The sum of all Religion

All Religion is intertwined all myths are intertwined and linked to Religion.  They are all based loosely on facts and stories based down to explain the ways of the world.

All religions are the key to the ancients; all stories are rooted in myth or in the eyes of a simple people who used the Gods to explain the unknown. 

If you look at the tale of Noah it describes to a people that were moved to another place the basic principal of a journey possibly from another world.  It was written to explain in simple terms that people of the time could understand.  If it was written today a tale from another world in a Spacecraft would not be a far-fetched tale.

There are myths and legends in of Ivanhoe and King Arthur and Ivanhoe all rooted in Myth.  In King Arthur he sought what all men seek the Truth.  In Ivanhoe he fights with the black Knight which represents our inner demons.  These are both things that all men fear or seek.  We look for the truth in all aspects of Life and we fight with our inner demons.  This is no different then what all religions preach the finding of truth and guiding us to find our inner peace through a divine power.

In Christianity we have the temptation of the Devil or Satan with Jesus.  Here is an example from the bible

Matthew 4:1-11New International Version (NIV)

Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness

4 Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted[a] by the devil. 2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry. 3 The tempter came to him and said, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”

4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’[b]”

5 Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple. 6 “If you are the Son of God,” he said, “throw yourself down. For it is written:

“‘He will command his angels concerning you,

    and they will lift you up in their hands,

    so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.’[c]”

7 Jesus answered him, “It is also written: ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’[d]”

8 Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor.

 9 “All this I will give you,” he said, “if you will bow down and worship me.”

10 Jesus said to him, “Away from me, Satan! For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.’[e]”

11 Then the devil left him, and angels came and attended him.

In all the Ancient myths or religions and modern religion it is intertwined.  The Ancient Gods have been combined into one God in all mainstream modern religions.

Jihad is a factor to induce fear it is man fearing or taking the unknown about another religion and acting out to the extreme.  That is my take on way someone would act in that way.  Part of Jihadism is the art of brainwashing someone in to going to the extreme and taking things too far. 

As I have mentioned in earlier chapters brainwashing or hypnosis is easy and has been around since the dawn of time.  It is easy to make the weaker mind believe and together they will rise up.  Hitler was a shear Master he made a nation believe.  Then there was Napoleon, for the French, Alexander the Great for the Greeks who did the same they were all great speakers.  They were able to take a country that had been devastated or had lost it sense of identity and deliver to greatness even if it was for a short time.  They all had great egos that brought them to their final defeat.  They wanted it all and extended their domains too far and too fast.  That is the same with the inner workings of a every man in our everyday lives Religion myth and History can teach this all to us in many ways.

The Key to all great Legends, Myths and Religion is that they are not history but are simply away of guiding man on his path or his Destiny give us the power to make our own choices in life.  If we go beyond what we know to be our comfort zone and the ties some of our worlds may collapse because we lose our Security.  The choices we make and the roads we take that extend us beyond what we know is what defines us.  The greats of History and the modern world still do this they rise up and bring people around them up. Are they Gods would they have been perceived as a God.

The Gods want us to exeed the ancients they want us to continually grow and nurture the mind question the ties that hold us the bonds that are put on us.  The myths and tales in the bible teach us to understand and look at things differently.  The Bible is far from historical fact but a mere god with maybe pieces of History loosely woven in to the tales describing the lands where it came from.  The kings were likely true figures and their exploits created made them legends.

The key to all myths and religions is understand them and in turn it will help us understand our neighbours of different religions and ethnicity.  We share this planet with many different Cultures religions and Ancient Civilizations long lost.  Maybe a deeper understanding of this will allow us to unlock greater mysteries; in ourselves.

The Earth is a wondrous place and a true student of man will understand and grow to appreciate the world and people we live with.