is a real thing. We know it existed. I have tried to post some quotes from world leaders that state flat out that there is a subversive, behind the scenes, cabal that is pulling the strings. Don't want to listen to Churchill, Disraeli, FDR Wilson, et al, that is your choice to DENY REALITY, not mine ...

        I'm having a lazy day watching football, so I'll flesh out a couple more posts on this today ...[/
        Wow dude, I wish I could get away with a post like that. lol For whatever reason when I brought up the scriptural references to the end times it was deleted. I dont argue with mods, they have their reasons, but I wanted to quote you.
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      • Profile picture of the author LarryC
        << So, back to the Illuminati. The Illuminati are the 'Illuminated Ones'. This ties back into the whole Lucifer/light thing. >>

        Yes, I think we have to be careful about condemning anything to do with "illumination," "light," or even Lucifer. Some people even identify the sun as an Illuminati symbol. This is true, but it's not that the sun, or any kind of light is evil, it's just that the powers that be want to claim this type of energy for themselves. The true Illuminati are those who want to bring enlightenment to everyone.
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        • Profile picture of the author seasoned
          Originally Posted by LarryC View Post

          << So, back to the Illuminati. The Illuminati are the 'Illuminated Ones'. This ties back into the whole Lucifer/light thing. >>

          Yes, I think we have to be careful about condemning anything to do with "illumination," "light," or even Lucifer. Some people even identify the sun as an Illuminati symbol. This is true, but it's not that the sun, or any kind of light is evil, it's just that the powers that be want to claim this type of energy for themselves. The true Illuminati are those who want to bring enlightenment to everyone.
          You're right!

          The ori, in SG1, were praised as they promised enlightenment to ALL!!!!! Ironically, enlightenment to all would be a danger, and the Ori gave it to NONE! The ANCIENTS were secret, but offered enlightenment to deserving beings that had died or attained a certain level. Though a myth(probably based in part on true legend), it DOES show how things can be misunderstood/propagandized.

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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    Who knows, but you really can't go to the founders. Even Karl Marx put his goals and all in a good light. They continue to do that to this day even as the scourge wipes through the planet. Finding the truth in a secret society is often difficult. Things like the shriners leads me to believe that the freemasons aren't bad, but who knows. Ironically, they don't talk about the shriners much, but the shriners is an offshoot of freemasonry. Beginnings - History - Shriners International As for lucifer? The BIBLE put him in a good light early on and even JOB could be put into a good light, but he ended up in a bad light and Job doesn't help that any.

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  • Profile picture of the author Big Rob
    @ Christopher
    I am going to have to do a point by point on your post, Tim, so if you are iunterested in my response, it will be another long one ...
    I am totally fascinated,Please continue.

    Thanks for your contribution.

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  • Profile picture of the author John Durham
    Christopher, I think you laid some heavy knowledge on us here, but it may have come across a bit arrogantly to Tim. Sure he may have come across the same way, but its better to educate purely, and debate without showing arrogance, I have learned that the hard way. Do appreciate your sharing sincerely, but admittedly something gets lost in the purity of sharing when it comes across as cocky and not as much like a desire to enlighten as to win an argument, or as one having an agenda to convince rather than to merely share.

    It started off great, but then, even though the knowledge was awesome, the tone of sharing changed and began to set off radars.

    One thing the alleged Illuminati have right is that they convey their ways in ways that are completely not obvious, just like a good salesman. We could all learn to become better salesman with everything we sell, even our truths, and are more effective if what we project is seen as only to share and not to convince or push an agenda. We sell more that way, and more masterfully.

    I think alot of people with amazing knowledge would do well, not aiming this at you but all of us, to learn how to sell. Covert is better than overt alot of times, and if we all have the wool pulled over our eyes, and that is true, then certainly it has been done by people who are masters at being covert.

    Its better to lead someone to water and "let" them drink.

    I dont know what is true or not, though I have my feelings... but I know that in sharing knowledge, its better to allow people to come to their own terms and we can deliberately get to that result by doing it covertly.

    Your knowledge is masterful and appreciated, your sales technique could be polished a bit.

    If someone hits you first, let them, and keep sharing purely...let them be the bad guy if thats the case, but dont let yourself be one.

    I share that with you in appreciation for what you shared with us. Im a salesman, and I can sell more than just websites...you can sell truth that way too, by realizing that its sales, and sales is as important a mastery in sharing as the knowledge itself, if your desire is to convince...

    Ps. In my case, I know you are just passionate, and understand that. I am too. Sometimes we should temper it just enough not to blow our cover when sharing on subjects like these and we will "draw" more people into our truth...whatever that truth is.
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    • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
      Originally Posted by John Durham View Post

      Christopher, I think you laid some heavy knowledge on us here, but it may have come across a bit arrogantly to Tim. .
      I get that John, But go read Tim's post. He is calling me a nut job. Calling me names, saying I am mentally ill. Talking about banning, etc. Nothing in my tone had an effect on how closed his mind is to all of this. His intentions and thoughts about me were clear in his first post, so, if I came across as arrogant to him., it was in response to his insultive nature, with his dismissive haha.

      And if I came across as arrogant to anyone else, well, my old man always told that it was better to be a smartass than a dumbasss. I guess I took that advice to heart. :p

      What's worse. John? Coming across as arrogant while being correct, or running around insulting people, calling them nutjobs, while being wrong after a post was dismantled due to faulty research and reasoning.

      Tim thought I was a nutjob before he even hit the 'post reply' button. myob thinks I am a nutjob, Yukon thinks I am a nutjob. I am sure they are wondering why I don't have a tin foil hat on my dog in my avatar.

      That's okay, it doesn't bother or offend me, but it is clear to me, neither of these three are open to considering this stuff - their minds are made up. I used to approach these issues that way as well. And then I did a pretty open and thorough study of it.

      And I certainly don't mean to be arrogant in stating the amount of research I have done regarding this issue - it is a requirement before you can form a truly informed opinion, either way.

      Your mindest is different though. You are open to at least considering these issues, to investigate them furhter, even if you don't have a fully formed opinion on this stuff yet and aren't sure if you believe it, and even if you don't buy into this stuff in the end, you are at least willing to take the time to consider it with an open mind.

      I commend that.

      Hey, while we're here, go look at the State Seal of Colorado. Take a real good look at that eye.

      That ain't a human eye - we don't have yellow iris', Furhter, our eyes do not have that shape.

      But owls do...

      The power brokers who attend the Bohemian Grove every year, the Presidents, the politicians and bureaucrats, the corporate leaders, the movers and shakers, well, it just so happens that they worship this great big ass owl, named Molech, and have been since 1872. People think I'm a nutjob, well, I ain't the one paying homage to Molech and burning effigies of human infants and all the other crazy sh&t that goes on at the Bohemian Grove every year.
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  • Profile picture of the author bravo75
    Doesn't anyone else think that the name Adam Weishaupt is somewhat conveniently coincidental?
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    • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
      Originally Posted by bravo75 View Post

      Doesn't anyone else think that the name Adam Weishaupt is somewhat conveniently coincidental?

      Please expound on this. I am curious as to the coincidence you are referring to.
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      • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
        For those who's curiosity has been piqued by my discussion of Sun Cults, Saturnalia and symbolism, there are aspects of this all, very important aspects that I cannot get into on this forum because of the forum rules, which is fine, that need to be researched for a fuller understanding of these issues.

