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Some Believe they are bad due to the difference in they're personal views....While others believe they are good...based on they're quest for enlightenment through Combining religion with Advanced Science... they Formed in 1776 lead by a German Philosopher by the name of Adam Weishaupt, Whom believed in a project of Illumination... enlightening the understanding of the sun of reason which would dispel the cloud of superstition and of prejudice. While some would believe it meant denying the miracle of Creation...it may have well been a group of advanced scholars searching for their own understanding of the miracle of life.
In our day and age many churches have formed and groups established within our own communities in search of the same understanding.... but In the Days of the Illuminati ...People where not ready for the exposure to such Knowledge, so in general when people hear of anything new and different from their own views they tend to believe it's bad (or that is what our minds have always lead us to believe) ...which may be a good reason for their secrecy...but all Societies have information that they only share with those involved in the situation at hand....Imagine if they came on tv every single time they had an update in their research....We already have enough golf coverage that no one is interested in.
Some believe they still exist to this day due to the symbols we encounter in our daily lives....from the dollar bill that we buy our Starbucks with to the music videos we watch as well as the programming on television where everyone wears particular brand names with illuminati symbolisim... it is a society that coexists within the society that we have always lived in... if they own the majority of all television broadcasting networks they have to broadcast in which of course would derive from their own point of views. We have options and God Blessed each and everyone of us with the capacity to decide what is or isn't right and the capability to love everyone and embrace their differences, to not judge lest ye be judged.
And all the while Fame=Money and money remains in Power. so in the fight for fame Societies will Fail and smoke will rise as the process continues on....someone is always going to be calling the shots... as for my house we Worship The Lord May we all give the power to him so we may be protected from those who don't.