Ed Brayton is writing about the lead up to the million family march in which Farrakhan will take a page from the Rev. Moon and perform a giant marriage re-commitment ceremony. He also notes that Bartholomew's notes on religion who is tracking all this, has some evidence of seriously crazy conspiracy-mongering on behalf of Farrakhan about Jews and the Illuminati. Here's a little excerpt from Bartholomew's blog

...One of the methods Satan uses in casting first is by reproducing himself or herself, through the creation of "dumb devils," whom Satan hides behind and uses to carry out wicked deeds. At this point is where the group of wise persons, known as The Illuminati, was mentioned.

The Illuminati, the Minister explained, is a secret society that was established in the late 18th Century in Europe, which is comprised largely today of the richest people in the world-international bankers who control mainstream media, the work force, educational systems, companies, banks, energy supplies and governments.

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He also delved into the significance of the year 1913, when the Defamation League [sic] of B'nai B'rith and the FBI were formed, as well as Congress' passing of the Federal Reserve Act which legalized international bankers to print money.

These links are interesting for a few reasons. The Rev. Moon is a creationist denialist, and Jonathan Wells, a member of the Unification Church, famously got his PhD training at Moon's request in order to help him throw a wrench into evolutionary science (deception again). That he's influencing the NOI and Farrakhan in particular is scary, not like he needed any help in appearing anti-Semitic and paranoid, and it's sad that it is likely so many people will show up to these marches to be led by a person who has time and again shown he is full of hate towards Jews and talked about how great Hitler was (he hasn't progressed to holocaust denial but it appears the only reason for that seems to be that he feels the holocaust makes white people look evil - no kidding).

The other thing I'd suggest this highlights is just how stupid conspiracy theories are and how people who believe in them are almost always doing so to protect some over-valued idea, in this case I'm betting anti-Semitism. Conspiracy theories are just idiotic, people who believe in them or express them are not to be listened to, and on a more sinister note, they at best represent paranoia on the part of the individual, and at worst, racism and bigotry.

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