Illuminati

@NJ USA

Well,Dan Brown's Angels&Demons again.(I think I'm one of Dan Brown's big fans now!!LOL)Today's theme is about a brotherhood which exist in the book and I'm a little confusing with this at first.
What's Illuminati?It's not a made-up thing.Illuminati really existed in the history.

The Illuminati (plural of Latin illuminatus, "enlightened") is a name given to several groups, both real and fictitious. Historically the name refers to the Bavarian Illuminati, an Enlightenment-erasecret society founded on May 1, 1776 to oppose superstition, prejudice, religious influence over public life, abuses of state power, and to support women's education and gender equality. The Illuminati were outlawed along with other secret societies by the Bavarian government leadershipwith the encouragement of the Roman Catholic Church, and permanently disbanded in 1785.In the several years following, the group was vilified by conservative and religious critics who claimed they had regrouped and were responsible for the French Revolution.(Quote from Wikipedia:Illuminati)
Check here for more information:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminati

Actually,I don't know what that is at the beginning.What's enlighten?Is that a real thing or just something Dan Brown made up in his mind?Since I kept on reading the book,this question really bothers me.I looked it up in the dictionary and searched on the internet.I found out it's a real organization.What's more,I have already studied in my History class!I was really impressed by that class.There were so many people who were full of intelligence in this brotherhood.They went together,tried to charge this world and tried to defeat the religion.In the book,the Illuminati killed many people in order to beat the religion.
Eventually,they did.They did make the world a difference.But still,the RELIGION is there.Never disappear.I think the most important reason is that people need a religion.More or less,people just need a religion to live.Maybe it's how the world ruled.
Well,actually,I'm on the Illuminate side.I'm a skeptic.I believe only science can make the world better.(Maybe believing in science is my own RELIGION in someway.LOL)However,murdering people is not right.

P.S.I have already finish more than half of the book!lol