The Illuminati no longer exists, and the rumours about the Illuminati are false.

INTRODUCTION Pro has failed to make any real arguments in round 1 or 2. He is merely asserting facts, without providing premises or citations. I could just as easily do the same thing and still win this debate, but I won't. THE ILLUMINATI The Bavarian Illuminati was formed in 1776 and held the ideals of freedom of the mind from superstition as well as the ideals of natural freedom. When rumors of their plot to infiltrate and overthrow the government were discovered, they were outlawed. [1] The goal of the Illuminati as already stated was to free the world. It was clear that their number was up and they were about to have the government and Church of Rome come down hard on them. They quickly formed and infiltrated several secret societies. FREEMASONRY In 1777 the founder of the illuminati Weishaupt, managed to infiltrate freemasonry and implement his occult and esoteric ideals at the highest levels.[2] The infiltration into freemasonry was made complete when Baron Adolf Franz Friederich Knigge, a high ranking mason was initiated into the order of the illuminati. [3] Here is a chart showing Baron Adolf Franz Friederich Knigge's plans using the Freemasons as part of the illuminati. http://www.debate.org... Between the illuminati's infiltration of Freemasonry in 1777 and it being outlawed in 1788, it had plenty of time to spread across Europe. You can see proof the illuminati, survived past the time when my opponent thinks it was destroyed because they had their hands in the French Revolution. FRENCH REVOLUTION There is a lot of evidence that the Illuminati spread it's ideals through the American revolution, but for the purposes of this debate, I'll focus on showing their hand in the French Revolution. The official document of the declaration of human rights has many occult symbols from hermeticism, masonry and the illuminati. The most notable illuminati symbol on it is the red phrygian cap underneath the Ouroboros. You can also see the all seeing eye as well as too may other things to dive into.[4] http://www.debate.org... Leopold Hoffman a powerful member of the Freemasons Exposed the infiltration of the masonry and the Illuminati's hands in the French Revolution. He did this in his journal Wiener Zeitschrift. He wasn't the only Mason to uncover this infiltration. In 1797 John Robinson and inventor, mathematician and doctor got upset when discovering the Illuminati's infiltration of his beloved Masonry exposed them in his book "Proofs of a Conspiracy against All the Religions and Governments of Europe, carried on in the Secret Meetings of the Free Masons, Illuminati, and Reading Societies". THE ILLUMINATI IN AMERICA In 1799 German minister G.W. Snyder, warned George Washington that the Illuminati has infiltrated the American Freemason lodges. Initially George Washington responded with doubts. However, Washington being a prominent member of society and a Freemason, decided to do his own research. After some time and research Washington wrote a letter to Snyder concluding that the Illuminati have in fact infiltrated Masonic lodges.[5] There is no reason to think that the Illuminati has disappeared without any resistance in America whatsoever. They use these secret societies to recruit and hide their even more influential secret society. They've done this for centuries and will continue to do so. SKULL AND BONES SOCIETY The Skull and Bones Society is a fraternity at Yale university.[6] They are the center of the American wing of the Illuminati and have such notable members such as John Kerry, both George Bush's, various CIA agents, religious leaders and other highly influential politicians.[6] In 1876 a group of Yale students broke into the famous Skull and Bones tomb. They documented a bunch of German writing as well as rituals that resemble what took place within the Bavarian illuminati. Next round I'll dive into the matrix of control the Illuminati possesses as well as elaborating on these arguments.[7] sources [1] http://en.m.wikipedia.org... [2] Manly P. Hall, Masonic Orders of Fraternity [3] ibid [4] John Robinson, Proofs of a Conspiracy [5] Wasserman, op. [6] http://en.m.wikipedia.org... [7] http://www.markdice.com...