| CChaos said: The very idea of the Illuminati is basically laughable, when you get to thinking about it. Illuminati, Freemasons, the Bilderburg Group, The Trilateral Commission, Skull and Bones...the list goes on and on... Are they secretive? Sure. Do they involve powerful people? Absolutely. Naturally, this leads people to believe that they are involved in some sort of anti-social, attempted world changing activities that will, eventually, lead to them ruling the world, a new world order or some such thing. However, the problem is that reality isn't that interesting. Let's take Freemasonry. That's a big one and has been hugely assumed to be a cult that controls everything. But, as with all secret clubs, there's always someone who's willing to come out and tell all for their fifteen minutes of fame. From the lowest to the highest members, people have come out and spoken on terms of anonymity to basically say that this thing is a ritualized society that has all of the intrigue of a box of corn flakes. What it amounts to is this: 1) If these guys are controlling the world, they're doing a piss poor job. 2) If one group was controlling the world, do all of these other groups want to control the world as well? Last I checked, there are like 25 of these organizations that people claim are controlling or manipulating everything. Which one is right? 3) Apple can't even keep their security up for a friggin' iPhone, which seems to keep ending up left in bars. What chance, exactly, is there of keeping a worldwide, multi-generational conspiracy that absolutely no one has mentioned anything about except conspiracy theorists? The more people you add to the conspiracy, the less chance it has of actually staying secret. I think Benjamin Franklin actually said it best: "Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead." |
Don't worry, you're not the only logical person here. Thanks for saving me from having to post the same things. However I do have some things to add.
My grandpa was a Freemason. Don't ask me questions about what went on and how high up he was because sadly he died when I was fairly young. By this Illuminati train of thought you guys think he was actually evil and taking over the world? If yes then I'll be sure to bring that fact up at thanksgiving.
Also another one of these organizations "taking over the world" I happen to be a member of. I'm not to sure if you guys also believe this but many people online who talk about the Illuminati also think Boy Scouts are contracted with the military preparing for marshal law and yada yada yada. Like CChaos said these beliefs only form because people are naturally suspicious of what they don't know/understand. I'm the highest rank a scout can be so if we were up to something I would know. Heck even Scouting has its own secret society within scouting called the Order of the Arrow but I can't expand upon that.
