In order to comprehend the true nature of the
conflict we have to go back in time a little.
From the prehistoric times people lived freely utilizing the Mother Nature’s products. Even in the book of “Genesis” it is said that when God created the first humans, He placed them in the Garden, He himself had created, and told them they could freely consume the fruits of the Garden. It is not very clear, though, what did He mean by the first commandment, “Be fruitful, and multiply and replenish the earth…” but considering that the Garden was established by the Creator himself, leaving for the humans nothing to do but to take care of it, and pondering a little, one may legitimately conclude that the humans were supposed to do the same – to establish a garden, to have children, to educate them, then to marry them and to place them in the garden they had created, commanding them to do the same. And so on.
With “replenish,” though, it is generally understood, to fill with numbers of humans. But considering that the Creator had created not only the humans but also all the inhabitants of the initial Garden, i.e. all the varieties of domestic animals and cultural forms of plants, it is reasonable to conclude that the earth was to be filled with those as well. In other words, the first commandment given to the humans meant not only to multiply their own seed but also to multiply the Creator’s creations and to fill the entire Earth with them until the whole Earth was turned into a huge Garden.
Thus, the fulfillment of the first commandment would bring to continual expansion of the boundaries of the initial Garden until the whole Earth was turned into a huge garden, where people would live freely and happily. But, as we know, the Creator’s plan was not fulfilled. Humans disobeyed, did not finish their education, did not receive the complete set of information, were expelled from the Garden, found themselves in the wilderness, being forced to struggle hard for their daily bread, which, they used to have without much effort in the Garden. Humans had to go through enormous hardships to get food, to build a shelter and to establish a garden. But they still could freely utilize the Mother Nature’s products. They could still obtain their food, raiment, building materials, etc., free of charge. Although, they were deprived of the edifying presence of the Creator, and the lavish abundance of the Garden, they still could enjoy the initial condition promised to them, to be able to freely utilize the Mother Nature’s products to meet their necessities, even though through much exertion and sweat.
But this was not meant to last forever. One of the humans, gathering a pack of like-minded people around him, and thus becoming powerful, declared all the mountains, trees and shrubs, woods and meadows, rivers and springs, the whole Mother Nature, to be his private property, and that nobody could take anything out of “his” property without any charge. Thus, this man, Bel by name, became the first oligarch, and our forefather’s fight was against him. In other words, Bel was the first slave-owner, the first feudal, the first monopolist, and our, the Armenians' forefather, Haig, was the first revolutionary.
Therefore, the cause of the fight between Haig and Bel was not that Bel wanted to be worshipped as a god, while Haig was stubbornly refusing to bow to him, (which is the only reason mentioned in the legend to have started the confrontation). As we know, the famous battle was to take place between the armies of Bel and the followers of Haig. A legitimate question may arise, why would other Armenians risk their lives just because Haig was refusing to bow to Bel. One is always free to endanger his own life because of his stubbornness. But Haig was putting the lives of his own people in danger. Would all of them voluntarily put their lives in jeopardy just because Haig was considering it below his dignity to bow to Bel? Were all Armenians as stubborn as Haig? How come none of them came up with a suggestion, like, “Guys, let’s go and say some “allah-mallah and get rid of the problem?” Well, the problem here was not of a religious nature. They could not get rid of it only with ostensible worship.
Bel had gathered an army, had got powerful, had declared all the territories to be his private property, and was forbidding others to utilize the goods of “his own” property without any reimbursement in money or labor. Mostly labor, of course. It was Bel’s idea to work some in construction, some in food production industries and some in the manufacture of other essential products; mostly armament and weaponry, with an aim to increase his pack and to further spread his dominion. He was, in fact, the father of globalization. And our forefather, Haig, stopped the first attempt of globalization. But, alas, no victory is forever. The forces of evil have declared a permanent war. Our, the Armenians’, passiveness brought to the expansion and growth of the forces of evil. The history continually repeats itself.
Currently the forces of gloBELization have taken all the nations of the world under their control and are further fastening the rope around their necks. Who can stop them? Who can turn the growing wave of this disastrous development back?
Perhaps, we again: the Armenians. Who else?
©Davit
Mirzoyan
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