{"id":4178,"date":"2013-08-27T14:01:51","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T21:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ricobelled.com\/wordpress\/?p=4178"},"modified":"2021-01-26T00:49:05","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T08:49:05","slug":"illuminatus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ricobelled.com\/wordpress\/?p=4178","title":{"rendered":"Illuminatus"},"content":{"rendered":"

People make their own definitions of words sometimes; it’s not without danger, because it leads to misunderstanding when two parties involved in conversation use the same word, but mean something different. The subtleties of language are endless, but a good thing to do is to go back to the where a term came<\/em> from to find common ground. There is a lot of talk about the “Illuminati” these days, so where did this name come from? Wikipedia has a fairly good article <\/a>about it; it says:<\/p>\n

“The Illuminati<\/b> (plural of Latin<\/a> illuminatus, “enlightened”) is a name given to several groups, both real and fictitious. Historically the name refers to the Bavarian Illuminati<\/b>, an Enlightenment<\/a>-era secret society<\/a> founded on May 1, 1776 to oppose superstition<\/a>, prejudice<\/a>, religious influence over public life, abuses of state power<\/a>, and to support women’s education and gender equality<\/a>. The Illuminati were outlawed along with other secret societies by the Bavarian government leadership<\/a> with the encouragement of the Roman Catholic Church<\/a>, and permanently disbanded in 1785.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Funny, isn’t it? Today the name is used mostly by conspiracy theorists to describe a secret group of people with power, “the man” if you will, created to effect a new world order! Originally, it was an organization that opposed<\/em> the powers that were, fighting against<\/em> abuses of state power and such, and vehemently disliked by for instance the Catholic Church! The enlightened part is most interesting to me, as with advancement in understanding comes a better way to do things, doesn’t it?<\/p>\n

So if we define Illuminati broadly as those who are the most connected, with the most power, and access to information, is it really a “secret” society? This is the part I don’t understand about the conspiracy theorists! Don’t they understand that things that are obvious, clear and evident, are by definition NOT a conspiracy? When people get together to work to change things, it’s NOT secret, the agendas of world leaders are NOT hidden; it’s clear what they want, at least to me. Does that mean I’m an Illuminatus?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

People make their own definitions of words sometimes; it’s not without danger, because it leads to misunderstanding when two parties involved in conversation use the same word, but mean something … <\/p>\n

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