History 1

Much of history was written by the winners, however this does not give us permission to dismiss it. Not every war or battle has been victorious, (David and Bathsheba) sometimes the stories are told from a losing perspective.

The most reliable source of history humans have is the Bible, which includes both the wins and losses people endured. If the most accurate source of history has losses, then obviously not all history is told by the winners. There is always a winner and a loser, and though sometimes their stories do not line up perfectly, does not discredit them. Because of sin nature and humans wanting to make themselves sound better, people tend to waver stories to make them a little bit more of a winner or a little bit less of a loser. According to ones upbringing usually, a particular person will be biased towards his own side saying the town had rivers of blood rather than the streets had dead people in them. Being biased is something people experience in stories told today in daily life, but just because someone stretches the line for one side doesn’t completely discredit their claims. Think of court for instance, a daughter is more likely to exaggerate a story for her mother’s sake but that doesn’t discredit her as a witness. Just as history is not discredited because of who wrote it down.

            History has also taught us so many lessons we would have otherwise forgotten. People learn from the mistakes they read in history and avoid repeating them again. We also see what has worked and try to repeat the same processes to be successful again. Without these written accounts, people would have to continuously make the same mistakes over and over again. It is like a parent teaching their children not to touch a hot stove, they have experienced the pain or their parents have experienced the pain and are passing the account onto further generations. Though sometimes history may feel like it is pointless, it is what made our country and the world what it is today; our past defines us no matter what.