History is written by the winners. 

Written By Christopher Mentzer

 

          This is how most people view religion today:

 

1.                         The Roman Catholic Church is considered the main focus of the world’ religion.  When people talk of “The Church” they are referring to The Pope and The Vatican. 

 

2.                         Billy Graham is considered the Spiritual leader of the United States.  More political people accept his advice than any other preacher.

 

3.                          “Unity in Diversity” is the prefer religion; worshipping God however or wherever you want. 

 

4.                         “Christian” is a mainstream term meaning anyone who believes in God.

 

5.                         The Rapture and “Left Behind” are the leading beliefs for Jesus’ return.

 

How is all of this possible?  As the title of the article suggests, “History is written by the winners.”  Influential people make the results we want not what we need. It used to be that the State and the Church were the most influential powers of the country.  Not true today.  Today’s powers are the “Unholy Trinity” of School, Hollywood entertainment and the Media.

          With the state, you can oust people in power by voting for someone else and no church requires you to attend.  However, unless you have lots of money, you don’t have a choice of which school you attend, producers and directors are not voted in or out of Hollywood.  The same can be said with journalists and other news media. 

          Here are some examples:  more people believe in the “Left Behind” theory because of the highly popular “Left Behind” book series by LaHaye and Jenkins.  Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ movie is considered the best biblical interpretation of Jesus’ crucifixion.  Schools teach evolution because there is more “substantial evidence” and creation is simply too religious for a science class.

          The apostle John wrote, “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.” (1 John 4: 1) 

The apostle Paul wrote, “Try your own selves, whether ye are in the faith; prove your own selves. Or know ye not as to your own selves, that Jesus Christ is in you? unless indeed ye be reprobate.” (2 Cor. 13:5)

Although history may be written by the winners, it doesn’t mean they are right.  Do not measure your beliefs by what people tell you to believe but rather what the scriptures say.  (2 Cor. 10: 12-13)