The Crusades

[Hulud]

ok ive seen mention of it in plenty of threads.

they were a "holy war" to rid the world of other religions.....

but thats my take on it, whats yours?

[The Yousef]

political ploy to help solidify the powers of the church in the minds and hearts of the people in Europe..and to gain control of the region in which the Church held no real power in...







and to kill all the brown people...

[Hulud]

and to kill all the brown people...
hmmm interesting.......
but so true

[Scgrandprix]

Welcome to the hypocrisy of organized religion

[metalman]

Welcome to the hypocrisy of organized religion

More like the hypocrisy of organized catholicism.
That church/country/political power has a long and bloody history of treason, torture, murder, genocide, and host of other crimes. One of the central issues has always been control of so called holy lands. That coupled with the false notion that there is no salvation outside that 'church' adds up to bad things for alot of people.

[babowc]

i dont even know wtf it was.
lol
what was it?

[Hulud]

i dont even know wtf it was.
lol
what was it?
check the title of the thread then come back in and comment

[Georgiaman]

My take on the crusades is that Christians tryed to make there own man made way and not consult God on this issuse...which made some Christians look alittle forceful and cruel. But then again im not a big junky on the crusades.....soo you know

[ShooterMcGavin]

it was a bunch of horseshit, killing in the name of god. good thing plenty of the shitbags died in that arid hell that was the middel east :D

[ISAtlanta300]

Much have been done "in the name of the Lord". Very few actually do His work.