Well, I read "Angels & Demons". And on a side note it's an incredibly good book. I think it took me like 2 days to read it since it was so enthralling. Much better than "The DaVinci Code". Anyway, I digress. I don't know much about the Illuminati aside from Dan Brown's description. But it seems to have 2 sides. First, the Illuminati was supposed to be a society of "enlightened" thinkers who were looked down upon by society. People who the government tried to supress. And the list of Illuminati members includes some of history's greatest intellects. At some point this group began to infiltrate all levels of government using their financial pull and outright power to impose their will. Seems to me that's when they went psycho. Sounds like a society based on a good idea that went haywire. The interesting thing is that the "official" lifespan of the Illuminati as a formal organization was only a few years. But they purport that the Illuminati lived on behind the scenes of other organizations like the Masons. I guess my view is that the idea was good. There's even a modern society that is dedicated to the fostering of high intellect and free thinking. Mensa. Widely regareded by most to be a Super-Geek society. Well, kiss my butt because I was a member of American Mensa for 2 years. And you know what? I could find nothing interesting to do as a memeber. So maybe you guys are right. Luckily I don't forsee a time soon when Mensa is going to decide they have had enough and start trying to corrupt government. Heck, there's already enough of that....
