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The Illuminati: Germany's Secret Society

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In history there has been many secret societies that have planned to take over the world and control the government. Out of all these societies the Illuminati is the most frequently thought of. Known by its all seeing eye inside of a triangle symbol many believe that the Illuminati controls the government but these same people believe that the government is made up of shape shifting lizard people. The Illuminati was at one time a prominent secret society, they wanted to better the world through their beliefs.
The Illuminati was at one time a prominent part of Germany’s society. The true Illuminati, “was a society called The Order of the Illuminati. In 1776, in Bavaria, Germany, it was created by a man named Adam Weishaupt but was eliminated …show more content…

The Illuminati states, “As a boy he was an avid reader, consuming books by the latest French Enlightenment philosophers in his uncle’s library. Bavaria at that time was deeply conservative and Catholic. Weishaupt was not the only one who believed that the monarchy and the church were repressing freedom of thought” (Isabel Hernández). Among other beliefs, the belief that they operated under one single government sprung from the founder of the Illuminati, Adam himself. Adam believed that when a man lives under one government his worth is gone and there is no longer an argument on who is better leaving everyone equal. Followers of the illuminati take his beliefs and follow them.
Admittedly, some people feel that the Illuminati never existed. However, there is a substantial amount of evidence that proves that the Illuminati had existed as a secret society such as the fact that they were once a party in Germany. Also, since the order of the Illuminati was ended by the church in 1776 it leaves no room for discussion on whether or not the Illuminati truly existed at one point in

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