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  1. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    Desmond Doss. Do you know who he is @Armour of God?
  2. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    ”Be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.” - Jesus Is that a description of the attitude and behavior of the Crusaders? It isn’t. ”You are not a follower of Jesus if you aren’t armed, ready to kill.” - not Jesus Is that a description of the attitude and behavior of the Crusaders? It is...
  3. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    I’ve said it all along. You would know that if you had read my posts. The Crusaders also killed people who were not attacking them and committed other atrocities. 2 Corinthians 10:4 isn’t a passage the Crusaders were interested in obeying.
  4. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    False. I didn’t evade your question. I answered it. See above. No. That’s not what I think. I would also defend myself. Where we differ is in how we would go about it. @Wrangler would kill you, just as he would me, if “Caesar” ordered him to, and think he was serving God.
  5. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    No one can @Armour of God.
  6. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    I don’t confuse the two. (Neither does @Wrangler.) I’ve answered your questions directly and I’ve been honest with you. Goodnight.
  7. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    What is “normal history”? I don’t know how much reading you do, nor what kind of reading you do. I read history - church and secular - extensively and encourage others to do likewise. No. I wasn’t speaking about the ancient Roman Empire. @Wrangler uses the “render unto Caesar what belongs to...
  8. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    Among other things I’m a retired adjunct college professor. One of the subjects I taught is Church history. It is the duty of the government to protect its citizens. Is that not what militaries are for? If evil Muslim forces were trying to invade my property and kill me and my family, would...
  9. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    I have. That’s how I know what his answer is. I know history well and, as I’ve often said, I’m bound by the constraints of history. Pay close attention to @Wrangler’s exposition on “rendering unto Caesar” in regard to this issue.
  10. Matthias

    The happy thread

  11. Matthias

    The happy thread

  12. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    I asked that because @Wrangler would have answered “yes”.
  13. Matthias

    The happy thread

  14. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    @Armour of God if “Caesar” commanded you to kill me, would you?
  15. Matthias

    QUOTE for the day

    “Our neighbor is not someone we have to discover; our neighbor is the one who crosses our path.” - Henri Nouwen
  16. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    @Armour of God I received notification that you mentioned me in one of your threads this evening. Thank you. I’m unable to respond to it because your thread is located in a forum where I don’t have posting privileges. If you really want to discuss it with me - which I would be happy to do - it...