[concerned about politics]

I know that many pagan rituals have been "Christianized" by the Church in the past, which was actually a good idea, took something bad and used it to remind of of Christ(e.g. Christmas Trees). But honestly the "Roman Bablylonian Brotherhood" theory reeks of conspiracy theory stuff. I wouldn't call it simple history at all.

No. It's fact. Like I said, it happened back during the Inquisition. Rome needed the Church to fight. The rituals bled over into Catholicism. That's why they're not found in the Bible.
Today, there's still a Babylonian Brotherhood, but I have no idea what they're up to now.

[rmichaelj]

again, source please?

[Rutles4Ever]

The Inquisition had zero to do with the "Romanization" of the Church. The Seat of Peter - the Bishop of Rome - was considered the naval of the faith long before the Inquisition, which was launched to counter the Catharists who insisted that Jesus did not have a Divine nature and that heaven and hell existed side-by-side (equal in power)

[rmichaelj]

OK, since you wouldn't give me a source on the "Babylonian Brotherhood" I looked it up myself on the internet. The very questionable "sources" I found seem to describe a secret race of men/extraterestrials who interbred with reptiles sometime after the great flood and who now have a secret organization controlling the world.

Sigh.

I'm moving on now.