        So, I will not link to them and I further request that no discussion of anyone's opinion of the works I am about to suggest be brought up in this thread, but there are definitely other veins of research that must be pursued to get a fuller understanding of these things.

        Watch Zeitgiest. I don't claim to agree with it 100%, but it is an excellent source of some very good information. It is based off of the research of Jordan Maxwell, who has been researching this stuff for 40+ years.

        Maxwell was also largely responsible for bringing Zecharia Sitchin over here, the source of Nibiru, which is in the thread title. Sitchin's work is based off of Summerian Tablets and is interpretation of them, which, again, is not something which I agree with 100%, but good stuff, nonetheless.

        Maxwell has also done some facinating research into etymology and symbology, as well as astrotheology. A good primer to start with to investigate furhter some of the legacy behind this symbology, watch Dawn of a New Day. It is a bit dry, but good, good stuff. Maxwell also has some good stuff on issues reagrding Saturnalia.

        Most might find a Jordan a bit kooky, but, again I stress to NOT throw the baby out with the bathwater and that there isn't anybody, at least for me, with whom I agree with 100%.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    Tim said:

    It becomes conspiracy theory when the group is falsely misrepresented and also in saying it still exists and has amazing powers in our world.
    That is BULL, and he knows it!

    ENGLISH definition: An idea of how people could get together, usually fully in secret, but sometimes not, to do something.....

    MIRIAM WEBSTER!
    a theory that explains an event or set of circumstances as the result of a secret plot by usually powerful conspirators
    PRESENT DAY COMMON USAGE: To belittle an idea that is TRULY a "conspiracy theory"(See above), by saying it is so incredibly derived, stupid, or proven false, EVEN if it is proven TRUE!

    So WHY does tims definition not match either? NOTE that although he does not give the second definition he DOES make it clear and meet it because he claims it means incredibly contrived and proven false!

    It is interestng that that should happen HERE because so many that frankly ***I*** had a hard time swallowing were PROVEN TRUE! The US Government now even OPENLY ADMITS some! They were SO obscure, SO ridiculous, etc... that SYFY STILL makes some movies and series branding them so, like SG1 sending odd artifacts to Area 51 for storage. GRANTED, we may never know if they REALLY have ET artifacts there, but we know that they have stuff that they will KILL PEOPLE if they try to see it. YEAH, I KNOW! Even the top speed of the blackbird is maybe STILL a national secret, and they don't want spies, but that is ALSO good cover for something else. It wouldn't be the first time.

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    • Profile picture of the author myob
      Originally Posted by Christopher Fox View Post

      I don't know what to tell folks like myob at this point. I can only show you the path - the decision as to whether or not you want to take a stroll with me down that path is your own decision. The Illuminati is a real thing.
      Thank you for your enlightenment, but your "stroll" is more like a potpourri of blustering tangential tirades. You have yet to show us the path and expand on the Illuminati conspiracy role in the OP's concern regarding 2012, the impending destruction from the planet Nibiru, secret underground cities, etc.


      This is priceless:
      Originally Posted by Christopher Fox View Post

      As far as my ability to think critically and understand concepts like the scientific method, you should know a couple things about me. Like the fact that I have a MENSA level IQ. You make me giggle with your inaccurate assertions concerning my thought process. I don't know what you were doing when you were 11-12 years old, but I was in advanced placement studies, studying the works of folks like Plato and Aristotle.

      Refining my critical thought process.

      When I was still a sophomore in college, I had a job offer in the aerospace industry upon the completion of my Electrical Engineering and Mathematics degrees.

      You are barking up the wrong tree with your insinuation of my lack of ability to think critically.

      As you suggest I lack critical thought, I suggest you lack an unbiased approach and have a very closed mind to consider anything other than what your school books and television tell you to believe.

      Sorry, myob, that study has a flawed design; therefore, its conclusions are suspect and must be questioned.

      To follow up on the Illuminati, I know you would define anyone who beleives in such as somebody who lacks a grasp of reality. Yet, the Illuminati is a real thing. We know for a fact that it existed. We know what its goals are. You did read that quote from George Washington, didn't you. 'Ol George is telling you the Illuminati exists, that it infiltrated the freemasonry lodges of Europe and attempted the same over here.

      Think "ol George was illogical and paranoid? Hardly. He was just aware, like I am, of things that go on behind the scenes.

      Even more important, is there a conspiracy afoot to discredit academics and the scientific method?

      Originally Posted by LarryC View Post

      Using technical sounding jargon and publishing supposedly scientific studies doesn't mean something is true. Nowhere in that whole article is there proof offered of anything at all. It's just a generalized "explanation" of conspiracy theories in general.

      It may sound impressive to talk about a "monological belief system," but this is another vaguely defined term that is really just a way to discredit people the researchers don't agree with. There are many different conspiracy theories, most people don't believe in a simplistic, single conspiracy that explains everything.

      Academic intellectuals are good at this type of propaganda. They invent all kinds of fancy sounding terminology, conduct studies and publish papers, while they really aren't studying anything objectively at all.
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    • Profile picture of the author TimPhelan
      It isn't bull and please don't tell me what I think Steve. I think you have enough problems trying to understand what you think.

      I was describing one particular conspiracy theory not the definition of the phrase itself. In the case of the Illuminati just acknowledging that it existed doesn't make it a conspiracy theory. I'll stand by what I said about it.
      Originally Posted by seasoned View Post

      Tim said:



      That is BULL, and he knows it!

      ENGLISH definition: An idea of how people could get together, usually fully in secret, but sometimes not, to do something.....

      MIRIAM WEBSTER!


      PRESENT DAY COMMON USAGE: To belittle an idea that is TRULY a "conspiracy theory"(See above), by saying it is so incredibly derived, stupid, or proven false, EVEN if it is proven TRUE!

      So WHY does tims definition not match either? NOTE that although he does not give the second definition he DOES make it clear and meet it because he claims it means incredibly contrived and proven false!

      It is interestng that that should happen HERE because so many that frankly ***I*** had a hard time swallowing were PROVEN TRUE! The US Government now even OPENLY ADMITS some! They were SO obscure, SO ridiculous, etc... that SYFY STILL makes some movies and series branding them so, like SG1 sending odd artifacts to Area 51 for storage. GRANTED, we may never know if they REALLY have ET artifacts there, but we know that they have stuff that they will KILL PEOPLE if they try to see it. YEAH, I KNOW! Even the top speed of the blackbird is maybe STILL a national secret, and they don't want spies, but that is ALSO good cover for something else. It wouldn't be the first time.

      Steve
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      • Profile picture of the author myob
        Originally Posted by TimPhelan View Post

        please don't tell me what I think
        As evidence of missing links in logic, I think there are a couple of people here who are using this presumption in a flawed attempt to support their own fallacious thinking.

        Q.E.D.:
        Originally Posted by Christopher Fox View Post

        To follow up on the Illuminati, I know you would define anyone who beleives in such as somebody who lacks a grasp of reality.
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        • Profile picture of the author TimPhelan
          Originally Posted by myob View Post

          As evidence of missing links in logic, I think there are a couple of people here who are using this presumption in a flawed attempt to support their own fallacious thinking.
          Yep.

