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  1. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    The “nut” is the slaughter of Muslims, Jews, and Christians. Did you spend a few minutes looking at his face? If you did, what did you see?
  2. Matthias

    The happy thread was dead. Long live the happy thread!

    From my X / Twitter “For you” feed this afternoon - “Lift up your hearts for Mother’s Day” https://x.com/thebeatles/status/2053492899937923085?s=61 The Beatles lyric runs thusly: ”Let’s all get up and dance to a song That was a hit before your mother was born Though she was born a long long...
  3. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    I read something yesterday which is prompting me this afternoon to ask, What did Pope Urban II look like? From a Roman Catholic website: https://anastpaul.com/2019/07/29/saint-of-the-day-29-july-blessed-pope-urban-ii-c-1035-1099-bishop/ I don’t know how accurate the representation is but...
  4. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    Christians torturing anyone, for any reason, should be … @Wrangler @Armour of God @NayborBear
  5. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    “Perhaps the victory of the First Crusade was a pyrrhic victory, for it seemed that though we had gained the whole world, we had lost our souls.” (Christian Jihad, p. 132) The reader should hear an echo of Jesus in the words of these Christian authors: ”What good will it be for someone to...
  6. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    A slide from David Guzik’s presentation on the Crusades and the Inquisition: “Some Reasons Why the Crusaders Went * To secure access to the sites considered holy to Christians. * To receive forgiveness of sins. * To indulge lust for adventure, blood, and wealth. * To help the Christians in...
  7. Matthias

    The happy thread was dead. Long live the happy thread!

    Make the call, if you can. Honor her memory, if you can’t. Happy Mother’s Day.
  8. Matthias

    QUOTE for the day

    “Never could it be possible for any man to estimate what he owes to a godly mother.” - C.H. Spurgeon
  9. Matthias

    QUOTE for the day

    “Don’t take counsel with your emotions as to whether or not a promise of God is true.” - Adrian Rogers
  10. Matthias

    The happy thread

  11. Matthias

    QUOTE for the day

    “Yield on no point of principle, but in everything else be willing to bear reproach, and to be despised and mocked at for Christ’s sake.” - C.H. Spurgeon
  12. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    Roman persecution of Christianity is very well documented. Number of Crusades called for by Jesus, the apostles, pastors, elders, deacons, etc. and carried out against the Romans during the first three centuries of Christian history? @Wrangler @Armour of God @NayborBear should be able to easily...
  13. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    Absurdity -> Jesus and the apostles taught the followers of Jesus to torture their enemies. https://medievaltorturemuseum.com/blog/torture-during-crusades-cruelty-name-faith/ @Wrangler @Armour of God @NayborBear The crusaders used torture devices. You support it. Torture is cruelty. Cruelty...
  14. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    Absurdity -> Jesus and the apostles taught the followers of Jesus to slaughter their enemies. ”Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.” - Votaire Did the crusaders commit atrocities? https://churchandstate.org.uk/2017/05/holy-horrors-the-crusades/...
  15. Matthias

    What books are you currently reading?

    (Richard McKenna)
  16. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    You’re the one with the sword in his hand, not him. You’re the one who is sad the darkest era in Christian history is over, not him. You’re also the one who believes and is teaching others to believe that Jesus lied. I don’t think people honoring the Crusaders by naming schools after them is...
  17. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    Jesus and the apostles set the example. Were you in the marines?
  18. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    The schools which have done so are not encouraging their students to go and slaughter Muslims, Jews, and Christians. If there are any exceptions, they should close their doors - and arrests made.