Bush & Kerry belong to same secret society

[GUNWOUNDS]

Skull and Bones

I have known about this for some time but this link is a bit more detailed about the organization.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/02/60minutes/main576332.shtml

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[Tio_Holtzmann]

what next, the illuminati?

[Vanguard3000]

I believe this was brought up earlier on the forum.  Interesting, but I doubt it's anything more than a coincidence.  It's a club for prominent Yale students.  It's not really a far stretch of the imagination to think that these rich, important, white, protestant men that are members also end up becoming important people in the political world.

Tio:  Of course, there is no Illuminati.  Why would you say such a thing.  In fact, I've never heard such a term.

[Tio_Holtzmann]

THE EYE!  THE EYE!

On that note, did the Illuminati ever truly exist as a society?  Is Adam Weishaupt an actual historical figure?  Sorry for going off topic.

Does anyone think it's a shame that in a country everyone is supposedly equal it's always the intellectual elite that seem to end up running the show?

[Caid Ivik]

There was one Weishaupt, which founded a movement named Illuminati. Same as there was an order of Templars and as now are Freemasons. And "skupinka", which undermines slovak government  ;D

[Vanguard3000]

Yes, Adam Wieshaupt was a Bavarian university professor.  In 1773, he founded a secret society called the Illumninati, whos goal was domination of the world's superpowers in order to "control the show from backstage", as it were.  As far as I remember, it simply petered out after a short time.

Or did it...?

[Caid Ivik]

Of course we...er I mean they did  ;D

[Tio_Holtzmann]

yes, all that rubbish about adam weishaupt really assuming the role of george washington.  absurd.  yes.  anyway.

i was watching a programme on freemasons in ireland and apparently the higher up you climb in their hierarchy you become members of organisations like the knights templar?  so they seem to be all connected and still exist?  how scary is that....

[Vanguard3000]

Err... not really scary at all.

Freemasonry is, more or less the descendant of the Knights' Templar.  And you're probably right.  As a Mason goes up in Degrees, he is granted more access to rituals and information.  That's why I intend to become one when I'm 21 (11 more months, baby!).  I'm curious about the organization, its history, and the mythology surrounding it.

Freemasonry is not some evil cult, you know.

"Or is it...?"

[Caid Ivik]

There are thousands of organizations proclaiming they are descendants of Templars. Including also Ku Klux Klan... Fact that few of your presidents were masons doesn't mean they are special.