          By the way, speaking of fallacious thinking, one sentence seems to always be left out of that letter George Washington wrote to the Reverend who sent him the Robison book. It's the last sentence:

          "My occupations are such, that but little leisure is allowed me to read News Papers, or Books of any kind; the reading of letters, and preparing answers, absorb much of my time. With respect, etc."

          So basically George is saying he doesn't know anything about the subject. He's just being polite to the reverend and writing a reply since the guy sent him a book. He admits he doesn't read the news and doesn't read books. He was kind of busy during these years also. You know, as being commander in chief in a war and President until 1797. Anyone who seriously thinks that in 1798 George Washington was following an obscure Bavarian secret society and monitoring it's supposed spread inside the US is delusional in their thinking. It's laughable really. I'm pretty sure the only time Washington had ever heard of the Illuminati was when this guy sent him the book.
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      • Profile picture of the author seasoned
        Originally Posted by TimPhelan View Post

        It isn't bull and please don't tell me what I think Steve. I think you have enough problems trying to understand what you think.

        I was describing one particular conspiracy theory not the definition of the phrase itself. In the case of the Illuminati just acknowledging that it existed doesn't make it a conspiracy theory. I'll stand by what I said about it.
        WOW! PCKB!!!! I was just responding to what you said which is in line with what you have said ELSEWHERE. And it is hard to say it means one thing, and then turn around and say it doesn't. I'll give you that!

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  • Profile picture of the author John Durham
    At Christopher,

    Yes my mind is open. I try to be objective and not draw conclusions too quickly because Im fully aware (Thanks Alexa for helping me define it) that we tend to go looking to confirm the things we believe, and so I ask at WF just for that reason, because by my own searching alone, I would tend to look for ways to confirm what I already believe.

    It seems that my original question about Nibiru has been answered. The reason I asked it is because I have been studying the book of revelations, and stumbled onto the information somehow, while trying to conceive of how this stuff correlates possibly with science.

    That being said I DO believe governments conspire, and I am inclined to believe there IS an Illuminati. In saying that though I dont feel anyone has the right to call me STUPID for questioning, and asking fellow warriors.

    I think alot of what the alleged "smart" people say makes sense, but I think some of them have demonstrated that they are so over confident of themselves that they could easily be made stupid.

    Last note, although Im sure conspiracies do exist, its just a feeling, and I feel there is some solid confirmation out there, I also feel that asking objectively like I have here and getting objective opinions got me further toward the answer than searching on my own with a predisposition toward a certain outcome, and I think the proof that that can be a mistake is in Daniels post above of the shells. Doesnt mean everything we are saying isnt true, but for me it proves that the "smart" people at least have a point that searching with a predisposition , well... I suffice it to say that Daniels post says it all.

    Still I dont think that a person questioning is dumb, and I dont think calling people dumb for wondering, and asking as part of their research is smart.

    I also dont think that just because conspiracy theorists can be wrong, makes every thought of a conspiracy wrong, or that anyone who questions should be called one and belittled. It's stupid not to question if you ask me.

    I think they have been right on some points and also wrong. I dont think this is a win for anyone but myself, because I got the answer I was looking for.

    In the end , yes, I personally believe there are conspiracies, but I think we have to be careful what we protest... because we can protest too much and blow our entire cases alot of times by being overly zealous and clearly predisposed.

    One thing I learned as a professional songwriter is to "never get married to a line"... because you may come up with a better one later, so never set things in stone until they are finished, and never be unmovable (this goes for smart people and stupid alike), always keep an open mind.

    I think you have alot of valid points and I think they do too, and in the end I think the dumbest thing to do is to underestimate ANYONE.

    The coolest thing about this thread is seeing everyone express their passion, and Im honored to have been a part of that... Didnt mean to, but I guess it started a fire, and I think there is a ton of info here to help alot of people come to their own conclusions about alot of things, so none of it was a waste.

    Thanks guys.
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  • Profile picture of the author alistair
    You've said a lot of interesting things on this thread Christopher Fox and I've enjoyed reading it but after everything I don't understand what your point is?
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    • Profile picture of the author John Durham
      Originally Posted by alistair View Post

      You've said a lot of interesting things on this thread Christopher Fox and I've enjoyed reading it but after everything I don't understand what your point is?

      I think his point is that there is a secret society that influences our government, and I , for one, dont doubt that.
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      • Profile picture of the author alistair
        Originally Posted by John Durham View Post

        I think his point is that there is a secret society that influences our government, and I , for one, dont doubt that.
        And what if there is? I think that's the point I'm missing.
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        • Profile picture of the author Big Rob
          Disclaimer: I have not done extensive research on this subject, nor do I claim the following to be gospel. Just my gut instincts.

          The point is that despite what has been preached to us since an early age, it really doesnt matter what the people want. Policy is created for a matter of convenience. That goes for all governments, not just the west. There are clues in every form of media, most of time without even an inkling of discretion. I mean, blatant in your face stuff.
          Case in point; featured yesterday on MSNs' slider
          MSN Entertainment -

          And notice how it is labeled "entertainment"
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  • Profile picture of the author HKSEO Jonbones
    If the "Illuminati" were truly as powerful and all knowing as many would lead you to believe, there would never be a 'defector' or a 'whistle blower'. They'd be dead before they told anyone anything, and the story would never get out anywhere, let alone to Info wars, or any second rate conspiracy nut job website / reporting agency.
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    • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
      Originally Posted by HKSEO Jonbones View Post

      If the "Illuminati" were truly as powerful and all knowing as many would lead you to believe, there would never be a 'defector' or a 'whistle blower'. They'd be dead before they told anyone anything, and the story would never get out anywhere, let alone to Info wars, or any second rate conspiracy nut job website / reporting agency.
      Years ago, when I proudly defined myself as a skeptic, this was one of my immediate go to responses as well. Nothing can be kept in complete secrecy and more importantly, much of this stuff takes the approach of 'hiding out in the open'. No need to hide all of this stuff when folks like you refuse to see it in the open.

      Much of this stuff is out in the open, staring you in the face. But again, a bias of an assumption without proper research that you seem to carry makes you discount the possibility, even though it is staring you right in the face.
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    • Profile picture of the author seasoned
      Originally Posted by HKSEO Jonbones View Post

      If the "Illuminati" were truly as powerful and all knowing as many would lead you to believe, there would never be a 'defector' or a 'whistle blower'. They'd be dead before they told anyone anything, and the story would never get out anywhere, let alone to Info wars, or any second rate conspiracy nut job website / reporting agency.
      NOT exactly true! HECK, Area 51 was released publicly, and IT was under threat of DEATH from the US government! EVERY conspiracy, no matter how small or how big relies on SOME freedom, and that may be its downfall. MOST try to ridicule or kill those that start to blab.

      So you see, your claim is a self defeating one since the fact that you claim disbelief that they could exist proves that it is a fallacious argument.

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    • Profile picture of the author John Durham
      Originally Posted by HKSEO Jonbones View Post

      If the "Illuminati" were truly as powerful and all knowing as many would lead you to believe, there would never be a 'defector' or a 'whistle blower'. They'd be dead before they told anyone anything, and the story would never get out anywhere, let alone to Info wars, or any second rate conspiracy nut job website / reporting agency.
      Actually, I can think of a ton of dead whistles blowers right now. It's not worth debating , but there are a TON of them... even, "allegedly", people who reveal their mere WORKS openly, without even speaking the actual name, such as former Georgia State Governor Nancy Schaefer, and even the guy who tried to finish her work after she passed... "some" power did not want that information coming forth. For both of them to have suddenly died in the way it happened seems like an AWEFUL strong coincidence worth questioning.

