Was thinking of the first religious war that has taken place on Planet Earth. From a Western/Christian perspective i think many have taken place. The Bible has reference to Empires and Game of thrones. The Bible also talks of War and God in it. The source of all religious conflicts in the past and present has roots in the Bible. Those who inherit the earth have to live with the Human Condition man has concocted. The past and current Human condition deals with God and Identity.
I did a little digging on the History of the Bible and origins that share such violent History. All stories relate to Fight for ones identity. The Story of Maccabees is such of a kind. The theme is on survival and identity. The thing that i find funny is that the Book of Maccabees was not kept in the King James Version Bible. I guess the Torah too does not have anything to do with the Book of Maccabees. I find it strange that the Book of Maccabees has no religious significance in texts. Al tough Jews acknowledge Maccabees with the Festival of Lights Hanukkah. The Catholic Bible has acknowledged the book in their Bible.
I was wondering what if there are more stories of survival and identity not known to man. Like it or not most of them have the fight of survival in it. All one can get from religious texts is about the Fight for Survival. There is nothing hunky dory about it is what i feel. Many have to deal with the past in the present because of the importance of Religion in today's world .
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