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Decoding the Past: Secrets of the Dollar Bill

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After watching this DVD I was amaze by all the encryptions on the dollar bill. I knew some of the symbols, but had no clue as to what some of the meanings were. This DVD is clearly amazing. I'm glad I bought it. I used it to give a speech, the topic of course was the Dollar Bill. The audience was stun after the presentation. I couldn't help but feel their reaction because that's how I felt after watching the DVD. Great educational tool.

How can you not love conspiracies? There are a lot of conspiracies that deal with the dollar bill. This DVD goes into detail about explaining the codes and secrets that are on the dollar bill, things that I never noticed before. Things like:

Why is there a pyramid on the great seal on the dollar bill? What does it have to do with US history? Also, why does it have a "seeing eye" at the top?

Why is the number 13 represented a few times on the back of the dollar bill? Does it have satanic references? Devil symbolism? For that matter, why is there a pentagram on the dollar bill? Again, is it the occult?

Is it really true that some of the founding fathers didn't want a Bald Eagle on the on the state symbol? Why not? If not, then what bird did they want to have on it?

What's with all the Latin on the back of US currency? What could it mean, and what promised does it hold?

Did the Masons really have a lot of influence over the design over the dollar bill? What secrets and codes did they put in it, and what could it mean?

Well my friends, I'm glad you asked. This DVD answers all of the above questions, and tells you more secrets and clues that are hidden in and on the Dollar bill.

This was such a great DVD and it will hold you attention. I can promise you that if you get it, you won't be sorry. I know I wasn't. Codes, clues and conspiracies are everywhere, if you know where to look.

Its great. And if you are a freemason You will love it even more.

..except for the fact that Ralph Epperson was part of the program...but we will get back to Epperson later...
"Secrets of the dollar bill " explores some of the ideas behind the symbols that appear on the dollar note,most specificly the two-sided "great seal" that is to be found on the back of every dollar in circulation..
There is no real mystery involved in the"masonic" influences to be found in a number of the symbols both on the dollar bill and in other aspects relating to our"founding fathers"..George Washington,afterall was not only a freemason but both proud and public about it..Many images survive from his lifetime in which Washington wears the masonic apron and/or is shown participating in masonic ritual..Along with Washington a number of other"founding fathers" were also masons,so it should come as no real surprise to anyone that thier masonic training may well have intruded into thier thoughts regarding the new nation and its purpose or,for that matter,may well have been incorporated into the symbols used to define the new nation.
To date no one has produced any reasonable proof that the freemasons are a dangerous or "evil" group,but because they are a closed,by-invitation-only association a number of individuals with a lot of time on thier hands and nothing reasonable or logical to do with that time have decided that the "secret" nature of freemasonry is a cover for some nefarious plot...
Conspiracy author Ralph Epperson was one of the individuals interviewed for this History channel program..Author of a tome ponderously entitled"The New World Order" Epperson has apparently decided that the freemasons threaten the alledged"christian" values of this country...One need only listen to him during this program to see how frightening his conclusions are..For example he makes much out of the"secret" nature of masonic meetings,noting that"you or I' can't attend them,"not even the media",and that "if" something bad is going on in the lodge all of this secret stuff hides it from the rest of us..Hey ! Ralph,I've got some news for you..neither you nor I can attend a lot of regularly held meetings,from the national security council,the closed-session senate and house meetings,down to board meetings of corporations,and even such mundane get-togethers as bridge clubs or executive meetings of the boy and girl scouts of america..Just because something is not open to your inspection does not mean that it is an on-going plot to take over the world..
Then we have the number thirteen...It appears a lot on the dollar bill..According to Epperson it is the number of satan..OOOOOH...apparently the fact that our nation was originally made up of THIRTEEN colonies went right over Epperson's head..And all of his talk about how the pyramid,the"All Seeing Eye" and suchlike represent some alternative religion,one that is a threat to the "christian" values that alledgedly are representative of what this country is supposed to stand for become a bit much..The last time that I checked ours was a SECULAR nation,one that had no official religion...I don't feel threatened in the least either by whatever masonic symbols the "founding fathers" may have incorporated into the dollar bill or by any wide-ranging plot to form a one world government..Heck,come to think of it a one world government might not be such a bad thing afterall,given the continual chaos,war and worse that the current sysyem has given us over the past centuries..
Take Epperson and his dubious conspiracy notions out of the program and"Secrets of the dollar bill" is a very informative piece.Both sides are well represented without someone like Epperson to cast unfounded aspersions and make wild claims.

This rather short video (45 min) investigates what's up with the symbolism on American currency.
At least three or four sides interviewed:
- conspiracy theorist (suggesting that symbolism is masonic/occult)
- mason (suggesting that symbolism reflects the spirit of the age when seal was introduced)
- government official (to give snippets of the official story)
- some other person - author of decoding da vinci code (either gnostic, new-ager, pagan, or something similar to that sort of 'spirituality')
- and couple others..

The video is somewhat balanced as to letting all sides being represented. This can be disputed, but even though some comments were blatantly wrong by some persons, I still think it wasn't spoiled that bad, because other sides were given an opportunity to retaliate.

HINT: Christian can NOT be a Freemason and a Freemason can NOT be a Christian. Why is that? For the same reason as why pluralist can NOT be a Christian. These two positions exclude each other. One suggests exclusive religious claims, while other includes other religions.
Both Jesus Christ - the person after whom the Christianity is named, and the his disciples where not pluralist. This is evident by Jesus's claims and dixiples' claims:
a.) Jesus: "Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6)
b.) Peter (and John) while speaking Before the Sanhedrin: "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved." (Acts 4:12).
So, when you hear toward the end of the video that a person says that some of the founding fathers of America were 'Freemasons and good Christians', he says something similar to 'there are square circles'.
Other than that, presented views are somewhat internally consistent (I mean consistent with their own other statements).

A lot of cable companies show documentaries right when movies are released. "The Real 300," "The Truth Behind Amistad," "Cinderella Man Himself," etc. I don't know of the film companies push the cable companies to do it or vice versa. But this documentary is clearly meant to get viewers to see or rent Nick Cage's film. It also has a "Da Vinci Code" vibe/imitation in it too.

The narrator says, "There are many 13's on the dollar bill. It must be because of the freemasons." Hello! There were originally 13 colonies. Why can't that be the reason?

The work did not make me want to study the dollar bills in my pocket. It didn't make me think, "Wow! Our American currency is just so awesome!" It really just reminded me of that "Simpsons" episode with Patrick Stewart where a secret society becomes the "No-Homers."