      There are a TON more, however to mention these would bring on more accusations of conspiracy thinking...It's not worth the debate, but you are correct. Thanks for pointing that out.

      @ Daniel, whether I agree or disagree with any of your points, Im not inclined to debate a PRS man

      The pyramid with the eye and the interpretation of the words...yeah -weird.
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  • Profile picture of the author LarryC
    The movie Thrive is a good introduction to many of these topics. I like it because it focuses on solutions, and while it identifies a "conspiracy" it doesn't get bogged down in too much esoteric detail that ends up confusing people. Zeitgeist has some good points as well, but I think it oversimplifies when it comes to religion.

    There was an attempt to discredit this movie because the creator, Foster Gamble, is related to the founders of the company Procter & Gamble, but I don't think it's fair to condemn someone because of their background.

    Thrive talks a lot about the possibility of free energy, which is central to freeing the world from the power of the Illuminati (or whatever you want to call them -the names don't really matter).

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  • Profile picture of the author John Durham
    Personally Im still with ya Christopher, on the overall point, I just think we blow our case when we start pointing to things that, whether legit or not, can open us up to ridicule. Now its getting good again.

    Worth re quoting:

    Originally Posted by Christopher Fox View Post


    President Theodore Roosevelt:

    Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.
    I really believe, especially with the current one, that presidents are just puppets and they have no real authority.

    I also think Romney was so OBVIOUSLY offensive to the less than elite of America, that he was chosen to run specifically because they knew he wouldnt win. Thats just a personal feeling with no backing.
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    • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
      Originally Posted by John Durham View Post

      I really believe, especially with the current one, that presidents are just puppets and they have no real authority.
      For sure. They are selected, not elected.

      For those that scoff at the idea of the media being controlled, you need to look no further than the Bilderberg group. Every year 100 of the most powerful people in the world meet to plan things, like who will be elected. European royalty, ministers of finance, Presidential Candidates, CEOs of major corps, IMF fund and World Bank people.

      Yet, not a peep about this in the mainstream media. This IS news. Think about all the stupid human interest stories and other trivial issues you see on the tv, yet when the most powerful people in the world meet annually, it is hushed up. Not reported, not questioned, etc.

      That is by design. No one can argue that a meeting like this, no matter what they are discussing, is anything but absolutely news worthy, in fact, it is headline news. But the mainstream won't report on it. One single dignitary from a foreign country visits the US and you can find at least a blurb on it. But when dozens upon dozens of these people arrive for the Bilderberg group, not a peep is spoken.

      This alone is absolute evidence that the information we receive is controlled, when such obvious news stories like this are kept under wraps, and have been for decades. Of course, like the Bohemian Grove, major media moguls are in attendance, on the scene, and they will not allow their news corps to report on the activities.

      Because they know that if the majority of people were truly aware of it, there would be an absolute outcry.
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      • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
        Mr. Dodd, all of us here at the policy making level of the foundation have at one time or another served in the OSS (the Office of Strategic Services, the forerunner of the CIA) or the European Economic Administration, operating under directives from the White House. We operate under those same directives… The substance of the directives under which we operate is that we shall use our grant making power to so alter life in the United States that we can be comfortably merged with the Soviet Union. — Rowan Gaither, President Ford Foundation - 1953, Norman Dodd - friend of Iserbyt


        Dodd is Norman Dodd. Iserbyt is Charolette Iserbyt. Charolette is a very credentialed whistleblower. You can check out her bio a bit on your own if you want. Both her father and grandfather were members of Skull and Bones, a Bavarian based Secret Society operating on the campus of Yale.

        While operating under the guise of philanthropy, the Ford, Caranagie and Rockefeller Foundations have sought and gained hold of our education system.

        To dumb our asses down. To keep us as sheeple. To control us. To turn us into worker bees, not independent intellectual thinkers. If you take a look at our declining test scores over the decades, despite our spending more per student than anyone else, they succeeded.

        I'll let her do the talking in this post. This is part one of four, so if this one sparks your interest, I'm sure you are all capable of tracking down parts 2, 3 & 4. She touches on the Hegalian Dialectic as well, which is incredibly importatn to understand as it is a tactic employed by the Illuminati through our two party system:

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        • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
          There is some redundancy with the above video, but this one is well worth watching too. Very intelligent lady and absolutely nothing resembling a nutjob. SHe has worked at both the State Department and teh Dept. of Education.

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          • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
            Originally Posted by Christopher Fox View Post

            There is some redundancy with the above video, but this one is well worth watching too. Very intelligent lady and absolutely nothing resembling a nutjob.
            If the population is subject to such potent and jarred indoctrination which sets a psychological standard amongst people, which factors are you using as a reference point which could define a person as "normal"?

            That very label has been assigned to the likes of David Icke by the people who sit on the other side of the fence for umpteen years so you'll probably find that, that word will be used to fit the agenda in each case....
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            • Profile picture of the author seasoned
              Originally Posted by Daniel Evans View Post

              If the population is subject to such potent and jarred indoctrination which sets a psychological standard amongst people, which factors are you using as a reference point which could define a person as "normal"?

              That very label has been assigned to the likes of David Icke by the people who sit on the other side of the fence for umpteen years so you'll probably find that, that word will be used to fit the agenda in each case....
              Normal was defined by hundreds of years, if not millenia. It is ironic that only a few decades leads one to ask such a question.

              As for conspiracies=? Like UFOs, they *****MUST***** exist! The US ITSELF was created out of a conspiracy. It was even SECRET! Had it failed to get to a certain point, all conspirators would likely have been shot, as traitors, and it might have been little more than a whispered rumor. ALAS, like UFOs, someone redefines the word, and tries to ridicule all those that currently breath a word that could endanger their perceived part.

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    • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
      Originally Posted by John Durham View Post

      I really believe, especially with the current one, that presidents are just puppets and they have no real authority.
      I'm inclined to believe they have ALL been puppets ever since the coup d'état that took place on November 22 1963.
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      • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
        Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

        I'm inclined to believe they have ALL been puppets ever since the coup d'état that took place on November 22 1963.
        Webster Tarpley, a PhD historian that researches the oligarchical structure of the world, says of JFK that he was the last Pres that tried to lead a slave revolt, us being the slaves to the International Banksters. There are some aspects of JFK's wanting to dismantle the CIA a bit, due to his thought that the agency had grown way too subversive and powerful. Clearly, the International Banksters and CIA were involved in the assassination. The founding of the CIA is a bit shady too, how it grew out of the OSS and who helped create it.

        Quite the message, huh? Do what we say, or we will blow your brains out. And we are so cocky about it, that we will do it in front of the whole damn world and then control any subsequent investigations into it.

        And the sheeple? Well, they are so apathetic and mentally lazy, that they won't do a damn thing about it when we blow his brains out in front of them and the will swallow any bs story we feed them, like impossible single gunman nonsense.

