Origins

Rumors has it that the Illuminati is an ancient and mysterious group comprised of the world's elite. It was believed to be founded back in the 1700s by a Bavarian named Adam Weishaupt. Many conspiracists believed that Adam created the Illuminati as an alternative to the Stonemasons, another secret society. Adam wanted to work on his own terms, and had a different set of goals in mind.

The Illuminati is believed to be trying to take over the world, so that they can form ONE world government. Their end goal? To be able to act as GOD and control every single aspect of life.

Their plans were derailed, however, when the Bavarian ruler at the time banned all secret societies. Many believe that this was the point in time when the Illuminati disbanded, and ceased to exist. A minority, however, claimed that the secret society continued to carry out it's plans, underground, where they can avoid the authorities. 

Some believe that the Illuminati have already achieved their plans of world domination and that we are all pawns in their grand schemes. Others disagree with this notion, claiming that the Illuminati stated there would be three world wars that would lead to their eventual domination. So far, there has only been two.

There are conspiracists that believes the Illuminati  never even existed at all. Firstly, for a secret society, why does the whole world know about them? Secondly, why would a secret organization reveal their plans to take over the world?

For my 20 times project I will be diving deep into the histories, deciphering hints and clues in order to ultimately answer the question" does the Illuminati exist and if so, what are their plans?" In order to do so, I will be researching the origins of the Illuminati and tracking their alleged appearances over the centuries. I will be investigating incidents related to the group, asking questions such as how was the Illuminati involved and are there any other plausible explanation to what happened? I will be using critical analysis, logic, as well as multiple sources to determine the real information from the fakes.

My name is Richard Nguyen and I do not believe in the existence of the Illuminati. I personally believe people make things up in order to provide answers to the unknown. We, as a society, are afraid of what is not known. For example, the dark is just the absence of light. Yet we are afraid of it, afraid of what is hiding in the dark. In most cases, there is nothing, but our minds creates "scary thoughts" in order to provide an answer to the question that we have no answers to, which is, "what is in the dark?"

So come, and join me, as I unravel one of society's biggest conspiracies, The Illuminati.

Bonus: According to people.Virginia.edu, the Illuminati was actually formed THOUSANDS of years ago when humans genetically interbreed with a reptilian extraterrestrial species. Most of the elite members in society are actually shape-shifting reptilians, scary!

The word Illuminati means enlightened one

According to whatculture.com, the Illuminati's original symbol was not the all seeing eye, or the pyramid, rather an owl. The owl represents knowledge and wisdom, something the Illuminati claim to have. (It is obviously a genius idea to leak your plans of "word domination" online).

According to humansarefree.com, there are thirteen bloodlines that are entitled to rule the world. The reason being so is because they are all descendants of the ancient Gods. Supposedly, all thirteen has ties with the Illuminati. (wait! I thought the Illuminati did not believe in God!)