In your opinion did Illuminati exist or is it just Dan Brown's imagination?
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The Order of the Fraternity of the Illuminati, also known as the Brotherhood of the Light which also yet possess another name as the Occult Society of the Luminaries, was an occultic secret society founded in the 17th-century Europe.  Contradictory to what the media's stereo-typings, this society has absolutely nothing to do with political powers in either the Old or the New Worlds.\n\nThe Illuminati were highly occultic and secretive centuries ago; thus, if, and only IF, they still exist into this modern-age, the secrecy will not be any less.  The society was based upon the occultism which was very popular during the 17th-18th centuries.  The core of the Illuminati's occultism would be based around Qabbalistc Christianity which was the most popular occultic mysticism in Europe of that era.\n\nNow, there ARE over a dozen of societies out there who claim to be the Illuminati or descented from the Illuminati; in my own personal opinion, none of those claims are true, no-matter how secretive their societies pretends to be.  The Illuminati were a spiritual occultic society, not some political power-hungary shadow government.\n\nThere are hints in the European history which can lead one to some informations on the Illuminati but, those are to be researched and studied from the occultism and mysticism.  Any attempt to find the fact from the media's stereo-typings and those political power-hungary societies will take the reseacher further away from the truth.  In general, to answer your question:\n\n"Yes, they DID once exist, BUT are they still in existence is of another question"...and there WILL be people jump-out and claim they are the Illuminati...my suggestion?  Best NOT to take them seriously.
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Hello,\n\nIt looks like I am the only one here who believe the Illuminati is still around.\n\nThey are indeed.\n\nHaving ones eyes closed does not mean they are blind. It just means the truth is something they choose not the believe in.\n\nHave you ever watched videos by Alex Jones or listened to Dr. Stan Monteith or Stan Johnson? If not, here are their websites.\n\nThey will tell you so much about the evils of these secret societies.\n\nWe can not stop them, we just have to pray Jesus comes to take us home real soon. If only .01% of Americans believe the Illuminati and secret societies exist, all the world will be in the dark. Sad, very sad indeed.\n\nHope this helps you..................................  : - O
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Which theory are you trying to discuss.\n\nThe mystery is IF there IS a conspiracy or NOT!! that's the whole point.
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Dan Brown has admitted himself that his book is a novel, and therefore it is fiction.  He took an enthralling story line (the life of the Savior of the world) and added his own details to make an interesting story.
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It's DAN BROWN...\n\nHe's working on another conspiracy book
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Area 51 is real, but I couldn't be sure if they have aliens, or alien craft there or not. It would be interesting to REALLY know, as well as know what our government REALLY know about UFO's and things like that. Like Project Blue Book.
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Smithsonian in London is a museum for and made by the illuminati.
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Does Darkness really exist?
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It is stupid to believe there are NO conspiracies.\n\nOkay so there has never been a single conspiracy? That is the whole premise of my show.
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Dude, you've been smoking too many Dan Brown books. \n\n\nI've heard all kinds of crazy theories about Jesus but that doesn't mean they're true. Where's the documentation? Where's the historical proof? Where's the corroboration from witnesses? That's the problem with too many people: They hear something totally out in left field and believe it without any sort of evidence or even despite evidence to the contrary.
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I do believe military intelligence have some evidence of possible contact . Sadly the subject has been treated as a joke by the tabloid media with terms like" little green men ". The best books i have read on the subject are by Timothy Good and Nick Pope. Millions of dollars have been spent on various projects investigating UFOs and is treated as a issue of security  and there's hundreds of expert witnesses like the cases involving objects seen over military installations . Some could be black projects new stealth technology but there still leaves a percentage that cant be simply explained away in my opinion  the subject should be treated a little bit more seriously.
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I believe in the Illuminati!\n\nTrue story; I was at a flea market in Vegas when I was sharing my theory on welfare improvement. A complete stranger was listening and stopped me by handing me a small booklet. It was on the Illuminati. He said, "we will be in contact". Well...I read it..went home to Indiana and looked it up...then went to a living history re-enactment in Michigan where a complete stranger came up to me and asked for the booklet back! I had it with me so I turned it over to the person, scared out of my wits! This guy thanked me and told me to watch the news for my ideas about welfare. Sure enough, many of the welfare reform ideas were what I had mentioned!!!!!\n\nTheory or fact? You decide.
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Really?  I think the Da Vinci Code is a fictional work of Dan Brown's.
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The Illuminati does exsist. They haven't be "secret" for a long time now.  And of course the Knights Templer exsist as well.\n\nI beg to differ with another answerer, Opus Dei DOES exsist.  That's why the catholic church is in a uproar over Brown's book.  They don't want it said that the Vatican sanctioned a group of killers to hunt down "supposed" descendents of Christ.  The Holy Grail also exsists, but it is NOT a human person.
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The Da Vinci Code is a work of fiction: that is, the story has been made up. As for the things behind it, they vary, and unfortunately Dan Brown's note at the start of the book is misleading.\n\nThe Priory of Sion is not an ancient society, but was invented in 1954 by a French hoaxer.\nThe evidence for the normal Christian story rests on many sources from that time, but Dan Brown has no evidence for Jesus having married or had children.\nThe Knights Templar were broken up because they had lots of money that the authorities could confiscate, not because they were protecting Jesus' bloodline.\nThe Holy Grail is based upon Welsh myths of "Power Cauldrons", and so cannot really be connected even metaphorically to the story of a carpenter from Israel.\nOpus Dei do not murder or persecute people: they do much charity work and leading democratic activists around the world have been members.\nChrist's divinity was decided upon by the Church elders, but only in the same way that a scientific conference would have voted to approve the theory of gravity.
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Dan Brown wrote it.  Many believe that he stole the ideas from other books and authors, but that is pretty much what fiction writers do anyway - there are very few totally new ideas.  and he did give credit to the sources he used.
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Not sure if you are suggesting the pope and Billy Graeme know something they are not telling :-)\n\nI feel another Dan Brown book coming on!