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Have you met Amigo de Cristo? In every thread he posts truisms that have nothing to do with the topic. In response, I sometimes throw in truisms of my own. Don't eat yellow snow. A penny saved is a penny earned. War is bad. Peace is good. Early to bed ...

IDK but why not apply that to me; have great respect for me doing what God has appointed me to do - in being ready to kill people just like Christ? A friend of mine was talking about the Brown University massacre from last week. It reminded him of a similar shooting at a mall where a devoted...

Faith in Jesus is not my proof. I am my proof as every witness is. I have first hand experience with the accused and it is my testimony that a divine power interacted with me, touched me, gave me direction and transformed my life. In civil courts throughout all of human history, cases are often...

Not really an impressive dissertation of the reasons FOR the Crusades, is it?

My 5-yo grandson told me unabashedly that Christmas is his favorite holiday because he gets so many gifts. My wife had to explain to him the reason for the season. His Pagan mother did not educate him.

Well, your starting at the wrong beginning. Let's start with the reasons FOR the Crusades. (You've demonstrated ample capacity to hijack the thread and write about reasons AGAINST doing justice). Just for fun, let's see you demonstrate you superior education compared to me of the reasons FOR the...

Do you think the propagandists report news or make it?

It's implied. You accuse me of having in my heart to kill (as if that's a sin) and I asked if you accuse Christ of the same thing? No direct answer implies your answer. Same with your refusal to answer your principle opposition to the Crusades. It's funny that you react as though your...

Yes and this is the ONLY part of Christian history this thread is concerned about. :rolleyes:

The Crusades are Christian history! Again, your over-spiritualism shows.

Wrong. Totally wrong. Jesus did not tell them to buy a sword to defend him but themselves after he was gone. To your over-spiritualized, pacifist world view, Jesus commanded them to buy a sword only so he could rebuke them for using it for its intended purpose. You talk out of both sides of...

Well, you're certainly welcome to your opinion. Fact is, this thread is about the reasons for the Crusades and no one should doubt that is exactly what the Crusaders would say. “You are not a follower of Jesus if you aren’t armed, ready to kill“ For me, one thing that is striking about the...

You are confusing non-responsive replies with an answer. Knowing your reply doesn't hold up to scrutiny, replying with "answered" shows how unserious you are. There is a time to kill. Again, begging the question of what is your objection to the Crusades. It's really fanatical, an...

I think you are treading on ground you are not serious about. Can’t answer basic questions, like what is your principle opposition to the Crusades? Does God hate? Is there a time to kill or is Ecclesiastes wrong? Why did Jesus command buying a sword? And Do you accuse Jesus of killing people in...

This is a dead give-away that you are over-spiritualized; when you make it seem that something soulful is sinful when it’s not. I killed human beings in my heart? Oh no! Oh no. Oh no. Wait a minute. I have NOTHING SINFUL in my soulful heart; to follow Jesus and his commands, do justice, to...

Here is an interesting article of Christians who give to Caesar what is Caesar's. It points out: the The Chaplain Corps was established in 1775 at the request of George Washington, who at the time was serving as general of the Continental Army. Washington established the corps to meet the...

So predictable of the over-spiritualized. Jesus explicitly says, "I did not come to bring peace," which is a direct answer to your question. Somehow, you're going to turn Jesus words to mean THE EXACT OPPOSITE of what he explicitly said. Now, returning this thread back to the OP, do you know...

Are you changing the meaning of Jesus words? Jesus gives specific instructions be a peacemaker OR merely that peacemakers are blessed? Good question. Matthew 10:34 Not Peace, but a Sword 34 “Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.

Fortunately for me, your pacifism renders you harmless. sml

This is misdirection. You are falsely equating how Christians must live when they are persecuted subjects prior to the 4th century to ruling class of the Roman Empire and in other Christian nations.