        Speaking of intelligence agencies and the Illuminati, it was through his intelligence agency, which was far stronger than any governments intelligence agency, that Rothschild gained control of the British Economy when Napolean was defeated at Waterloo.
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  • Profile picture of the author LarryC
    If you're going to study this stuff at all, one of the first things you have to overcome is the fear of ridicule. That's the first weapon people will use against you. Even in this thread, we see the predictable taunts of "nut job" for anyone who dares even consider these issues.

    Regardless of what you think of David Icke (I wouldn't endorse everything he says), he makes some very salient points on this very topic. As someone who has dealt with his fair share of ridicule, he has developed a thick skin in this area.

    It really doesn't matter if you're talking about conspiracy theories, developing a new philosophy, scientific theory or anything else. Many people unconsciously base their beliefs and opinions on the herd mentality. "I'd better not question this or express this opinion, or people will laugh at me or think I'm stupid." You will never achieve anything significant in the world if you walk around with this attitude.

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    • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
      Originally Posted by LarryC View Post

      If you're going to study this stuff at all, one of the first things you have to overcome is the fear of ridicule.
      I agree completely.

      That's the first weapon people will use against you. Even in this thread, we see the predictable taunts of "nut job" for anyone who dares even consider these issues.
      I think you misunderstood.

      No-one referred to a non-believer as a "nut-job".

      Christopher said someone is "no nut-job" referring to a believer beggining the question as to what is to be considered "normal" if both sets of people from each side of the fence are using the term.

      Naturally, it's the non-conventionist who will be labelled with it the most...

      Icke handled himself awesomely on the Wogan show I thought.
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    • Profile picture of the author Young Financier
      Originally Posted by LarryC View Post

      If you're going to study this stuff at all, one of the first things you have to overcome is the fear of ridicule. That's the first weapon people will use against you. Even in this thread, we see the predictable taunts of "nut job" for anyone who dares even consider these issues.

      Regardless of what you think of David Icke (I wouldn't endorse everything he says), he makes some very salient points on this very topic. As someone who has dealt with his fair share of ridicule, he has developed a thick skin in this area.

      It really doesn't matter if you're talking about conspiracy theories, developing a new philosophy, scientific theory or anything else. Many people unconsciously base their beliefs and opinions on the herd mentality. "I'd better not question this or express this opinion, or people will laugh at me or think I'm stupid." You will never achieve anything significant in the world if you walk around with this attitude.

      David Icke - Overcoming Ridicule - YouTube
      I haven't saw anyone in here call anyone else out of their name for believing in conspiracies. However, how many failed predictions do the conspiracy crowd have to make before they quit acting as if they hold some kind of super secret knowledge? I've seen these guys make prediction after prediction and yet not a single one has ever come true, but yet, it's considered rude or whatever to completely write off anything they say. I don't understand it. I'm sure if a weatherman has failed at 100% of his forecasts, you'd stop listening to him. So, why should we keep pretending like we care what the conspiracy crowd says?
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      • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
        Originally Posted by Sean T Alexandre View Post

        I haven't saw anyone in here call anyone else out of their name for believing in conspiracies ... I So, why should we keep pretending like we care what the conspiracy crowd says?
        Who, precisely. is this conspiracy crowd.

        Is it FDR? Woodrow Wilson? Teddy Roosevelt? Winston Churchill? Benajimn Disraeli? George Washington? Barry Goldwater? And more ...

        Or do you omit those folks who state the same thing as they, like myself, John, seasoned and all the others in this thread who seem to be inclined to think like those statesmen.

        You are in this thread, so you care to some degree ...

        Haven't seen anything about the ridicule? Have you read the thread?
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        • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
          I see your still around myob. Quoting me and calling it priceless. You started it. Remember? Trying to assert some sort of intellectual superiority over me by claiming to have a PhD. Merely defending my own intellectual integrity was all. If you can boast, so can I ...

          You got it all, eh? A PhD, an article marketing business that you claim is generating half a billion dollars a year (or over 1 million dollars per day in revenue from article marketing) - talk about priceless. You gonna show us pics of a 23 year old Playboy model and claim her to be your wife?

          I have been on topic. John asked about the Illuminati. I have been sharing my research on that topic. And your only response? Why it is to call names and assert people are crazy for believing such things.

          I notice you have yet to take me up on my offer. You are calling me names, stating that I suffer from a psychological disorder, but you stop there. You won't come out and call any of the people I quoted crazy.

          Man up myob. Be consistent. C'mon now, do it. Call Benjamin Disraeli crazy. Call George Washingon crazy, Winston Churchill, FDR, Teddy, etc.

          They state, quite clearly, that there is a power structure behind the scenes running the show. I doubt you will take the time to watch Charolette talk, but she goes through this stuff, shows you, in writing, where they state their desires to control things like education, for the purposes of ushering in a Communistic model on the whole damn planet.

          This Adam Weishauprt Illuminati thing came to light in a big way with Robison's book. Robison was not a quack. He was a scholar (think about who had acess to publishing comapnies in the late 1700's - it ain't like today). HE was a Scottish Rite Freemason and the conclusions about the reality of infiltration of the Freemasonic Lodges was confirmed upon his visit to France and the Lodges there.

          These are the same lodges, these infiltrated lodges, that turned the French Revolution into an absolute bloodbath. And then later gave us the statue of liberty, which is nothing more than a representation of Sol Invictus, from the Roman Cults:
          This pics are big, so to preserve formatting I'll just link to wikipedia.

          Sol Invictus:

          File:Stele Sol Invictus Terme.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
          Fileisc Sol BM GR1899.12-1.2.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

          Compared to the Staute of Liberty, given to us by French Freemasons:

          File:Nancy Reagan reopens Statue of Liberty 1986.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

          Constantine decreed (March 7, 321) dies Solis—day of the sun, "Sunday"—as the Roman day of rest [CJ3.12.2]: On the venerable day of the Sun let the magistrates and people residing in cities rest, and let all workshops be closed. In the country however persons engaged in agriculture may freely and lawfully continue their pursuits because it often happens that another day is not suitable for grain-sowing or vine planting; lest by neglecting the proper moment for such operations the bounty of heaven should be lost.

          There is a festival of "Natalis Invicti" celebated on 25 December.

          The Sun of God. Sun Cults. The All Seeing Eye is God's Sun wathcing us. Not Son, but Sun.

          The Illuminati gave us the Statue of Liberty.

          Don't forget about Saturn Day. or Saturday, either. Gotta look to the source of all these words we use and what they actually mean.

          To stay on the mythological, in front of Rockefeller Plaza is a sculpture of Prometheus, who stole fire from the gods and gave it to man. To Illumintate us. Prometheus also is credited with the creation of man from clay. Sound familiar?

          So, Tim casually dismisses Robison's work, as he must to confirm his bias, but he does so without any evidence to do so. Charollete has a different opinion about that book, and unlike TIm or you, she actually owns an original copy and has actually read, so ahe is the only one in this thread that can speak on it with any authority. Well, I can too, as I have read it as well. Google Books f'ng rocks. There is a wealth of information to be found in Google Books on the subject matter.

          I am also trying to show that there is much, much more to this concept of Illumination than meets the eye. It is steeped in esotercism. In Luciferian Doctrines and Sun Cults. Sun Cults which stretch back to Egypt, and largely Ahkenaten. Saturnalia is hugely invovled in this stuff as well, with the Nazis being a very good place to start with the study of Saturn Cults.

