I came across these lyrics on Twitter, I don't know what song it's from. If anyone knows, please tell me.

"Luminati, y'all, move your body, y'all, if U know the truth then raise the roof"

The lyrics are from here:

http://www.dtt-lyrics.com....html#keep

I don't think so. I am illuminati as are many of my family who occupy high positions within the order. None of us have seen or heard of any involvement from Prince.

Yes, I am supposed to deny our existence but I'm amongst freinds here right? So don't repeat this.

"..and here..we...go" (c) The Joker

He's the Queen of the Night, the title they usually give to one of the higher up priests who carry out all the rituals. Apparently there are photographs of him from around 1990/1 dressed up as Marie Antionette at some sort of sex-magick cerimony.

My dog is apart of the illuminati. No, seriously.

Honestly some of the lyrics I've read in some of his older songs made me wonder about tha too. All the stuff about 'The Dawn', that type of thing...

But even if he were into some kind of Illuminati-type sect or some kind of metaphysical or occult practices back then, I don't think he is now.

Hey Prince.

Yes?

Wanna join our top secret group.

What group?

The illuminati.

Sure, sounds good. Is my strong belief in Jesus a problem?

Nah. We loved Dirty Mind so you are cool.

Ok.

Don't tell anyone one though as we are controlling the world.

Wow, thanks for trusting me with these secrets.

It's aight.

YEARS LATER

How's it going Prince?

Um, I want to leave, I'm sick of plotting to rule the world.

Ok dude, don't forget, mum's the word.

Is that how you see it playing out? I mean putting all rationality aside for a moment to assume they actually exist.

lust said:

Hey Prince.

Yes?

Wanna join our top secret group.

What group?

The illuminati.

Sure, sounds good. Is my strong belief in Jesus a problem?

Nah. We loved Dirty Mind so you are cool.

Ok.

Don't tell anyone one though as we are controlling the world.

Wow, thanks for trusting me with these secrets.

It's aight.

YEARS LATER

How's it going Prince?

Um, I want to leave, I'm sick of plotting to rule the world.

Ok dude, don't forget, mum's the word.

Is that how you see it playing out? I mean putting all rationality aside for a moment to assume they actually exist.

http://www.cracked.com/ar...ow_p2.html

I won several formal debates in college using my patented technique of simply repeating my opponent's argument in a high-pitched, mocking tone while wiggling my fingers in the air. There really is no defense.

They call this the appeal to rididcule fallacy. To which I would simply rebut, "Oooooh, appeal to ridicule fallacy! Well I've got a 'phallus' you can 'see' right here, college boy."

Professionals have more sophisticated methods, but it boils down to the same technique. "They" know that if they can paint an idea as ridiculous, the listener usually won't bother examining it any closer to find out if the ridicule is justified.

After all, why even consider something that's ridiculous? That's only something a ridiculous person would do! And you're not ridiculous ... are you?

Sounds like:

"So now they're telling us that--get this, folks--global warming is caused by cows farting! Priceless!"

"And then he said we could save gas by inflating our tires! I couldn't make this stuff up, folks!"

Why It Works:
It's no secret you can short-circuit somebody's brain with shame. How many of us were shamed into doing something stupid in high school? Hell, I still have that huge Dokken tattoo on my back.

But why does it work? Well, there are these primitive, lower parts of your brain called amygdalae that controls those base, emotional reactions. That's where things like contempt and shame come from, and stimulating it can completely shut down the analytical part of your brain. The gang calls you a coward and the next thing you know, you're wedging a roman candle between your buttcheeks. You'll show them!

You can thank evolution for that. Way back when humans started forming groups and tribes, social status was everything. It's what guaranteed you food, protection and ladies (that is, a chance to pass on your genes). Mockery developed as a "conformity enforcer" to keep people in line.

Making a person, idea or behavior the target of mockery gave it a lower social position, and made it clear that anybody who associated with it would share that lower position, leaving them out of the hunting/eating/fucking that made life in the tribe worthwhile. Thousands of years later, a good dose of mockery can shut down critical thinking and make us fall right in line, no questions asked.

Recently Seen:
We again come back to our 2008 presidential campaign, and again we find both sides guilty.

The speakers at the Republican National Convention had a great time mocking Barack Obama as a "community organizer," drawing laughter from the crowd and skipping smoothly over the part where they explained what a community organizer is and why it's ridiculous.

And of course the other side does it with McCain's age...

