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Sunday, July 17, 2011

Conspiracy of NWO Debunked?

Conspiracy theories abound us everywhere. It seems like common human nature to assert some bogus causality to things we just don't seem to understand. Things like "has there been a virgin birth since Christ"? Some people think that there have been and that the Vatican has gone to enormous measures to cover them up. Despite the fact that there has never been one reported medical case of human parthenogensis, some people still speculate the Vatican has powers to cover up such phenomenon. Other conspiracies like 9-11 and UFOs make crackpots out of people. Others, like the JFK assassination leave those not believing in the conspiracy looking like the crackpots.

One of the big conspiracies has been Freemasons and the New World Order (or NWO). It's not a big secret that Masons have secrets. But then again, so do realestate agents on how to buy and sell a house (see Freakonomics). The conspiracy of the NWO originates on the back of the One Dollar Bill. Beneath the pyramid with the All-Seeing Eye is written "Novus Ordo Seclorum", which is commonly translated literally as "New World Order". Since it's Latin, direct translations are misleading, when, in fact, the proper translation is "A New Order for the World." The latter certainly sounds a little less tyranical.

The NWO has connotations of a global tyranny of despots of monetary wealth, while being culturally perverse. This seems to be what has been driven into the minds of anyone who watches the History Channel. Point in fact, the NWO is an idea of global peace, where knowledge and culture flourish in ethnic and gender equality. The image accompanied with the One Dollar Bill shows a desert behind the pyramid, while in the foreground vegetation sprouts. America started as agricultural colonies, and the early Fathers (who were Masons and farmers) believed they were creating a renovatio or "Rebirth" (i.e. Renaissance) from the cultural deserts of poverty, debauchery and ignorance that surround the Old World. This is primarily how Joseph Campbell reads this symbol on the dollar bill (see Power of Myths with Bill Moyer).

About a year ago a good friend of mine, Charles Lloyd Mashburn Jr. published his thesis on a Universal Masonic Temple for all Masons across the globe through all cultures and religions (a video of his project can be accessed on Youtube here, and his brief article on the thesis can be accessed here). It was designed to go in Jerusalem (it was a class project, and not necessary meant to be built). I remember him speculating if his thesis got around enough people would start to create conspiracies surrounding his project. Recently his project has come under a conspiracy theory. Conspiracy website Apocalypse 1957 (link here) has a blurb that "they" (whoever "they" are) plan on building his project, though no actual realization of his Universal Temple of Masonry has been made. This isn't really a conspiracy, just people not doing their research. The blurb is made within a article with connotations of the NWO (though the NWO is not mentioned) and a summit of Atheists and Freemasons.

Other sites have implied, though never stated, the architect of the Universal Temple of Masonry (i.e. Charles) is part of the NWO and the Illuminati. The latter makes me laugh. Besides the fact that the Illuminati were a bunch of begrudging scientists and humanists with a gripe against the Vatican (who didn't have a gripe with the Vatican in the 16th and 17th Century?), they dwindled and petered out a few years after they were formed. Some speculate they may still be around, though it is highly doubtful. Charles makes a meager wage (for his skills, he is vastly underpaid) at a small architecture firm in Savannah, GA. Given what I know about Charles and his affairs (I'm sure he wouldn't appreciate me going too deeply into his affairs), if Charles was part of the NWO or the Illuminati one would think he would have a better paying job. It's not like he participates in the Bohemian Grove.

Wooo! If you put a Star of David over the pyramid on the One Dollar Bill the points of the star will point the letters M, A, S, O, N! Duh... it was drawn by a Mason.

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