          I'll touch on the importance of Columbia, Distirct of Columbia, CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System - the eye is their logo) too.

          I told you guys this stuff is deep and can get wacky.
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          • Profile picture of the author myob
            Originally Posted by Christopher Fox View Post

            I notice you have yet to take me up on my offer. You are calling me names, stating that I suffer from a psychological disorder, but you stop there. You won't come out and call any of the people I quoted crazy.
            I never did say that those who believe in conspiracies are "crazy" or have a psychological "disorder". There are otherwise very well-educated and respectable people who espouse some of these theories. However, they do generally exhibit certain identifiable traits as referenced early in this thread and predicatably demonstrated.

            A typical observation picked up by others of one such listed trait (searching for or twisting specific "facts" to support a preconceived conclusion) is right here:
            Originally Posted by Sean T Alexandre View Post

            And you would completely twist my words around to suit your own agenda, which is typical of a conspiracy theorist.
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            • Profile picture of the author seasoned
              Originally Posted by myob View Post

              A typical observation picked up by others of one such listed trait (searching for or twisting specific "facts" to support a preconceived conclusion) is right here:
              I doubt this is what you mean, but MANY conspiracies.....REAL ONES.... have changing or misusing language or phrases as one of the methods to get there. I could give a few current day examples, but it may be seen as too political. It IS interesting though. OFTEN it is used to shoot DOWN a "conspiracy theorist", as morgan did in another thread, or to dissuade people from seeing the real goal, or to change the way history is perceived.

              Someone, involved with such a conspiracy(A REAL one some have as much as ADMITTED TO), actually recently rewrote parts of a bible, rewrote history, and named the bible to tie the two together. Talk about twisting facts! I would give you the name of the Bible, but that would be too .... Until you googled it you would think I was kidding anyway! It has almost 3.5million hits in Google alone, and is also sold on Amazon.

              People have been saying that this sort of thing has been the goal for DECADES, and the group belittled it and denied it. NOW, to some, they are saying that IS their goal. TYPICAL!

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            • Profile picture of the author LarryC
              Originally Posted by myob View Post

              I never did say that those who believe in conspiracies are "crazy" or have a psychological "disorder". There are otherwise very well-educated and respectable people who espouse some of these theories. However, they do generally exhibit certain identifiable traits as referenced early in this thread and predicatably demonstrated.

              A typical observation picked up by others of one such listed trait (searching for or twisting specific "facts" to support a preconceived conclusion) is right here:
              I will admit that conspiracy theorists often do this -but so does everyone else. In fact, there is even scholarly research to support this. It's not really so farfetched. People tend to cling to their beliefs and then seek evidence that supports them.

              http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/bo...pagewanted=all
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    • Profile picture of the author Joe Mobley
      And now for a refreshing pause...


      And something to take with you so you can be better prepared going forward.


      I feel better already. :rolleyes:

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      • Profile picture of the author socomplete
        Take note, the evidence of niburu/planet x is 100% verifiable. The following video explains in detail, that it is out there, with evidence you can research for yourself:


        This man has excellent videos on the topic for those who are in doubt. Take note that there are paid shills out there who are trying to debunk people who bring forth hard evidence.

        These shills also make disinformation videos to confuse people. For example some people thought that planet x was going to crash into earth on december 21st 2012, that my friends is disinformation. Nobody knows the exact date it could pass, but its out there.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    The HD has been used a LOT lately, even now stuff is being done through it in the US, even as I type this! ICSALM!!!!

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  • Profile picture of the author Young Financier
    And you would completely twist my words around to suit your own agenda, which is typical of a conspiracy theorist.
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    • Profile picture of the author HKSEO Jonbones
      Originally Posted by Sean T Alexandre View Post

      And you would completely twist my words around to suit your own agenda, which is typical of a conspiracy theorist.
      It's a losing argument for both sides. The 'ancient astronaut theorist' group will always toss out the "it's so obvious, it doesn't have to be hidden" or present their case in such a condescending way that no one is interested in speaking to them , let alone attempting to have an intelligent discussion about the matter. They'll keep bringing fourth 'evidence' that cannot be substantiated, or they'll insist that modern science has some sort of agenda to hide the truth.

      Granted, I buy into some pretty outlandish stuff: I believe that this planet has been visited by extra terrestrials, and that there are fairly obvious instances of human culture being radically shifted or advanced in a remarkably brief period of time, that cannot be explained by conventional means, with out the injection of some type of interference from an outside culture or intelligence. There are also a lot of unanswered questions regarding the events surrounding September 11th as well, but to suggest that it was all a giant conspiracy, or all a single orchestrated event is a bit much for me.

      But a group of people who control every last thing that goes on, are so smug, and convinced that we are all so completely retarded that they can do what they wish in plain view because the sheeple are too stupid to see it?

      I don't think Alex Jones ( big name on info wars, uber left wing conspiracy believers ) truly swallows the kool-aid of all the crap he talks about--

      Just another example of sensationalist media trying to sell you something; and man, they sold some prime Arizona Ocean front property to our buddy Christopher here.

      SMH
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  • Profile picture of the author LarryC
    Conspiracy theories and predictions can be related, but they are not identical. Many people make predictions, from psychics to economists and they are often unreliable. To take the most extreme type of predictions, such as Planet X colliding with Earth as representative of conspiracy theories is not very fair.

    Many so-called conspiracy theorists are simply people who question the mainstream view on issues such as Area 51, the JFK assassination and 9-11. This doesn't even imply having an actual theory about these events; often it's more about questioning inconsistencies in the established explanation. Yet if you do this, people will simply stamp the conspiracy label on you in order to discourage any further dissent.
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    • Profile picture of the author John Durham
      Originally Posted by LarryC View Post

      Conspiracy theories and predictions can be related, but they are not identical. Many people make predictions, from psychics to economists and they are often unreliable. To take the most extreme type of predictions, such as Planet X colliding with Earth as representative of conspiracy theories is not very fair.

      Many so-called conspiracy theorists are simply people who question the mainstream view on issues such as Area 51, the JFK assassination and 9-11. This doesn't even imply having an actual theory about these events; often it's more about questioning inconsistencies in the established explanation. Yet if you do this, people will simply stamp the conspiracy label on you in order to discourage any further dissent.
      When you do that you get stamped...on the other hand , the argument that "You are just a conspiracy theorist" and generalizing kind of stamps a person in my book too. Appreciate educational comebacks that come without all the insulting undertones. One can protest "too much", and lose the strength of their argument on both sides, revealing their own biases.

      Ps. After checking out the Alex Jones thread, I can also say "Sometimes you just gotta go for it". Its all appropriate I guess. Passion is good. Things are relative. If I had fifteen minutes to relay a passionate message to the world that was crucial, I wouldnt be too keen on giving the other guy alot of floorspace.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    Well,I am silent on some conspiracies. I have heard a LOT about the ancient astronauts, etc... I may have heard a lot more of the more reasonable stuff than all of you together! NO claim, just musing that it is possible. I won't state an opinion either way on that because both sides have some merit. And I DID mention "MORE REASONABLE". Frankly, BOTH sides go too far with some explanations.

