Essay on Religion, the Silent Warlord

In the past, many great civilizations were heavily influenced by religion. Their religious beliefs inspired and shaped their art, culture, architecture, and technology, and helped drive their progress forward.

Through history, religion has shaped civilizations in several aspects. In ancient Indian and Egyptian civilizations it was very strong shaping force in political structures, but both the religious beliefs and the resulting political system were different, just like pharaohs were different from rajas.

Religion has been a major factor for the growth and development of societies since the establishment of even the very first ancient civilizations. Though each of the ancient societies—the Chinese, the Egyptians, the Indians, and the Mesopotamians—had different spiritual beliefs, they each shared the common belief that the presence of religion within a civilization would have positive results upon the entire civilization.

“ By all the gods that romans bow before I here discard my sickness soul of Rome “

His writing becomes even more harsh as the Wars progress, eventually exclaiming “I cannot but think that the seditious would have changed their minds at [the sight of the gathering Roman army] unless the crimes they had committed against the people had been so horrid, that they despaired of forgiveness from the Romans; but as they believed death with torments must be their punishment, if they did not go on in the defense of the city, they thought it much better to die in war. Fate also prevailed so far over them, that the innocent were to perish with the guilty, and the city was to be destroyed with the seditious that were in it,” (Wars 5.354). Again, Josephus is developing this notion that it is proper to side historically with the Romans because it is God's will that they be the victors and rule over the Jews, and that the Jews brought this fate down upon themselves by their error. Even the headings for several of his chapters point to this belief; “Concerning The Seditions At Jerusalem And What Terrible Miseries Afflicted The City By Their Means,” being one particularly forceful example. He finally concludes that, “And evident it is that fortune is on all hands gone over to [the Romans]; and that God, when he had gone round the nations with this dominion, is now settled in Italy,”

This fact becomes visible when Rome exiles Camillus and the chaos in Rome which follows. Because Camillus possessed a superiority above the individual roman, the honor which the people owed to him he was a representation of the honor that Rome also owed to the gods. Thus, when the Romans drove him out of the city, it was a physical representation of them driving out pietas, religion; a direct attack on the ideals of the individual roman citizen. When the gods warned the people of the gauls invasion, they commanded a certain

The medieval Crusade was a huge holy war which was sanctioned by the pope and conducted against the Muslim group which was the enemies of the Christian religion. The Crusades were multiple wars fought by Christians and Muslims from Europe over who had control over Jerusalem and other holy places. In this paper, I will give a brief history on the first and last Crusades and then elaborate on the root causes of the Crusades.

He pleads with them to take pitty. He wants the people to see his side therefore in his mind confirming he is right and the Greeks had infact cheated the

The final question to be answered is about why the Romans were threatened by Jesus’ claims about being the messiah, the Son of God. The reason being for the Romans feeling threatened is that the Romans believed the Son of God was their king. Jesus was put on the Earth to bring a change and to teach about life after death; to be a light for the Jewish people. The Romans, however, were worried about their way of life coming to an end.

Politics and religion in the world of today aren’t subjects that generally go hand in hand in our own society. This was not always the case however; in Europe the two were synonymous up until relatively recently, (recently meant in the loosest sense of the word,) and are still closely tied in foreign parts of the world, the most obvious example being the Middle East. The duos intimate relationship was exemplified during the late sixteenth century, extending into the seventeenth century, during a series of wars which would later on come to be called “the wars of religion.” But is this title completely appropriate? For wars claiming to be centered on religion, they seem to carry an awfully heavy load of political baggage. In fact, one

Religion can invade, conquer, and rule masses of people far more effectively and efficiently than any empire or conqueror. This is not to spark a heated discussion about religions. Its purpose is, to say that, even though it is highly debatable whether religions are false or true, most of them serve a very basic purpose of establishing morals and values. Early religions were used as a source of power and economic growth. Even if one doesn’t believe in or agree with the teachings of any religion, history shows proof that it creates a sense of order. There are many religions in the past that have brought order and civilized conduct to large numbers of people, not through military conquest, but through the promise of reward or the fear of punishment. Religion is the glue that binds local communities into nationhood and creates common understandings and shared values that are essential to the growth of a civilization. No religion is fully formed at its start, so why did some religion play such a big role in growth of the Ancient Civilizations.

It is at this point that Rome, and most of all romans, shew their patriotism, and decided that

The debate between whether religion cause war or not based on their impression of religion; furthermore, it is unreasonably clear about what does and does not permit like a religion. Countries such as Islam are fated while certain others, like nationalism, are subjectively ignored. Authors used different theories such as absolutist, divisive, and absurd to explain why religion is so predisposed to violence. Sometimes authors combine these arguments to make their case.

Religion is the basis of belief for humans, it is a belief that there is a higher being that watches over us guiding us, a belief that there is life after death and if we follow these beliefs we shall enter heaven the most beautiful place. However religion has also played a role in wars, religious conflicts in Ireland (Protestants and Catholics). Israelis and Arabs (Holy Land) and the Holy Crusades of the eleventh century (recapturing the Holy Land).

They became the cornerstone of many earlier and later civilizations. Even today many countries, especially those in the Middle East, have religious leaders who work with the government to enact laws and “guide” the spiritual aspect of the lives of their citizens. Unfortunately, with such strong beliefs and convictions can come conflict. This conflict can be on a small scale, such as discrimination against those who don’t share the same beliefs to full-scale war which was the case in the first Crusades. In more recent times we have seen mass genocides of people based in part on religious beliefs such as the annihilation of the Jews during the Second World War. Today we see it played out in acts of terrorism, jihads. Religion is a powerful tool that can be used both to help and enrich the lives of people or used as justification for intolerance against others.