"Ben Weider...envisioned the IFBB as more than just a bodybuilding organization."
- Dominic Certo, O.S.J., Liaison For The IFBB, Flex Magazine, March 1988, 149
"We're one family. Our slogan is "Body Building is important for Nation Building."
-Ben Weider, C.M., Ph.D.(1)
For his notion that bodybuilding leads to nation building,(2) and his work to bring all people together regardless of national, racial, or religious backgrounds, Ben Weider was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.(3)
Ben Weider has an infatuation with the emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte. One bodybuilder put it this way:
"Ben had a passion for Napoleonic memorabilia, including in his private collection, a priceless lock of Bonaparte's hair. If that isn't a warning sign, what is?" (4)
Time after time Ben Weider has gone on record expressing his passion for Napoleon and what Napoleon believed in. Consider the following:
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"What sparked my interest in the emperor Napoleon can be summed up in three words: "Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity"... I believe in the same basic principles he did."(6)
"Napoleon's vision," says Ben, "was to create a United States of Europe, where there would be one currency, one law for everyone, free trade, and no borders - liberty, equality, and fraternity for all."(7)
This concept of Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity is the fundamental principle of Freemasonry!(8)
Probably the most telling statement was made when Ben Weider said:
"The French Emperor Napoleon was a role model for me because he believed in "equality, fraternity, and liberty"... if you read the logo of our federation, you will see that this is basically what Napoleon believed in."(9)
Napoleon Bonaparte was a part of illuminized freemasonry.(10) Ben Weider has referred to him as "one of the most enlightened leaders of the world..."(11) The dictionary definition of illuminati is "persons claiming to possess superior enlightenment."(12)
This idea of one currency, one law for everyone, and having no borders is often referred to as a One-World Government or New World Order. (13)
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In his book New World Order, Ralph Epperson states:
"The goal of a one world government is not a new thought. One of the earliest formal organizations that supported the concepts was the Illuminati, founded on May 1st, 1776 by Adam Weishaupt... A more modern organization that supports the coming changes is the Masonic order called simply, the Freemasons or the Masons."(14)
Freemasonry's goal is to destroy Christianity and unite all world governments under a one-world government ruled by Lucifer.(15)
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads: And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. - Revelation 13:16 & 17
I encourage you to read the entire chapter of Revelation 13 which tells us of a world government that is to come which will be ruled by the Antichrist. A world where all will be equals, with one form of currency and there will be no borders...the whole world will be affected.
There is only one way out and that is to accept Christ as your Savior!
Footnotes:
1. Body Magazine, (April 2000), 214
2. Flex, (January 1993), 242
3. Flex, (October 1986), 88
4. Sam Fussell, Muscle (New York: Perennial, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 1991) 134
5. Flex, (January 1993), 245
6. Natural Muscle Magazine, (December 2001), 19
7. Flex, (October 1986), 88
8. Masonic Holy Bible, Master Reference Edition, (Wichita, KS: Devore and Sons, 1988) Introductory Matter
9. Flex, (January 1993), 243
10. Gary H Kah, Enroute To Global Occupation, (Lafayette, LA: Huntington House Publishers, 1991) 28
11. Natural Muscle Magazine, (December 2001), 19
12. Random House Webster's Dictionary, (New York: Random House, 1996) 671
13. Dr Cathy Burns, A One World Order Is Coming! Who Will Rule?, (Mt Carmel, PA: Sharing, 1997) 6 and 8
14. A Ralph Epperson, The New World Order, (Tucson, AZ: Publius Press, 1990) 2
15. Dwight L Kinman, The World's Last Dictator, (Springdale, PA: Whitaker House, 1993) 15 and 16