    I only came down as I did on the roswell incident because it IS fact! Something DID happen there and someone that should know better, in the military, DID say they found a saucer. There is evidence that it was covertly shipped to a strange area. So WHO KNOWS? There is a decent chance it was NOT from the US. I could STILL believe an odd ship from Area 51 that nobody recognized could have been found and it was latter requested that it be shipped elsewhere. STILL, since we ARE talking ancient history, and everyone knows about Area 51, it is interesting that I have ***NEVER*** heard that theory. That kind of excludes it, since it would have been SO easy to declare that now. The military can't make such a claim now without opening themselves up to questions like why they still say it didn't exist, etc...

    But a LOT of the conspiracies ARE obvious. OH, people CLAIM they don't exist, but I experienced them personally and researched the history and current case, so it IS a conspiracy! FACT! I EVEN surveyed random people in this one particular case. The question is was it the simple thing I figured it was?(I WOULD say, but it would be stepping on millions of toes, so...) Is it one of about 5 other theories I have heard? One is listed in another thread here. I can't say which of the 6 is right. But it doesn't really matter. The end effect is the SAME! MY theory says it is simply a side effect from the way things have devolved due to "human nature". After all, I see the SAME thing happening in MY industry, and others. BTW MY industry, and most others DON'T condone it. In the case I am talking about here, they almost DEMAND IT! I have heard of people getting fired, reprimanded, or getting treats because they did their job. Before the 50s, and even into the early 60s, it would have little hope of going as far or being as damaging, but NOW there is little to stop it.

    Go ahead, call me an idiot for that. It doesn't make it less true.

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    • Profile picture of the author HKSEO Jonbones
      Originally Posted by seasoned View Post

      Well,I am silent on some conspiracies. I have heard a LOT about the ancient astronauts, etc... I may have heard a lot more of the more reasonable stuff than all of you together! NO claim, just musing that it is possible. I won't state an opinion either way on that because both sides have some merit. And I DID mention "MORE REASONABLE". Frankly, BOTH sides go too far with some explanations.

      I only came down as I did on the roswell incident because it IS fact! Something DID happen there and someone that should know better, in the military, DID say they found a saucer. There is evidence that it was covertly shipped to a strange area. So WHO KNOWS? There is a decent chance it was NOT from the US. I could STILL believe an odd ship from Area 51 that nobody recognized could have been found and it was latter requested that it be shipped elsewhere. STILL, since we ARE talking ancient history, and everyone knows about Area 51, it is interesting that I have ***NEVER*** heard that theory. That kind of excludes it, since it would have been SO easy to declare that now. The military can't make such a claim now without opening themselves up to questions like why they still say it didn't exist, etc...

      But a LOT of the conspiracies ARE obvious. OH, people CLAIM they don't exist, but I experienced them personally and researched the history and current case, so it IS a conspiracy! FACT! I EVEN surveyed random people in this one particular case. The question is was it the simple thing I figured it was?(I WOULD say, but it would be stepping on millions of toes, so...) Is it one of about 5 other theories I have heard? One is listed in another thread here. I can't say which of the 6 is right. But it doesn't really matter. The end effect is the SAME! MY theory says it is simply a side effect from the way things have devolved due to "human nature". After all, I see the SAME thing happening in MY industry, and others. Before the 50s, and even into the early 60s, it would have little hope of going as far or being as damaging, but NOW there is little to stop it.

      Go ahead, call me an idiot for that. It doesn't make it less true.

      Steve
      I know you were trying to be fairly vague, but I think I missed the point entirely...what?
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      • Profile picture of the author seasoned
        Originally Posted by HKSEO Jonbones View Post

        I know you were trying to be fairly vague, but I think I missed the point entirely...what?
        I could be far less so, but people would get upset, I might be banned, etc...

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    • Profile picture of the author John Durham
      Originally Posted by seasoned View Post

      Well,I am silent on some conspiracies. I have heard a LOT about the ancient astronauts, etc...
      I always have the same question about these 100,000 year old "more advanced" civilizations... "Why did everything they build just look like a pile of rocks?". lol
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      • Profile picture of the author seasoned
        Originally Posted by John Durham View Post

        I always have the same question about these 100,000 year old "more advanced" civilizations... "Why did everything they build just look like a pile of rocks?". lol
        WHO KNOWS? In a few thousand years, they may say the SAME about US! Wood buildings in some areas may not last 20 years without maintenance. Metal may be hurt ALSO! IMAGINE 30 years from now, I die today, and people leave this home alone. A termite comes by, starts a colony, and eats the wood. they cart away the siding, wire, outlets, etc... and melt them down. all that is left is the basement, etc.... Stone IS the most likely thing to survive.

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      • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
        Originally Posted by John Durham View Post

        I always have the same question about these 100,000 year old "more advanced" civilizations... "Why did everything they build just look like a pile of rocks?". lol

        There are gaps in our historical record, to be sure.I think them to be a bit more complex than just a pile of rocks. I have yet to see a suitable explanation of the construction of the pyramids that I deem plausible. Although I am sure if we were to stand at the base of the pyramids of Giza, that pile of rocks would be a much more impressive thing.

        More interesting to me, and an issue I have looked into since childhood is the rock construction down in Peru. There is absolutely no plausible explanation proferred by any archaeologist on how such a primative culture, the Incans, created such structures.
        File:CuscoPiedra12angulo.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

        I don't think most stop and think about how difficult it would be today, in 2013, to duplicate this work. ANd it cannot be done, today, without the use of machinery. The size of the cranes alone required to move some of this stuff is imposing. Let alone the machinery required to duplicate the precision of the cuts.

        There is some fascinating stuff down in Peru. Graham Hancock has put out some interesting books highlighting some of this stuff.

        The whole megalithic structures is yet one more subject shrouded in mystery ...
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  • Profile picture of the author John Durham
    @ Christopher

    I guess this is more the kind of thing Im referring to:



    No I dont buy this, I just came across it in my research.
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    • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
      Let me reign this in a bit in this post, for those who aren't quite ready to go as far back in time, tracing the roots of the Illuminati prior to Weishaupt, and the esoteric nature that is involved in that.

      A great place for an entry point into all of this if anyone is new to the subject matter or curious about, yet have not made a determination for themselves on what to believe, is with the Federal Reserve. Start here:

      The Federal Reserve Bank of the United States created The Great Depression.

      That is a matter of historical fact. All the things we are taught about in school concerning The Great Depression, yet the truth is notoriously absent. How did the Federal Reserve create The Great Depression? Through monetary supply.

      You don't have to listen to me though, others will tell you this. Like Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman. Along with Anna Schwartz, Friedman published his work on money supply in the book A Monetary History of The United States. It was from that study that the conclusion was reached.

      Aside from the many academic economists that share this view as well is Ben Bernake, current Chairman of the Fed. He also states publicly that this was the case. Controlling the monetary supply gives you control of the entire economy. So much so that decisions made with the money supply can plunge nations into depressions.

      To get a better understanding of how this can occur, I'll quote Friedman:

      Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon

      Put more simply, inflation is too many dollars chasing too few goods. And the converse is true where deflation is too few dollars chasing too many goods. It is pretty intuitive once you understand that inflation is tied to the money supply. People see rising prices, and they call it inflation. Rising prices is not inflation. It is a symptom, a result of inflation. Just as your nose runs when you have a cold. The runny nose is not the cause of the cold, it is merely a symptom, a result of the cold. What causes the cold, what causes the nose to run, is a viral infection. Same thing here with prices. Price escalation is not inflation, rather too many dollar bills in circulation, in people's pockets and bank reserves, is infaltion.

