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Biblical History tells the tale of two brothers.

Cain and Abel were born to Adam and Eve, the originators of mankind. Cain was a
farmer and Abel was a shepherd. They were successful in their own right and both
very much wanted to please 'god'. In times of offering, Cain served up the bounty
of his harvest, teeming with vitality, life if we're going to be crude. Abel
offered up death, a slain lamb dripping with with blood. The lamb was always the
youngest in his flock. Every year, 'god' favored Abel's offering. He blessed it
with heavenly fire while Cain's, his pride and hard work, went ignored. Finally, he
accepted that their impartial 'god' favored his brother. God liked blood, did he?
"So be it" Cain thought and damned himself. He killed Abel, the first murder in
history. 'God' realized what he'd done and cursed him. Cain lived the rest of his
life as an outcast: hated, feared and forsaken. Was it his fault? Is it wrong to be
envious of a sibling who'd always been loved a little more since the beginning? Was
it fair to condemn a man to want for glory?It was this event which first solidified
the abstract concepts of 'good' and 'evil: They would evolve and evolve and set
down the rules of today. They would divide the world and history in half Good and
evil were judgements. Biased judgements.They still affect society today. Look
around...in the war, there is dark and light.

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