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EXCLUSIVITY OF MEMBERSHIP

By Dr. Sterling Lands, II


The exclusivity of membership is one European society’s most powerful weapons in the western world. History is replete with the tracks of exclusive societies. Accounts of individuals who guarded the vital statistical data of ancient societies and of leaders, meeting in secret, who directed the course of civilization are recorded in the writings of all people. The foundational information of these groups is thought to be so profound that only a chosen, well-educated few are able comprehend it and use it. These leaders use their special knowledge for the benefit of the group that they represent.
There is an importance with certain unlimited privileges attached to being a member of the exclusive group. There is the religious reinforcement of the superior status of those included and the inferior status of those excluded. There is the use of signs, code words and symbols that perform valuable functions of maintaining and expanding privileges. There are certain rituals that serve to instill special feelings of belonging and comradeship that are shared between the participants. These feelings are emotions born of initiation and bind the participants for life. These rituals include birthday celebrations, primary education, secondary education, academic degree attainment, etc. Rituals perform several functions which make up the nucleus of the exclusive group. Important aspects of human thought are engaged to train the participants and maintain their well being. They are taught through demonstration that they are the most significant species on the planet. They are taught that they are safe and secure from within and need not be dependent on any outside entity. They are taught that they belong to the superior group and that they are totally accepted without portfolio. They are taught the art and science of deception and subterfuge. And they are taught the immense power of denial even in the face of overwhelming proof of guilt. At the highest levels within the exclusive group, members believe that religion is a tool to control the masses. Knowledge is their only god. The snake and the dragon are the symbols of wisdom. Lucifer is the personification of the symbols. It was Lucifer who tempted Eve to entice Adam to eat of the tree of knowledge and thus free man from the bonds of ignorance. William Cooper author of Behold A Pale Horse, states “The worship of knowledge, science, or technology is Satanism in its purest form, and its god is Lucifer. Its secret symbol is the all-seeing eye in the pyramid.” The Black Africans and their descendants have been categorically shut out of the exclusive group since before the 16th century. We are constantly reminded of who we are not in the main stream media. Our insatiable desire to be one of the elect is something that no power on earth has been able to lessen or destroy. It is what gives the exclusive group a political base. We know that the exclusive members vote the same and give each other preferential treatment in daily business, in the legal system and in social activities. We will go to any extent and sell out any body including ourselves to be accepted by the exclusive group. We fantasize about being able to say, “I belong to the elect. ”The Black Church for the most part has ceased to be the Black Church in an attempt to be accepted by the exclusive group. We have pictures of a white Christ and white angels and white disciples, and white prophets and white apostles all over our Church walls and education facilities. We subliminally see deity as white. We must unplug from this matrix of insanity.