      All of the above is researchable by anyone, as well as undeniable. So where does that leave us? Well the question then must be asked, was it an accident? A mistake made by those at the Fed controlling the money supply? Without giving it any consideration, the skeptic would say yes. They would say that it was a mistake, an accident, and oversight, a miscalculation, etc.

      These people are experts on money supply. Their families have been involved in ti for centuries. They know how to create inflation, they know how to create stock bubbles to crash, like in 1929 and the housing bubble of 2008. They are far, far to knowledgeable on this issues to make such foolish mistakes. It is not logical to assume that they do not understand the intimate realationship between the money supply and overall health of the economy.

      But, before anyone comes to that conclusion, I encourage you to give it serious thought. To think about who exactly who you are accusing of making an unintentional mistake.

      Who is the who? Well, on the surface we know who the who is, the public figures that are presiding over the various Fed banks throughout the country as well as the Head Honcho, based out of DC.

      Again, the Federal Reserve is as federal as Federal Express. It is privately owned. It has shareholders, owners who make a profit off of our debt. I am sure there are people in this thread who understand how this all works, but the simple fact is that the vast, vast majority of Americans don't have the foggiest idea of how it all works. Not only that, but the vast, vast majority of Americans think that the Federal Reserve is an actual part of our government. That it is our government that is printing our money and controlling our economy through interest rates.

      Think that name is an accident? Putting Federal in the name so that everyone just assumes it is a part of our government, instead of the absolute criminal racket that it is.

      People aren't aware of this because neither our schools, nor our mainstream mnedia will educate and inform the public about this. Think that is by accident?

      So, how much oversight, how much control does our government have over the Fed? Let's let Alan Greenspan, former Fed Chairman, tell us in his own words:

      To get to the nitty gritty, skip to 7:35


      Did you hear that?

      Well, first of all, the Federal Reserve is an independent agency and that means basically that there is no other agency of government which can overrule actions that we take.

      Unf'ingbeleivable, eh? Congress, nor the President, nor any other body or government can control what actions the Fed takes. So, I ask you, what is the most powerful entity in this country? Not only does the Fed have complete control over our economy, but they do what they want, and nobody can stop them. The Fed answers to nobody, nor can they be made to. This is by design and written into law, the law that the International Bankersters drew up on Jekyll Island and then handed to Senator Aldrich (who later married into the banking families) to move through Congress.

      Not only can they do whatever they want, but we don't even know exactly what they do and have been doing since 1913. Not once has the Fed ever been audited. Many attempts have been made, different members of Congress, both republican and Democrat, have put forth Bills calling for an audit, but the Bills are always shut down, regardless of which party is controlling Congress.

      Just an audit, a 'show us your books so we can see what you are doing'. But, we the people cannot even get that. Why? Pretty obvious why. The International Banksters control our Congress. They control the positions of power in our Congress.

      For any of you that this is new too, is your eyebrow raised yet? It should be, along with your outrage. To quote Henry Ford:

      It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.

      That ain't no sh&t there Hank.

      To touch on the mechanics of our banking system a bit, it based off of fractional reserve banking. I am sure most people have heard the term fractional reserve, but many do understand what that means. It refers to the reserves a bank must keep on hand.

      In the us the fraction is 1/10, or 10%. This means that when you deposit $100 in your checking or savings account, the bank is only required to keep $10 on hand. What do they do with you other $90? They loan it out and charge interest. What a racket, eh? You give the bank your money for safe keeping and they take 90% of your money and loan it out and charge interest. They use, nit their money, but your money to make money.

      Incidentally, fractional reserve banking is what creates the bank runs that you have heard about. Depositers at a bank lose faith in the bank, perhaps they have heard the bank is making bad loans, and everyone shows up at once and demands:

      "Give me my damn money back you f'ing crook"

      And the Bankster says, "Uh, sorry, I don't have it. I loaned it all out."

      And then the bank is out of business and the despositers lose any money they had in the bank. Easy, money, huh? Take somebody else's money and loan 90% of it out and make buttloads when the loan comes back in with interest.

      Back to our money supply, the Fed controls how much money, how many actual dollar bills are out in the economy circulating by a couple different ways. Mainly through the interest rates - what it costs somebody to borrow money. Money to invest in a business, by a house, etc. If they want to contract the money supply, they raise interest rates, so that it becomes more expensive to borrow, reducing the amount of people that are willing to borrow money and then put into circulation through spending.

      There are also more complicated mechanisms, like the Discount Window, which fixes the rate that it costs other banks (your normal neighborhood bank) can borrow from the Fed.

      And then of course, there are the printing presses. The truly dispicable, immoral and criminal aspect of these crooks. We have Fiat money. Fiat from Latin meaning let it be. Put more plainly, it is 'here, let me pull this piece of worhtless paper out of my ass, print some things on it and call it money'.

      It is money created out of thin air, by flipping a switch on the printing press. The real crime with this? When the Fed prints new money, merely turns on a printer, they are issuing that money as debt. They loan it to the government and then the taxpayers are forced to pay intrest on this money, on this paper that came out of printing press.

      How jacked up is that? The government needs money (because they spend more than they take in, so the borrow it from the Fed, to be paid back with interest. So these shareholders, these people who we don't know the names of (well, we know who they are, they are the Rothchilds, Rockefellers, Warburgs and a few others) make money off of our governments debt.

      In the 1980's a commission was formed to find out exactly where the personal income tax that was collected by the IRS went. The findings of the Grace Commission in regards to the personal income tax collected by the IRS were:

      100 percent of what is collected is absorbed solely by interest on the federal debt and by federal government contributions to transfer payments. In other words, all individual income tax revenues are gone before one nickel is spent on the services [that] taxpayers expect from their government.

      Again, unf'ingbeleivable. All of teh money taken form your paycheck in the form of income tax goes directly into the pockets of teh INternational Banksters to pay off the interest on money that we 'borrowed' from them. Except we didn't borrow any of their money. They just turned on the printing press, created money as debt out of thin air and demand that the taxpayers of America hand over an average of 25% of their income to them.

      As far as what pays for the services, the military, the social programs, that money comes from other tariffs and taxes. And, since our government runs a deficeit, the money they need to cover the rest of those services is borrowed from the Fed.

      Every one of you is a debt slave. 25%, on average, of every penny you make in your life through your labor, goes directly into the pockets of International Banksters, to the Illuminati.

      This post is long enough, so I'll not go further, like the fact that there exists no law, anywhere, that states we must pay personal income taxes. But, since the income tax is part of the creation of the Federal Reserve in 1913, I will go furhter into it in another post.

      So, for those who I lost when I started tracing the roots of Illuminati back through the annals of history and are turned off by researching the esoteric aspect of all of this, start here, with this. And ask yourself how jacked up this is, how criminal it is ...
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    • Profile picture of the author Christopher Fox
      Originally Posted by John Durham View Post

      @ Christopher

      I guess this is more the kind of thing Im referring to:
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      I'll give that a watch in a day or so. Thanks for posting it.
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