{"id":88815,"date":"2014-01-03T08:44:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-03T13:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.designerchildren.com\/illuminati-the-skeptics-dictionary-skepdic-com\/"},"modified":"2014-01-03T08:44:19","modified_gmt":"2014-01-03T13:44:19","slug":"illuminati-the-skeptics-dictionary-skepdic-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/illuminati\/illuminati-the-skeptics-dictionary-skepdic-com\/","title":{"rendered":"illuminati &#8211; The Skeptic&#039;s Dictionary &#8211; Skepdic.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>      What is at stake is more than one small country [Kuwait], it      is a big idea - a new world order, where diverse nations are      drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal      aspirations of mankind: peace and security, freedom, and the      rule of law. Such is a world worthy of our struggle, and      worthy of our children's future. --President George Bush in      his state of the union address, January 16, 1991    <\/p>\n<p>    The Illuminati were    members of a secret society in Bavaria in the late 18th    century. They had a political agenda that included    republicanism and abolition of monarchies, which they tried to    institute by means of subterfuge, secrecy, and conspiracy,    including the infiltration of other organizations. They fancied    themselves to be \"enlightened\" but they had little success and    were destroyed within fifteen years of their origin (Pipes    1997).  <\/p>\n<p>    Paranoid conspiracy theorists (PCTs) believe the    Illuminati cabal still exists, either in its original form or    as a paradigm for later cabals. Many PCTs believe \"that large    Jewish banking families have been orchestrating various    political revolutions and machinations throughout Europe and    America since the late eighteenth century, with the ultimate    aim of bringing about a satanic New World Order.\"* What    George Bush was talking about in his state of the union address    in 1991 was no less than the establishment of a single world    government with the anti-Christ (who some say is     Bill Clinton (or is he a decoy?), but could be Pat    Robertson or George W.    Bush) at its head.  <\/p>\n<p>      In the paranoid mind, the Illuminati succeeded in their      goals, and have now infiltrated every government and every      aspect of society. They are responsible for every evil and      every unjust act that ever occurs anywhere; the fact that      absolutely no evidence of their existence can be found only      serves to make them stronger and more frightening. They are      the demon in the closet, and will probably never disappear      from the paranoid fantasy world of right-wing conspiracy      theorists.      --New England Skeptical Society    <\/p>\n<p>    There are several \"sects\" of PCTs. Among the more popular    are the militant Christian fundamentalist branch and the    UFO\/alien branch. They each think the others are evil or nuts    but their paranoia has the same focus: the end is near.  <\/p>\n<p>    the Illuminati    and the anti-Christ  <\/p>\n<p>    The Illuminati are hastening the coming of the    anti-Christ and the end of the world.  <\/p>\n<p>      For those of us who still accept the Bible as God's      [sic] revealed will to man, it's a matter of great concern to      see the increasing propaganda for, and emergence of, a New      World Order.... both Old and New Testaments warned us that      the culmination of history would be marked by the reunion of      the nations of the old Roman Empire in Europe; the      restoration of the state of Israel (and the increasing      hostility of all nations toward her); the implementation of a      one-world governmental system; the imposition of a world-wide      cashless monetary system; the development of a synchretistic      [sic] world religion, based upon man, and presided over by a      false prophet; the rise to power of a benign world dictator,      who (once firmly in control) would eliminate individual      freedoms, demonstrate iron-willed ferocity and cruelty, and      make himself the object of worship; and world-wide apostacy      [sic], coupled with active persecution and execution of      believing Jews and Christians.      ---Jay      Whitley    <\/p>\n<p>    Mr. Whitley is prepared for Armageddon, however. He sells    Emergency Dehydrated Food Kits.  <\/p>\n<p>    the major    players  <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>See the original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skepdic.com\/illuminati.html\" title=\"illuminati - The Skeptic's Dictionary - Skepdic.com\">illuminati - The Skeptic's Dictionary - Skepdic.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> What is at stake is more than one small country [Kuwait], it is a big idea - a new world order, where diverse nations are drawn together in common cause to achieve the universal aspirations of mankind: peace and security, freedom, and the rule of law. Such is a world worthy of our struggle, and worthy of our children's future.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/illuminati\/illuminati-the-skeptics-dictionary-skepdic-com\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[193596],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-illuminati"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}