Skeptic Project

One of the first threads I made here was one about all the 'occult symbolism' to be found in Lady Gaga's videos. I thought it would be fun to revisit that site with this hilarious article of theirs.

http://vigilantcitizen.com/?p=3925

Basically, some videos of celebrities talking about the evils of Hollywood and have you have to 'sell your soul to the devil' to succeed sometimes. Now, a normal person would read this as 'the evils' being the fame, corruption, etc. and 'selling your soul to the devil' as selling out your values or morals to make money. But not this guy! For him, the evils of Hollywood are literally evil entities, and the phrase 'selling your soul to the devil' is to be taken quite literally.

The comments section is more saddening/hilarious, with gems such as

"WOWSERZ, real video proof!"

"wow. thank you for covering the black people in dresses."

"the bob dylan vid did it for me, nothing else!"

Couldn't he (and the other person with her video up, Melyssa Ford) possibly be just making a joking/metaphorical reference to the old folk tale of the blues singer who sells his soul to devil to rock out on the fiddle? No, it MUST be taken literally!

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How could we have been so blind??

Browsing that site, I've come to realize that anything ever published has 'Illuminati symbolism' if you try hard enough to make it up.

Oh shit, he's figured out the truth behind our site! Shut it down! Let's get the hell out of here!

I got this email regarding this post:

I know to you guys that this web site is off the wall and crazy. But a advice that you should not ignore it and demiss it out of hand. Lets take for example the Hidden Hand; why do so meny powerful men did it. It is after all it is a maeson symbole.

Hidden Hand Article

http://vigilantcitizen.com/?p=2536

P.S. I hope that you read all of what is on the site before making up yor mind.

This is my response:

You seriously think someone has to read everything by a person, in this case several thousand articles, in order to find out whether or not one is bullshit?

The author of the article ignores the second quote when he says "Unless all the individuals discussed in this article had stomach ulcer or deformed hands, the gesture of hiding one’s hand simply has to have a specific meaning." Why can't it be because painters don't like to paint hands? It was a traditional pose for military men during the Victorian and later periods. So what? Not to mention Stalin wasn't a Mason at all, but George Washington was.

But yes, the pose is also used in Masonic ritual, but that doesn't mean everyone who uses it is automatically a Mason. Consider this: perhaps those who made it famous to pose like that for paintings were Masons, and because it looked regal, fancy, or was easier for painters, others copied it -- or the opposite can be true, maybe the Masons took it because it looked regal or fancy. Blind folds are also a part of traditional part of many Masonic rituals, does this mean every statue of Justice represents Freemasonry, or blind folding before a firing squad was created by Freemasons?

For every leader you can find posing like that, I'd bet dollars to doughnuts you can find 10 that have never posed like that, even ones that are confirmed Freemasons.

PS. Why'd you email this instead of posting it on Facebook?

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Contains the rest of that quote by Tom Holmberg that VC cut off. VC frames the quote so it appears that Tom only answers for Napoleon and can't address the other prominent figures striking this pose, when in reality he does give the reasons why. Apparently, it was a pretty wide-spread practice back in the day... to the point that artists were jokingly accused of not knowing how to paint hands. I guess they were all freemasons showing off the 'hidden hand', eh?

Joe contacted me about it as well, claiming that because I had said something about a different book, I was thusly lying to him about Grand Chessboard. Yes, he is that fucking retarded:

http://conspiracyscience.com/site/hate-mail/view/58/to-edward/