...as if there is something inherently silly about having lived a really long time.

lust said:

^ Fair enough. You may reasonably find fault with my tactics. I would however ridicule these views one on one so while I may be accused of arrogance I don't accept the claim that it is to fit in. I was an atheist in a religious school system so can hardly be accused of that. So, let's start again. I am genuinely asking to learn how you see a situation where prince is a member of a secret society working. Why do you believe that? Is there any evidence for that belief? How do the illuminati recruit, when (if they exist) they dont have a public face like the Freemasons, also accused of erroneous activity? How do they keep secret? If as you suggest prince was illuminati and left, how, why,there must be lots of people in the same position so are they immune to human nature, none of them having left the order became a whistle blower? Ala other clandestine organizations that are known to exist like the scientoligists. Hey xenu was a top level secret but now we all know about it. I don't know much about the illuminati but if you do, I am sure that you must have asked these questions or come up with viable answers to them. Looking forward to your reply and no more ridicule or copying and pasting someone elses efforts. Deal? [Edited 2/2/12 1:57am]

You totallyyyy overestimate your own intelligence.

Which is interesting considering you actually totally missed the point of my last post to begin with.

It's not about peer-pressure, it's about you employing the common, bottom-of-the-barrel tactic of trying to discredit something not with legitimate evidence and a thoughtful response, but strictly through ridicule. Which again, is a very useful tactic if you're dealing with people who aren't too bright and can't think independently and critically. Which is why politicians employ it all the time.

Why you felt the need to volunteer that you're an atheist, I have no idea either as none of my comments were about you specifically or what faith you do or don't practice. In short, it's irrelevant and frankly this isn't about you and I'm not interested in whether or not you go to church synogogue, or nowhere at all on Sunday.

Look the subject up for yourself. Frankly it's not my job to be your wet nurse and spoonfeed you info. Illuminati-type groups do exist and they do participate in occult/metaphysical practices. And frankly I'll post whatever I want from wherever I want and you can't do a damned thing to stop me.

I stand by what I said. You don't have to agree and frankly I don't care about you at all what you think, feel or what happens to you one way or another. I've come to the conclusions I have based on my own reading on the subject matter and honestly all the condescension and mockery in the world won't change my mind on the subject.

So basically you're shit outta luck.

yeahthatsthe1 said:

I came across these lyrics on Twitter, I don't know what song it's from. If anyone knows, please tell me.

"Luminati, y'all, move your body, y'all, if U know the truth then raise the roof"

There is no such thing as Illuminati.

databank said:

There is no such thing as Illuminati.

That's what Prince wants you to think

NouveauDance said:

databank said:

There is no such thing as Illuminati.

That's what Prince wants you to think

C'mon don't encourage him! Poor dude probably REALLY believes in that shit

Tony VanDam is back! Hi, Tony!!!!

databank said:

lust said:

To dren. If you find that your views on lots of subjects are ridiculed it might possibly be because your beliefs are rediculous. I asked you reasonable and polite questions about your beliefs which if you are happy to post about here then you should be happy and enthusistic about answering. That supposes you have answers. No. Instead you went on a nasty and personal attack and with the lol emoticon when directly questioning my intelligence used the tactics that you accused me of. I'm not interested in getting into personal insults so we'll leave this now. If anyone else reading this believes in illuminati. I'd love to hear your views in the questions I posed. [Edited 2/2/12 9:10am]

nevermind. less said the better

[Edited 2/2/12 9:36am]

NeonCraxx said:

My dog is apart of the illuminati. No, seriously.

How does he smell?

the illuminati does (or did) exist. what i wonder is if they are still active now and if so, what sort of power do they hold? i don't think they are secretly running the world, but the odds of them having a high powered old boys club like the masons is pretty good. and anytime you get a load of rich and powerful dudes together in one place, they can insight change if they really want to.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati

ask jay z

RodeoSchro said:

Tony VanDam is back! Hi, Tony!!!!

Heyy lol

i would say no... his album 20ten has a bunch of anti-illuminati lyrics. plus the whole

chem trail speech on tavis smilely makes his involvement highly unlikely.

mikeyaddict said:

figital said:

mikeyaddict said:

I briefly checked the Wiki link and there's no reason to believe that such a movement exists today, or has existed for the last 3 centuries.

I'm sorry but I don't buy conspiracy theories without solid evidence, and for having studied 20th century History quite extensively, I don't think the geopolitical configuration of powers and political decisions of the last 100 years justifies such a belief.

I never mock religious or political beliefs, but yeah I tend to mock conspiracy theories, sorry if it's offending to anyone.

databank said:

I never mock religious or political beliefs

You should ! It's just as fun as laughing at the chemtrail folks!

NouveauDance said:

databank said:

I never mock religious or political beliefs

You should ! It's just as fun as laughing at the chemtrail folks!

Well, I don't because both are often rooted in family or cultural tradition, and that denying even the most delirious religious or political beliefs would be like spitting on these people's whole culture or family or social group.

Conspirationists, on the other end, are usualy isolated individuals who are either extremely naive, or extremely insecure, and who are looking for some kind of superior knowledge to rationalize there fears or have a feeling of superiority over others. Before I didn't really care, but in this digital age the spreading of delirious information labeled a fact has become a habit on social networks, forums and blogs. I think that's a major issue and that it must be fought, because I see more and more "normal" people falling for the hoaxes, and that's not cool.