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When we read the Bible or read about the Incas in South America we see many of the same things. During what is claimed to be the period of the Jews and early Christians a group dominated areas of South and Central America. The group is called today the Tiwanaku.

The Tiwanaku have not been studied as much as the later Incas. But they or a previous group visited a sacred island dating back to 2,700 BCE. Like the Jews and Christians of that time, the Tiwanaku and Incas sacrificed animals to their god or gods. The animal the Tewanadu gods preferred was the Llama. Not surprisingly it was also the animal preferred by the humans. The sacrifice was of young Llamas that were easier to carry. To Middle Eastern Christians it was lambs.

Evidence from archaeology indicates the later rulers of the Incas made claims of heritage back to the Tiwanakus to appear legitimate. Christians used the Jews in the same way.

The Tiwanakus were long gone before the Spanish invaded South and Central America so there was never a time when Christianity was built upon their religion. When the Spanish conquered the Incas, however, they quickly began taking the native religion and improvised it to be like Christianity.

Today, llamas are still sacrificed just as they have been going back to 2,700 BCE. Now it is done as a Christian ritual. The god of the Catholics likes llamas just as much as the god of the Tiwanaku did.

The culture of the Tewanaku, Incas and now Indians continues. They just switch from one god to another as time moves on.

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