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My apologies. I just now saw your post. I would do something. Love is action, not inaction. What I wouldn’t do is kill my enemy. How many people did the apostles kill with their two swords?

No I didn’t. You read something into my post that isn’t there. That’s right. I protect myself by relying on God and Messiah. Everyone who belongs to the Messiah should. I did. That’s not what you asked me. You’re rationalizing killing your enemy (you’re now avoiding the warfare of...

Jesus’ war against the Romans failed because …

Love your enemies. He practiced what he preached. I have. I have.

I’m a conscientious objector. Whatever a church might say about it, the US government recognizes and honors it. I would be a CO even if the US government didn’t recognize and honor it.

Very good. Killing our enemies does great harm to them. That’s not what Jesus did. That’s not what Jesus taught.

https://apholt.com/2016/05/26/apology-for-the-fourth-crusade/ I will applaud the pope for this.

This thread is specifically about the Crusades, and that Catholic history is being (mis)used to support Christian participation in nations (which are not the kingdom of God) killing their enemies in other nations. Start here. Christians killing fellow Christians is an absolute abomination...

“War isn’t cruel. Killing is loving.” - Someone who isn’t Jesus The Crusaders (and the Catholic Church) have a history - a dark history - of treating their detractors cruelly in the name of God. I won’t praise them for it, nor will I emulate them.

Listen to the pope. Kill those who are treating Catholics cruelly. Don’t be an ingrate @Wrangler. Be thankful to the pope.

Had I been there, the Catholics would have killed me. For being a Muslim? No. For being a believing Jewish monotheist.

“Catholics aren’t Christians.” Crazy, right? I also asked you a question. Respond to it if you care to. If not, then don’t.

“Love your enemies” - Jesus

Have you ever loved your enemy by killing your enemy?

Those who follow the teaching of Jesus aren’t “over spiritualized”. Thanks. You ought to think about what cruelty has to do with loving your enemies.

No. