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		<title>saturn worship???? weird</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read this article and it said we been worshipping Saturn? It talks about rings and all that stuff. Somtimes i think they go to far with these religious stuff at times but sometimes u look on stuff and it becomes an eye opener. This is just something i wanted to share with y&#8217;all. Tell [...]]]></description>
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<p>I read this article and it said we been worshipping Saturn? It talks about rings and all that stuff. Somtimes i think they go to far with these religious stuff at times but sometimes u look on stuff and it becomes an eye opener. This is just something i wanted to share with y&#8217;all. Tell me what you think. Tell me if i am wacko to think these people are serious.</p>
<p>Bless&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p><em>You might not know it, but the entire world has been worshiping Saturn for thousands of years. The cult has never stopped and its rites are still present to this day. Saturn, dubbed the  “Lord of the Rings”, is the reason why we exchange rings at weddings or put halos on the heads of godly people. This article exposes the attributes of the god Saturn and the perpetuation of his cult through in pop culture.</em></p>
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<p><span id="more-341"></span>Since ancient times, sages gazed at the stars, admiring their heavenly glow and attributing them godly powers, based on their effect on humans. Before the Great Flood, Saturn was regarded by all mankind as the supreme god and ruler of the kings. Occult researchers affirm that Saturn ruled the kingdom of Atlantis and became the divine ancestor of all earthly patriarchs and kings. The cult has been perpetuated through numerous gods during Antiquity:</p>
<p><em>“Chronos, or Saturn, Dionysos, Hyperion, Atlas, Hercules, were all connected with ‘a great Saturnian continent;’ they were kings that ruled over countries on the western shores of the Mediterranean, Africa and Spain. ”<br />
</em>Baldwin, Prehistoric Nations</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Huh!!! Rihanna Worships the Devil???</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rihanna’s “Russian Roulette” The promotional material that came along with Rihanna’s new album, “Rated R”, has raised many eyebrows due to its racy nature.  Behind the  daring imagery of her videos, songs and pictures exists, however, a dark underlying theme: mind control and Illuminati symbolism. We’ll look at Rihanna’s new material and its symbolic meaning. [...]]]></description>
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<p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em>The promotional material that came along with Rihanna’s new album, “Rated R”, has raised many eyebrows due to its racy nature.  Behind the  daring imagery of her videos, songs and pictures exists, however, a dark underlying theme: mind control and Illuminati symbolism. We’ll look at Rihanna’s new material and its symbolic meaning.</em></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;">R&amp;B singer Omarion, who has been in the music business since 2001, has provided the urban magazine Boombox a surprisingly honest description of the industry. He entered the business as a pre-teen with the group B2K and went through some strange controversies. He is well placed  to give a first hand account of the business. Here’s what he had to say regarding Rihanna’s <em>Russian Roulette</em> to the magazine Boombox:</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em>“I don’t personally know Rihanna’s beliefs but I think there’s a very dark and very sinister part of the entertainment business and I think it’s very visible,”</em> he said. <em>“This is something that a lot of people don’t look at [but for example] Michael Jackson used to be a Jehovah’s Witness and I remember hearing that he wanted to separate from the religion — and this was during the time that he was doing ‘Thriller’ [which ended up being] his biggest album.”</em></p>
<p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em>“Fast forward to now,”</em> Omarion continued,<em> “[and] it really made me think that there is a [time as an artist] where there’s going to be a choice. The [entertainment] world [dictates] that you have to be with three or four women, or do this in order to get that [and] I think it’s really interesting. With God and the industry, it’s really dark. The dark side is having to get in, there’s a certain submission you need to have. Just like a gang [initiation], so to speak. You might have to do something against your moral code. I’m not saying that it’s always this way, but when you’re someone that is young and you’re coming up in the industry and you really don’t have a grip on your morals it can be very dark. The game is just about over saturation.</em></p>
<p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em>“I don’t know if Rihanna [has fallen victim to those pressures]. I’ve never really heard her speak about it,”</em> he said. “<em>I hope that she doesn’t believe in that stuff and I don’t think that she does, but I don’t know. It’s not just been a Rihanna thing, <span id="more-320"></span>[there's has been religious speculation] about a lot of artists.”</em><br style="padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" />-<a style="color: #333333; text-decoration: none; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;" href="http://www.theboombox.com/2009/10/27/omarion-rihanna-russian-roulette/" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.theboombox.com/2009/10/27/omarion-rihanna-russian-roulette/?referer=');">Source</a></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Notice how he mentions the concepts of “submission” and “gang initiation”. Those are things that many young stars have to go through in order to be “accepted”. Those concepts are reflected in the symbolism of these stars’ videos and photo shoots.  The artists are forced to work with those symbols as part of their “pact”.   One of the symbols revealing the acceptance into the “Order” is the hidden eye.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">In my first article on Lady Gaga (<a style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; " href="http://vigilantcitizen.com/?p=1676" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/vigilantcitizen.com/?p=1676&amp;referer=');">here</a>) I’ve mentioned the fact that she constantly hides one of her eyes as a symbol of her “initiation”.  Some smart-ass comments claimed that Gaga hid one eye  due to her “horse face” and she was trying to hide it. Well Rihanna does not have a horse face, so why is she doing it? Furthermore, why do the artists who flash that sign – Rihanna, Lady Gaga and Beyonce – explore similar themes in their videos. Coincidence?</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; " href="http://vigilantcitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/rihapatch.jpg" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/vigilantcitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/rihapatch.jpg?referer=');"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2823" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: #999999; border-right-color: #999999; border-bottom-color: #999999; border-left-color: #999999; " title="rihapatch" src="http://vigilantcitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/rihapatch.jpg" alt="rihapatch Rihannas Russian Roulette or Whats Wrong with the Entertainment Industry" width="400" height="217" /></a></p>
<p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; color: #333333; text-decoration: none; " href="http://vigilantcitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/2renojt.jpg" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/vigilantcitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/2renojt.jpg?referer=');"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2863" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 1px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; border-top-color: #999999; border-right-color: #999999; border-bottom-color: #999999; border-left-color: #999999; " title="2renojt" src="http://vigilantcitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/2renojt.jpg" alt="2renojt Rihannas Russian Roulette or Whats Wrong with the Entertainment Industry" width="309" height="356" /></a></p>
<p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">I’ve explained in the Lady Gaga article the occult meaning of hiding one’s eye, which can be traced back to the “eye of Horus” of Egyptian mythology. This symbolism seems to have evolved into a a kind of “signal”, flashed by the artists who have been initiated into the select circle of Illuminati pop stars.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 15px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Notice how he mentions the concepts of “submission” and “gang initiation”. Those are things that many young stars have to go through in order to be “accepted”. Those concepts are reflected in the symbolism of these stars’ videos and photo shoots.  The artists are forced to work with those symbols as part of their “pact”.   One of the symbols revealing the acceptance into the “Order” is the hidden eye.</p>
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		<title>Question: &#8220;Should a Christian listen to secular music?&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Answer: Many Christians struggle with this question. Many secular musicians are immensely talented. Secular music can be very entertaining. There are many secular songs that have catchy melodies, thoughtful insights, and positive messages. In determining whether or not to listen to secular music, there are three primary factors to consider: 1) the purpose of music, [...]]]></description>
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<p><strong>Answer: </strong> Many Christians struggle with this question. Many secular musicians are immensely talented. Secular music can be very entertaining. There are many secular songs that have catchy melodies, thoughtful insights, and positive messages. In determining whether or not to listen to secular music, there are three primary factors to consider: 1) the purpose of music, 2) the style of music, and 3) the content of the lyrics.</p>
<p>1) The purpose of music. Is music designed solely for worship, or did God also intend music to be soothing and/or entertaining? The most famous musician in the Bible, King David, primarily used music for the purpose of worshipping God (see <a href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Psalm%204.1" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Psalm_204.1?referer=');">Psalm 4:1</a>; <a href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Psalm%206.1" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Psalm_206.1?referer=');">6:1</a>, <a href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Psalm%206.54" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Psalm_206.54?referer=');">54</a>, <a href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Psalm%206.55" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Psalm_206.55?referer=');">55</a>; <a href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Psalm%2061.1" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Psalm_2061.1?referer=');">61:1</a>; <a href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Psalm%2067.1" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Psalm_2067.1?referer=');">67:1</a>; <a href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Psalm%2076.1" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Psalm_2076.1?referer=');">76:1</a>). However, when King Saul was tormented by evil spirits, he would call on David to play the harp in order to soothe him (<a href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/niv/1%20Samuel%2016.14-23" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/bible.logos.com/passage/niv/1_20Samuel_2016.14-23?referer=');">1 Samuel 16:14-23</a>). The Israelites also used musical instruments to warn of danger (<a href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Nehemiah%204.20" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Nehemiah_204.20?referer=');">Nehemiah 4:20</a>) and to surprise their enemies (<a href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Judges%207.16-22" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Judges_207.16-22?referer=');">Judges 7:16-22</a>). In the New Testament, the apostle Paul instructs Christians to encourage one another with music: “Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs” (<a href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Ephesians%205.19" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Ephesians_205.19?referer=');">Ephesians 5:19</a>). So, while the primary purpose of music does seem to be worship, the Bible definitely allows for other uses of music.<br />
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2) The style of music. Sadly, the issue of music styles can be very divisive among Christians. There are Christians who adamantly demand that no musical instruments be used. There are Christians who only desire to sing the “old faithful” hymns. There are Christians who want more upbeat and contemporary music. There are Christians who claim to worship best in a “rock concert” type of environment. Instead of recognizing these differences as personal preferences and cultural distinctions, some Christians declare their preferred style of music to be the only “biblical” one and declare all other forms of music to be unwholesome, ungodly, or even satanic.</p>
<p>The Bible nowhere condemns any particular style of music. The Bible nowhere declares any particular musical instrument to be ungodly. The Bible mentions numerous kinds of string instruments and wind instruments. While the Bible does not specifically mention drums, it does mention other percussion instruments (<a href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Psalm%2068.25" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Psalm_2068.25?referer=');">Psalm 68:25</a>; <a href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Ezra%203.10" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Ezra_203.10?referer=');">Ezra 3:10</a>). Nearly all of the forms of modern music are variations and/or combinations of the same types of musical instruments, played at different speeds or with heightened emphasis. There is no biblical basis to declare any particular style of music to be ungodly or outside of God’s will.<br />
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3) The content of the lyrics. Since neither the purpose of music nor the style of music determines whether a Christian should listen to secular music, the content of the lyrics must be considered. While not specifically speaking of music, <a href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Philippians%204.8" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Philippians_204.8?referer=');">Philippians 4:8</a> is an excellent guide for musical lyrics: “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.” If we should be thinking about such things, surely those are the things we should invite into our minds through music and lyrics. Can the lyrics in a secular song be true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, and praiseworthy? If so, then there is nothing wrong with a Christian listening to a secular song of that nature.</p>
<p>However, much of secular music does not meet the standard of <a href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Philippians%204.8" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Philippians_204.8?referer=');">Philippians 4:8</a>. Secular music often promotes immorality and violence while belittling purity and integrity. If a song glorifies what opposes God, a Christian should not listen to it. However, there are many secular songs with no mention of God that still uphold godly values such as honesty, purity, and integrity. If a love song promotes the sanctity of marriage and/or the purity of true love—even if it does not mention God or the Bible—it can still be listened to and enjoyed.</p>
<p>Whatever a person allows to occupy his mind will sooner or later determine his speech and his actions. This is the premise behind <a href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Philippians%204.8" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Philippians_204.8?referer=');">Philippians 4:8</a> and <a href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Colossians%203.2" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Colossians_203.2?referer=');">Colossians 3:2</a>, <a href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Colossians%203.5" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Colossians_203.5?referer=');">5</a>: establishing wholesome thought patterns. <a href="http://bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Second%20Corinthians%2010.5" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/bible.logos.com/passage/niv/Second_20Corinthians_2010.5?referer=');">Second Corinthians 10:5</a> says we should “take captive every thought and make it obedient to Christ.” These Scriptures give a clear picture of the kind of music we should not listen to.</p>
<p>Obviously, the best kind of music is that which praises and glorifies God. Talented Christian musicians work in nearly every musical genre, ranging from classical to rock, rap, and reggae. There is nothing inherently wrong with any particular style of music. It is the lyrics that determine whether a song is “acceptable” for a Christian to listen to. If anything leads you to think about or get involved in something that does not glorify God, it should be avoided.</p>
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		<title>Christians smoking weed. Taboo????</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[HI, THIS MIGHT SOUND CONTROVERSIAL BUT, TELL ME WAT U THINK. My name is michael and I am a THC-MINISTER. I use cannabis to reach those who the church has not tried to reach. Pot heads. I am a very active minister reaching out in area&#8217;s of the internet, movies, church&#8217;s, family, friends, and strangers. [...]]]></description>
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<p>HI, THIS MIGHT SOUND CONTROVERSIAL BUT, TELL ME WAT U THINK.</p>
<blockquote><p>My name is <span id="IL_AD6">michael</span> and I am a THC-MINISTER. I use <span id="IL_AD8">cannabis</span> to reach those who the church has not tried to reach. Pot heads. I am a very active minister reaching out in area&#8217;s of the internet, movies, church&#8217;s, family, friends, and strangers. Most of my friends smoke cannabis and a lot of my friends are not followers of Christ yet. I say &#8220;yet&#8221; because most have made progress with accepting the truth. As I understand it you were looking for scripture proof. These verses I put in order that relate to me a Minister of  <span id="IL_AD1">Jesus Christ</span> using cannabis:</p>
<p>1) <strong>GOD <span id="IL_AD12">GAVE</span> IT TO US </strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span id="IL_AD4">Genesis</span> 1:29</span></p>
<p>Then God said, &#8220;I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food.</p>
<p>Cannabis can and is eaten everyday, but the world has taught that it&#8217;s bad even called it Devils weed.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Matthew 15:13 </span></p>
<p>He replied, &#8220;Every plant that my heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by the roots.</p>
<p>God made Cannabis if it was Devils weed then it wouldn&#8217;t exsist. Look at what people want you to think about a creation from God. Devils weed that really makes me mad when I hear people call it that.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span id="IL_AD10">Romans</span> 14:16 </span></p>
<p>Do not allow what you consider good to be spoken of as evil.</p>
<p>God called it good so we all should stand against the people that call cannabis bad, evil, etc.</p>
<p>2) <strong>IT ISN&#8217;T UNCLEAN <span id="more-208"></span></strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Matthew 15:17-18 </span></p>
<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t you see that whatever enters the mouth goes into the stomach and then out of the body? But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these make a man &#8216;unclean.&#8217;</p>
<p>The same can be said about smoke. It enters the lungs stays for how ever long you hold your breath then it comes right out. Usally following is a cough but that&#8217;s just because you held it in to long or you got some really good stuff.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Acts 10:14-15 </span></p>
<p>&#8220;Surely not, Lord!&#8221; Peter replied. &#8220;I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.&#8221; The voice spoke to him a second time, &#8220;Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.&#8221;</p>
<p>Peter thought that certain animals were unclean because that is what he was taught. But God called cannabis good and it doesn&#8217;t stay in the body so it is clean.</p>
<p>3) <strong>THE BODY DIES </strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">1 Corinthians 15:50 </span></p>
<p>I declare to you, <span id="IL_AD11">brothers</span>, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.</p>
<p>We live in a vessel or a seed how every you view your body. Once it dies the body is put in the ground and like a seed we take our true form.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Romans 12:1 </span></p>
<p>Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God&#8217;s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God&#8211;this is your spiritual act of worship.</p>
<p>I use cannabis in a religious way. I minister to people that smoke cannabis. Anyone can walk up to a cannabis smoker and say &#8220;hey can I get a hit.&#8221; I have never been told no, so we can use that chance to talk to people about God and Cannabis. By trying to give then two free gifts, one) THC-Ministry info. two) eternal life through Jesus Christ. We are doing a spiritual act of worship.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">1 Corinthians 6:19 </span></p>
<p>Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;</p>
<p>We Christians are not our own. We were bought by the saving grace of Jesus Christ and the sacrifice he paid for our sins past, present, and future. All one has to do is have faith that Jesus is who he said he is and love everyone. Very simple, but of course very hard at the same time. We are to use the things he gives us likecannabis and use it for the better good. Either helping out someone with MS or any other illness or by talking to the cannabis user and showing him/her that it&#8217;s ok and the guilt that the world has put on them for useing it is whats wrong. Of course you&#8217;d say that everything in moderation (don&#8217;t abuse) it or it could be taken away by your conscience showing you that your abusing it.</p>
<p>4) <strong>WHAT DO YOU PREACH </strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Philippians 1:18 </span></p>
<p>But what does it matter? The important thing is that in every way, whether from false motives or true, Christ is preached. And because of this I rejoice.</p>
<p>Some preachers in the churchs have false motives but like the verse says at least the word is being taught. The same can be said about aChristian THC-MINISTER we have motives to correct what needs to be corrected but we are always to preach about Salvation through Jesus Christ doing so the Christian world should leave us alone but of course they don&#8217;t so we cannabis ministers have to make up long documents like this one.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Acts 5:39 </span></p>
<p>But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.&#8221;</p>
<p>Since I believe we are from God this Ministry we will not be stopped. Thats a fact. I&#8217;ve been on five different Christian web sites and have had five same conclusions no one can stop the christian THC-MINISTRY because we speak the truth straight out of the Bible. Attitudes will be changed and the time is now to change them.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">1 John 2:27 </span></p>
<p>As for you, the anointing you received from him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and as that anointing is real, not counterfeit&#8211;just as it has taught you, remain in him.</p>
<p>What was in the annointing oil? Thats right CANNABIS. Anyways Christ is our teacher. Abide in him and he will give you all the answers just as he has given me all the scriptures and the way to use them. Faith in Jesus because he can do anything.</p>
<p>5) <strong>I&#8217;M THE SAME PERSON </strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">1 Corinthians 7:17 </span></p>
<p>Nevertheless, each one should retain the place in life that the Lord assigned to him and to which God has called him. This is the rule I lay down in all the churches.</p>
<p>I was a Christian when I started to smoke cannabis. I was called to the cannabis mission field because that is where God has called me to work in. People go to church and here a sermon, they want to change there whole life but thats not what we should be doing. We have a chance to witness to those not in the church so do the people that want to change and give up everything they use but they don&#8217;t see that. They think they have to get involved in a church to make a difference.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Luke 15:7 </span></p>
<p>I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.</p>
<p>In the church most are saved or in a non growing life style the pastors should help them grow but in most cases they don&#8217;t. We have a chance to make a party in heaven by witnessing to people we come in contact with. Cannabis and Tattoo&#8217;s are two of the easiest way to start a conversation about God/Jesus and that persons beliefs. Both are mostly condemned for have one or useing one. TheChristian world needs to wake up and use the tools that are around them.</p>
<p>6) <strong>TOOLS </strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Genesis 3:18 </span></p>
<p>It will produce thorns and weeds for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.</p>
<p>It doesn&#8217;t say what to do with the thorns and weeds. Some in the past have used thorns for sowing needles, weapons, etc so the weeds can be use as a tool as well. Rope, paper, clothing, ministry tool, etc. What better tool to use give life throughJesus Christ, Give info on legal use through religion, and get stoned. Three birds one stoner.</p>
<p>7) <strong>MAN MADE RULES </strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Colossians 2:20-23 </span></p>
<p>Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules: &#8220;Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!&#8221;? These are all destined to perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings. Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual <span id="IL_AD9">indulgence</span>.</p>
<p>If we are alive through Jesus Christ those rules about not useing cannabis do not apply because they are man made. Using cannabis or not using cannabis doesn&#8217;t stop the evil thought that pop up in your head. So when some one says you shouldn&#8217;t, ask why? When they say it gives you bad thought like what REEFER MADNESS said aboutcannabis users tell them how do you know you don&#8217;t have any faith to try something God made.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Matthew 15:3 </span></p>
<p>Jesus replied, &#8220;And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition?</p>
<p>By judging people that use cannabis they are making themselfs the judge and we are not to do that. They want to follow there traditions even if they are out of date.</p>
<p> <img src='http://www.dalevirgo.com/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif' alt='8)' class='wp-smiley' /> <strong>THANKFULNESS </strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">1 Timothy 4:4-5 </span></p>
<p>For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.</p>
<p>Not only is cannabis ok because God made it clean and called it good it&#8217;s ok because most everyone that uses it is thankful for it. So what the church is teaching about cannabis and it&#8217;s use is wrong.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Romans 14:6 </span></p>
<p>He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord. He who eats meat, eats to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains, does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.</p>
<p>We are thankful to God for making cannabis. We use it for religious purposes. Other don&#8217;t use it for the same reason. Tell the person that is abstaining from cannabis good job for doing that for the Lord but let them know you are doing the opposite for the same reason.</p>
<p>9)<strong> MY OWN ACTIONS</strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Galatians 6:4 </span></p>
<p>Each one should test his own actions. Then he can take pride in himself, without comparing himself to somebody else,</p>
<p>Simple enough, look over your life see what your doing and ask God if it&#8217;s ok. If your doing what God wants you to do be happy and don&#8217;t let others bring you down because of there own convictions. Most people that don&#8217;t use cannabis think there better then the user but they are blind and not honest with themselves because they have to attack others to make themselves feel better.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Romans 14:4 </span></p>
<p>Who are you to judge someone else&#8217;s servant? To his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand.</p>
<p>If you are a Chrsitian who is our master? We are servants to God. He has given us everything we need to do the work he has planned for us so if someone confronts you about cannabis tell them your a Christian and they shouldn&#8217;t be judging you because they are not your master Jesus Christ is.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">1 Corinthians 2:11 </span></p>
<p>The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the man&#8217;s spirit within him? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.</p>
<p>People keep telling me that I can&#8217;t be worshiping God when I smoke so I show them this verse. Then I let them know the my thought about them and ask did you know I felt that way. When they say no, I say but you can tell what I think when I smoke. I also tell them that if God put me in this field why are they trying to take me out of it. God has a plan for yours and my life once we know what it is take that leap of faith and get the job done.</p>
<p>10) <strong>THEIR OPINION </strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">1 Corinthians 4:5 </span></p>
<p>Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait till the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men&#8217;s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.</p>
<p>Most people have their minds made up about cannabis. I show them this they still don&#8217;t change there mind or attitude but at least they know the truth.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Colossians 2:16 </span></p>
<p>Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.</p>
<p>Again people judge cannabis users way to much. That is what I am trying to put a stop to.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">John 8:10-11 </span></p>
<p>Jesus straightened up and asked her, &#8220;Woman, where are they? Has no one condemned you?&#8221; &#8220;No one, sir,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Then neither do I condemn you,&#8221; Jesus declared. &#8220;Go now and leave your life of sin.&#8221;</p>
<p>Jesus didn&#8217;t condemn a lady caught in the act of sinful nature so if Jesus didn&#8217;t even condemn someone for doing that why do people think they can condemn those who use cannabis which isn&#8217;t even part of the sinful nature. It&#8217;s because they were taught wrong. We have to show people they were taught wrong and the Bible shows the truth all one has to do is look through it.</p>
<p>11) <strong>MY PURPOSE </strong></p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">2 Timothy 3:16 </span></p>
<p>All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,</p>
<p>God made the Bible to help us not for it to be used against us. I use the Bible to correct those mislead. I ask that everyone go to a Bible believing web site and post these facts out of the Bible and see how screwed up people are when it comes to the cannabis topic. Most will talk all about it as if they were an expert but when you ask if they have ever tried it most will say no. They only preach what they have been taught so we need to correct there mislead minds.</p>
<p>Thank you for taking the time to read my long letter I hope this will help someone. God Bless you and the plant you use.</p>
<p>Rev. Michael T<br />
Soldier for Christ and Cannabis</p></blockquote>

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<p>Secret Society???? HUH whats that&#8230; dang be care of the stuff you embrace&#8230;. read below</p>
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<p><strong>Illuminati</strong> (plural of <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Latin" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin?referer=');">Latin</a> <em>illuminatus</em>, &#8220;enlightened&#8221;) is a name that refers to several groups, both historical and modern, and both real and fictitious. Historically, it refers specifically to the<a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Bavaria" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria?referer=');">Bavarian</a> Illuminati, an <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Age of Enlightenment" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment?referer=');">Enlightenment</a>-era <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Secret society" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_society" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_society?referer=');">secret society</a> founded on <span title="1776-05-01"><span title="05-01"><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="May 1" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1?referer=');">May 1</a></span>, <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="1776" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1776" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1776?referer=');">1776</a></span>. In modern times it is also used to refer to a purported conspiratorial organization which acts as a shadowy &#8220;<a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Power behind the throne" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_behind_the_throne" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_behind_the_throne?referer=');">power behind the throne</a>&#8220;, allegedly controlling world affairs through present day <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Governments" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governments" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governments?referer=');">governments</a> and <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Corporations" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporations" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporations?referer=');">corporations</a>, usually as a modern incarnation or continuation of the <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Bavaria" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria?referer=');">Bavarian</a> Illuminati. In this context, <em>Illuminati</em> is often used in reference to a <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="New World Order (conspiracy)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Order_(conspiracy)" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Order_conspiracy?referer=');">New World Order (NWO)</a>. Many <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Conspiracy theory" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theory?referer=');">conspiracy theorists</a> believe the Illuminati are the masterminds behind events that will lead to the establishment of such a New World Order.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span id="more-86"></span>HISTORY</span></strong></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">The movement was founded on May 1, 1776, in <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Ingolstadt" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingolstadt" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingolstadt?referer=');">Ingolstadt</a> (<a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Upper Bavaria" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Bavaria" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Bavaria?referer=');">Upper Bavaria</a>), by <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Jesuit" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesuit" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesuit?referer=');">Jesuit</a>-taught <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Adam Weishaupt" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Weishaupt" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Weishaupt?referer=');">Adam Weishaupt</a> (d. 1830),<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-0" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-0?referer=');"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> who was the first lay professor of<a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Canon law" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_law" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_law?referer=');">canon law</a> at the <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="University of Ingolstadt" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Ingolstadt" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Ingolstadt?referer=');">University of Ingolstadt</a>.<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-A_Bavarian_Illuminati_Primer-1" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-A_Bavarian_Illuminati_Primer-1?referer=');"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> The movement was made up of <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Freethought" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freethought" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freethought?referer=');">freethinkers</a>, as an offshoot of the <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Age of Enlightenment" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Enlightenment?referer=');">Enlightenment</a>.<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-2" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-2?referer=');"><span>[</span>3<span>]</span></a></sup> Writers at the time, such as Seth Payson, believed the movement represented a conspiracy to infiltrate and overthrow the governments of European states.<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-3" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-3?referer=');"><span>[</span>4<span>]</span></a></sup> Some writers, such as<a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Augustin Barruel" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin_Barruel" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin_Barruel?referer=');">Augustin Barruel</a> and <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="John Robison" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robison" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Robison?referer=');">John Robison</a>, even claimed that the Illuminati were behind the <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="French Revolution" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution?referer=');">French Revolution</a>, a claim that Jean-Joseph Mounier dismissed in his 1801 book <em>On the Influence Attributed to Philosophers, Free-Masons, and to the Illuminati on the Revolution of France</em>.<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-4" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-4?referer=');"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">The group&#8217;s adherents were given the name &#8220;Illuminati&#8221;, although they called themselves &#8220;<strong>Perfectibilists</strong>&#8220;. The group has also been called the <strong>Illuminati Order</strong> and the <strong>Bavarian Illuminati</strong>, and the movement itself has been referred to as <strong>Illuminism</strong> (after <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Illuminism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminism" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminism?referer=');">illuminism</a>). In 1777, <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Theodore,_Elector_of_Bavaria" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Theodore_Elector_of_Bavaria?referer=');">Karl Theodor</a> became ruler of Bavaria. He was a proponent of <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Enlightened Despotism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightened_Despotism" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightened_Despotism?referer=');">Enlightened Despotism</a> and, in 1784, his government banned all <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Secret societies" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_societies" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_societies?referer=');">secret societies</a>, including the Illuminati.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">During the period when the Illuminati was legally allowed to operate, many influential intellectuals and progressive politicians counted themselves as members, including <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Ferdinand of Brunswick" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_of_Brunswick" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_of_Brunswick?referer=');">Ferdinand of Brunswick</a> and the diplomat Xavier von Zwack, who was number two in the operation and was found with much of the group&#8217;s documentation when his home was searched.<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-5" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-5?referer=');"><span>[</span>6<span>]</span></a></sup> The Illuminati&#8217;s members pledged obedience to their superiors, and were divided into three main classes, each with several degrees. The order had its branches in most countries of the European continent; it reportedly had around 2,000 members over the span of ten years.<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-A_Bavarian_Illuminati_Primer-1" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-A_Bavarian_Illuminati_Primer-1?referer=');"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup> The organization had its attraction for literary men, such as <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe?referer=');">Johann Wolfgang von Goethe</a> and <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Johann Gottfried Herder" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Herder" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Herder?referer=');">Johann Gottfried Herder</a>, and even for the reigning dukes of <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Gotha (district)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotha_(district)" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotha_district?referer=');">Gotha</a> and <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Weimar" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weimar" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weimar?referer=');">Weimar</a>. Weishaupt had modeled his group to some extent on<a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Freemasonry" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry?referer=');">Freemasonry</a>, and many Illuminati chapters drew membership from existing Masonic lodges. Internal rupture and panic over succession preceded its downfall, which was effected by the Secular Edict made by the Bavarian government in 1785.<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-A_Bavarian_Illuminati_Primer-1" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-A_Bavarian_Illuminati_Primer-1?referer=');"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<h2 style="color: black; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.6em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0.17em; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: #aaaaaa; font-size: 19px; background-position: initial initial;"><span id="Modern_Illuminati">Modern Illuminati</span></h2>
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">Writers such as <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Mark Dice" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Dice" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Dice?referer=');">Mark Dice</a>,<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-6" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-6?referer=');"><span>[</span>7<span>]</span></a></sup> <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="David Icke" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Icke" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Icke?referer=');">David Icke</a>, Ryan Burke, Jüri Lina and Morgan Gricar, have argued that the Bavarian Illuminati survived, possibly to this day. Many of these theories propose that world events are being controlled and manipulated by a <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Secret society" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_society" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_society?referer=');">secret society</a> calling itself the Illuminati.<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-7" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-7?referer=');"><span>[</span>8<span>]</span></a></sup><sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-8" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-8?referer=');"><span>[</span>9<span>]</span></a></sup> <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Conspiracy theorists" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theorists" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy_theorists?referer=');">Conspiracy theorists</a> have claimed that many notable people were or are members of the Illuminati, including <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Winston Churchill" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_Churchill?referer=');">Winston Churchill</a>, the <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Bush family" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_family" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_family?referer=');">Bush family</a>,<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-9" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-9?referer=');"><span>[</span>10<span>]</span></a></sup> <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Barack Obama" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama?referer=');">Barack Obama</a>,<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-10" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-10?referer=');"><span>[</span>11<span>]</span></a></sup> the <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Rothschild family" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_family" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_family?referer=');">Rothschild family</a>,<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-11" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-11?referer=');"><span>[</span>12<span>]</span></a></sup> <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="David Rockefeller" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rockefeller" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rockefeller?referer=');">David Rockefeller</a> and <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Zbigniew Brzezinski" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zbigniew_Brzezinski" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zbigniew_Brzezinski?referer=');">Zbigniew Brzezinski</a>.<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-12" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-12?referer=');"><span>[</span>13<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">In addition to the shadowy and secret organization, several modern fraternal groups claim to be the &#8220;heirs&#8221; of the Bavarian Illuminati and have openly used the name &#8220;Illuminati&#8221; in founding their own rites. Some, such as the multiple groups that call themselves some variation on &#8220;The Illuminati Order&#8221;<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-13" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-13?referer=');"><span>[</span>14<span>]</span></a></sup><sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-14" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-14?referer=');"><span>[</span>15<span>]</span></a></sup><sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-15" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-15?referer=');"><span>[</span>16<span>]</span></a></sup> use the name directly in the name of their organization, while others, such as the <a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: initial initial;" title="Ordo Templi Orientis" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordo_Templi_Orientis" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordo_Templi_Orientis?referer=');">Ordo Templi Orientis</a>, use the name as a grade of initiation within their organization.</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">The Illuminati are a recurring theme in popular culture. References to such an organization appear in many fictional works across many genres, appearing in print,<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-16" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-16?referer=');"><span>[</span>17<span>]</span></a></sup> in film,<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-17" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-17?referer=');"><span>[</span>18<span>]</span></a></sup> on television,<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-18" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-18?referer=');"><span>[</span>19<span>]</span></a></sup> in video games,<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-19" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-19?referer=');"><span>[</span>20<span>]</span></a></sup> in comic book series,<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-20" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-20?referer=');"><span>[</span>21<span>]</span></a></sup> as well as in both trading card and roleplaying games.<sup><a style="text-decoration: none; color: #002bb8; background-image: none; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: initial; white-space: nowrap; background-position: initial initial;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati#cite_note-21" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati_cite_note-21?referer=');"><span>[</span>22<span>]</span></a></sup></p>

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