Why did the Christian Church move to Rome instead of being in Jerusalem. If history is seen it is clear that the Church is the power to rule over its subjects. The Romans, manipulated the growing dissidence to the throne in a way that was detrimental to them clinging on to power and rulng over its subjects. Rome had to replace the edifices of its own religion with a different more effective system. This called for a god head, and a strict set of rules, that were put together and analyzed after the burning into something that would perpetuate and keep the Roman system as the central power and rule through rules written in the form of a holy book. The bible was sanctioned by the Romans and all the multitude of versions of the bible ensured that you perpetuate a system that questions the system or is in contrary are over time lost. This is a systemic model wherein any information that was available was destroyed and the material that had the sanction of the powers, ensured that a system was moulded in place and provided for a power system that is not disputed.
It is much more difficult to control a system by calling the King the god, this is because of the fact that the kind is identified as a common man, with all ails a common man, affecting the King and he being as mortal as any other. To ensure a better system that would provide with the needed control structure in place, religion plays a role. The king becomes the representative of the GOD and the god head needs the veneration of the public. To suppor the system you have a clergy that is appointed by the King, the system was perpetuated over time in a manner wherein Religion, King and the system started to evolve into a closely knitted system of power concentration.
The books that follow such a system, does require a system of systemic degeneration and rework to be in line with the needs of the society based on the King. This is a system in which Christianity was born. The books were written and the system of efficient distribution by copying a kingdom sanctioned version, ensured that the word that was out was the one that needs to be used for the perpetuation of the king, the protector of the believers.
We see from history, that with the break up of the Roman Empire, there was a slow and methodical change in the power centers, and they have their own set of rules and became the protector of the systems. This is a clear pattern , wherein religion was used as the medium to exert pressure and influence over the populace. A population indoctrinated over years to ensure that the powers are not diluted and provide undisputed access to the resources both the intellectual and physical.
We also clearly see the pattern, the Birth of Islam is a consequence of the fall of the Romans, if the ROmans had survived, the issue of a rise of a new religion with its own power center would have not arisen. The need was there , a power vaccuum always create an opportunity for another to fill that gap, and whether it is a spiritual one or one driven by the need of the day to ensure continuity in power, as well as the need for ensuring protection of the population or race, needs a system which would perpetuate the system and a new religion was born to supplant the weakness of the one that ruled in for 600 odd years.
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