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I see in the Angels & Demons movie, sequel to The Da Vinci Code, that the secret group is no longer the Priory Of Sion, but the Illuminati. So at least this film will be based on ridiculous conspiracy theories about an organization that actually existed a few centuries ago, not just some modern hoax.
posted by LAGuy @ 12:33 AM
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My favorite member of the Bavarian Illuminati was the only one who actually did anything besides write letters: Anacharsis Clootz. He was a Prussian baron who left the German states and moved to Paris during the Revolution, where he became part of the radical atheist wing (the Hébertists).
He made a speech before the National Convention in which he proclaimed that the "Republic" that had begun in France would soon spread all over the Earth. And once that happens, "the Republic of the human race will never have any dispute with any one, since there can be no communication between the planets."
I just think that's cool.
Soon after, Clootz and the other Hébertists trashed Notre Dame Cathedral and put up a statue of "Reason" in its place. At that point, Robespierre -- who was a Deist, not an atheist -- decided that the Hébertists had gone too far, and had them all guillotined....
And we all know what happened to robespierre a few weeks later
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