When Sacred Texts Become Tools of Power

How Texts That Claim Divine Truth Keep Getting Taken Over by Kings, Priests, Generals, and Politicians

People like to imagine holy books as pure things. Timeless. Above politics. Dropped from the sky to guide humanity toward goodness and truth.

That story does not survive contact with history.

Every major holy book that survives long enough ends up doing the same job. It props up authority. It blesses hierarchy. It tells people to obey. And when it does no…