How does one join the Illuminati, page 8

Originally posted by sebatwerk

Originally posted by 9890
So I hear all about the Illuminati who secretly control the government and all that but how does someone join that soceity? Do they have to be part of the 13 bloodline thing or are they invited? What is involved when you join?

It might be just a LITTLE hard to get into the Illuminati, especially considering that they don't exist! There is NO proof of their existence ANYWHERE, EVER! I don't understand why so many people are coninced they exist, when NOBODY has ever put forth valid evidence proving they exist. I guess some people are willing to believe ANYBODY who can manage to get a book deal.

And that is where you are most likely wrong. You see, the Illuminati are loosely connected with the Knights Templar and the Freemasons. You see, the Templars were an unusual order in that they were both monks and soldiers, making them in effect some of the earliest "warrior monks" in the Western world. The Knights Templar have become surrounded by legends concerning secrets and mysteries handed down to the select from ancient times. Most of these legends are connected with the long occupation by the order of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, and speculation about what relics the Templars may have found there, such as the Holy Grail, the Ark of the Covenant, or fragments of the True Cross from the Crucifixion. Other legends have grown around the suspected associations of the Templars. Many organizations claim traditions from the original Order (the Freemasons, for instance, began incorporating Templar symbols and rituals in the 1700s) especially in relation to anonymous charity and good deeds. Now, since the Freemasons began incorporating the Templar symbols, you would naturally guess that they would be associated with each other. It is also speculated that the Illuminati was made primarily of Masons and Former Masons. Now, back to the Templars. You see, once the Knights Templar were disbanded, a few of them created a secret society under a different name as to deter speculation. The goals of the group were, originally, the same as the Knights of Templar, obviously. These goals, in the creation of the Templars, were to ensure the safety of the large numbers of European pilgrims who flowed towards Jerusalem after the conquest of the First Crusade. Eventually, the Templars goals were to earn massive amounts of Money, Trust among the Western world, to control as much as they could, and to have they're hand in EVERYTHING. These were KINDA the goals of the Illuminati. They didn't want to gain trust. They didn't even want people to know they EXISTED, except in stories and Myths. See, if you've ever read Dan Brown's Angles& Demons, it says that the Illuminati, currently, is mainly occupied by scientists, in opposition to the church. This is partially right. ILLUMINATI, you see, translates to 'enlightened ones', and since our basic idea of enlightenment is knowledge, it's understandable to think of the Illuminati as a bunch of eggheads, but that's just not totally true. Knowledge doesn't have to be all science. It can be religion, too. The Illuminati is made up of , not only great scientists, but also people who are enough into Christianity to have, for want of a better word, noticed a connection between the bible things that aren't associated with the bible. Oh, am I getting off subject? Sorry, but once you get me started, I don't stop. Back to my original point, the Illuminati was MOST LIKELY formed by former members of the Knights Templar, who we know for a FACT existed, so I say there is a 50/50 chance that the Illuminat are an actual society, and I'm sticking to it.