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Summary: opus dei secrets of the church
Review: opus dei is said to mean work pd god ,yet why is it that it refers to oedipus, . the one man who was ably to answer the riddle. The shynx by the way can be seen in the Mona Lisa, as written of by oscar wild a member of the priory of sion. He also wrote the play salome, salomina in italian. Can you spell salomina using the word mona lisa? yes you can, lift the 7th letter and she reveals who she is. The egyptian sphnx gaurds th secret to the dead. Is Mona Lisa short for madonna elisabeth, st. elisabeth, the mother of John the Baptist. She has been diagnosed a having the symtoms of pegnancy. there is much more but if you want to know the big secret that she holds. Look at Da Vincis androginous John the Baptist, and also notice the difference in size in the left hand, it is covered by the right hand,
What is she hiding. Its in the Last Supper, and also in the earliest depiction in 520 ce, then after years of no depictions shows up in 1045, and suggest an amputated left limb.
Oddly mel gibsons only cameo shot in the hours of film is the left hand being nailed to the cross. He also portrays satan as an androdine, like the hermaphrodite john the Baptist.MelGot cute, he gave it away thinking he would have something to toy with. He knows its one of the biggest lies in history, but if it serves the purpose of opus day and the neo nazi councils to the vatican, especially the newly established head of the office of the inquisitor, the anti semetic gay bashing Cardinal Josheph Ratzinger of Bavaria no less. All the better, your dealing with a group of sociopathic fascist, who will do anything to maintain power.
Money is the bottom line, power, and the necessity to blame jews, gays and others to create and foster hatred. Sound to me like Hitler used the same thing.
Forget the truth, what you seee are wolves in sheeps clothing.
.They all need therapy and a have no intention of giving up such a wonderful sadomasochistic gig. Sick is the word, pathetic and rotten to the core.
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Summary: ideology: pretending to possess the truth
Review: The classical example of pre-judice: litterally a judgment already decided. The thesis of this book were there before even trying to understand this institution. The pages were written only to denigrate Opus Dei and the Cathloic Church. A true example of "tollerance": if your ideas are not in line with mine, then I need to destroy you. A book which don't worth even the paper on which it has been printed. Full of lies and manipulated reality to picture the author's own world.
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Summary: Thy Kingdom Come, Thy will be done
Review: THe writer rightly intuits that Opus Dei have a major role to play in the new world order, but had no access to their divine guidance. So the book is accurate in attributing significance to them but wrong in its interpretation.
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Summary: False book
Review: This book has very high biased opinion over the Opus Dei. I don't believe in anything I've read in it.
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Summary: God's Work? The New Templars.
Review: This book is a lot of salacious rumor and scandal involving Opus Dei and the secret maneuverings of the Vatican. There's a lot of talk of the Banco Ambrosiano scandal, the mysterious deaths of certain key individuals including Pope John Paul I, and the inner structure of a "secret society" which is determined to win the West back for the Church. Some disturbing aspects about the relationship between Islam and Christianity are examined, as well as the workings of the United Nations. If you remember when the Pope visited Jerusalem during the millennium celebration, you will recall how intense this moment was as the three major monotheistic world religions met. Whether or not Opus Dei is gearing up for a Crusade ("cybernetic" or otherwise) against the Islamic fundamentalists, I really have no idea.
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Summary: God's Work? The New Templars.
Review: This book is a lot of salacious rumor and scandal involving Opus Dei and the secret maneuverings of the Vatican. There's a lot of talk of the Banco Ambrosiano scandal, the mysterious deaths of certain key individuals including Pope John Paul I, and the inner structure of a "secret society" which is determined to win the West back for the Church. Some disturbing aspects about the relationship between Islam and Christianity are examined, as well as the workings of the United Nations. If you remember when the Pope visited Jerusalem during the millennium celebration, you will recall how intense this moment was as the three major monotheistic world religions met. Whether or not Opus Dei is gearing up for a Crusade ("cybernetic" or otherwise) against the Islamic fundamentalists, I really have no idea.
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Summary: How sensationalism can replace realism
Review: This book is loaded with sensational "revelations" - all you have to do is replace rational thought with gullibility and have a rollicking read. As with many books of this genre, the author relies upon suggestion, rather than proof to support his thesis. What "may have happened" in one chapter becomes fact when repeated in another. The result is something more akin to a cross between tabloid journalism and a witchhunt, than serious investigation. The author follows the path of Opus Dei founder, Monseigneur Escrivar and the organisation itself. Interwoven are tales of alleged financial improriety, neafrious dealings in the vatican, and shadowy right wing conspiracies. Sadly, nothing in this book goes much beyond unproven conjecture. Along the way there is a vigorous defence of Liberation theology, which was at the root of decades of civil war in Latin America, and a staunch effort by the author to equate anyone opposed to it with the CIA or worse. There is no denying that the Catholic Church was involved in a political fight during the Cold War. With many millions of Catholics locked behind the Iron Curtain, and the Church struggling for its very survival, that is not surprising. What is surprising is that the author put any consideration of these factors aside when writing his work.
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Summary: An enlightening read
Review: This is an amazing and enlightening read. One can only wonder at the nerve and the perserverence that must have gone into the indepth research, the powerful rendition of such a penetrating appaisal of the Opus Dei, which appears here as a very occult, hypocritical and powerful fundamentalist society. In his past exposés, Hutchinson has always provided entertaining and insightful reading. But, here he has outdone himself. It is a pleasure to know that there still exist such examples of honest and daring investigative literature. Congratulations should also be extended to the publishers for their courage in printing such a contraversial subject.
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Summary: Superbly Researched and Written
Review: This is an excellent book - superbly researched and written. I would imagine that any previous negative reviews were submitted by Opus Dei sympathizers. That's fine, of course. Everyone has the right to their own opinion. It is therefore my opinion that anyone who is interested in the machinations of the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church should buy this book and digest it thoroughly.
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Summary: A brave expose of a cowardly organization.
Review: Those who criticize Hutchinson for using expressions like "Octopus Dei" and proceed to espouse, in all seriousness, a war against Islam, must dislike Hutchinsons's jokes because they have absolutely no sense of humor. It is hard to call Opus Dei a cult, and hard to call it dangerous, and hard to call it a font of lies. I am sad to say, despite the thousands of devout (and deluded) adherents of its doctrines, my own experience has taught me that Opus Dei is like a whited sepulchre. Tina Bell
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