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Illuminati (to demythicize or enlighten in Latin), was first established for the pursuit of pure enlightenment. During 1776, Europe was in its middle ages, obsessed with religion. Religious trials and witch trials were held frequently, and people were forced to obey the church. Weishaupt thought the current society was into religion too heavily, and decides to make an organization that enforces rationalism ideals and the freedom of belief. The main goal of this organization was to tear down the corrupted churches authority by dividing religion from the government. To recruit members and strengthen the organization (but must be held secretly), Weishaupt decides to benchmark Freemasonry, which was influential as a secret society. Illuminati strengthened its force by accepting members who had high economic or social powers, and influenced people to be active by making a class system inside the community. Weishaupt also recruited Illuminati members inside the Freemasonry community. By these strategies, Illuminati became a powerful organization that encompasses politics, economy, and society, with the members of approximately 2000 people. Their anti-religious ideas also became increasingly sophisticated and spread around the world, including France, Hungary, Italia, Poland and many more. At the time, European governments and clerics feared a real revolution. Since Illuminati had a distinctively large number of social elites, the possibility of revolution was sufficient. The church forces framed Illuminati as a Satanist community, and guided by the Pope and Karl Theodor, they succeed to isolate the remaining forces and expel Weishauput from the university. Illuminati is known to be "vanished" after this incident,

but it is still believed to exist...

==="Proofs" of Illuminati===