Ангелы и демоны

Chapter 11

           "WhentheyfledRome,theytraveledacrossEuropelookingforasafeplacetoregroup.Theyweretakeninbyanothersecretsociety…abrotherhoodofwealthyBavarianstonecraftsmencalledtheFreemasons."

           Kohlerlookedstartled."TheMasons?"

           Langdonnodded,notatallsurprisedthatKohlerhadheardofthegroup.ThebrotherhoodoftheMasonscurrentlyhadoverfivemillionmembersworldwide,halfofthemresidingintheUnitedStates,andoveronemillionoftheminEurope.

           "CertainlytheMasonsarenotsatanic,"Kohlerdeclared,soundingsuddenlyskeptical.

           "Absolutelynot.TheMasonsfellvictimoftheirownbenevolence.Afterharboringthefleeingscientistsinthe1700s,theMasonsunknowinglybecameafrontfortheIlluminati.TheIlluminatigrewwithintheirranks,graduallytakingoverpositionsofpowerwithinthelodges.TheyquietlyreestablishedtheirscientificbrotherhooddeepwithintheMasons—akindofsecretsocietywithinasecretsociety.ThentheIlluminatiusedtheworldwideconnectionofMasoniclodgestospreadtheirinfluence."

           Langdondrewacoldbreathbeforeracingon."ObliterationofCatholicismwastheIlluminati’scentralcovenant.Thebrotherhoodheldthatthesuperstitiousdogmaspewedforthbythechurchwasmankind’sgreatestenemy.Theyfearedthatifreligioncontinuedtopromotepiousmythasabsolutefact,scientificprogresswouldhalt,andmankindwouldbedoomedtoanignorantfutureofsenselessholywars."

           "Muchlikeweseetoday."

           Langdonfrowned.Kohlerwasright.Holywarswerestillmakingheadlines.MyGodisbetterthanyourGod.

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