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Is the suppression of knowlege typical of those in power?1) The Catholic Church
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wyclif%27s_Bible
Wyclif's Bible is the name now given to a group of Bible translations into Middle English that were made under
the direction of, or at the instigation of, John Wycliffe. They appeared over a period from approximately 1382 to
1395.[1] These Bible translations were the chief inspiration and chief cause of the Lollard movement, a pre-Reformation
movement that rejected many of the distinctive teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. In the early Middle
Ages, most Christian people encountered the Bible only in the form of oral versions of scriptures, verses and
homilies in Latin. At that time, only the educated (and those wealthy enough to become educated) could read
and understand Latin. Wycliffe’s idea was to translate the Bible into the language of the common people, giving
them the chance to read the Bible and develop their own interpretation of it, rather than the Church’s condensed
and biased version.
The Council of Constance (1415) condemned Wyclif's views, and his remains were exhumed and burned.
2) The Catholic Church
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Modern_English_Bible_translations#Tyndale.27s_Bible
William Tyndale was the first figure in this period. Tyndale was a priest who graduated at Oxford, was a student
in Cambridge when Martin Luther posted his theses at Wittenberg and was troubled by the problems within the
Church. In 1523, taking advantage of the recent invention of the printing press, Tyndale began to cast the Scriptures
into English. His aims were simple but ambitious (as expressed to an educated man): "I defy the Pope and all
his laws: and if God spare my life, ere many years I will cause a boy that driveth the plough shall know more
of the Scriptures than thou dost." Within his lifetime, only his New Testament and part of his Old Testament
were published.
At last, after much reasoning, when no reason would serve, although he deserved no death, he was condemned
by virtue of the emperor's decree, made in the assembly at Augsburg. Brought forth to the place of execution, he
was tied to the stake, strangled by the hangman, and afterwards consumed with fire, at the town of Vilvorde, A.D. 1536;
crying at the stake with a fervent zeal, and a loud voice, "Lord! open the king of England's eyes."
3) Slave owners
Most slaves were not allowed to read or write because their owners felt they would run away and use their education to make a better living.
4) Governments through the ages
Women, as a group, have often been denied an education.
5) The Protestant Church & England
The Church and State of England engineered very restrictive Irish penal laws in Ireland against the Catholic majority of that country.
6) Our public school system sometimes tells us lies? (see this lnk)
See "What did they teach you in school today? -- dear little boy of mine."
7) The suppressive action (including house arrest for years) by the Catholoic Church against Galileo and his theories about the structure of the universe.
8) Are we the American people now being kept in ignorance?
In my study of the money system in the U.S.A. It often seems to me, Martin R. Carbone, that much written
by the Federal Reserve System about our money supply and the operation of banks is written in such a way
as to hide the truth behind the system from the American public.
See #18 to 22 of the "capital asset ratio report. Are there lots of people trying to hide the true nature of
our money supply because they have a vested interest in the ignorance of the general public?
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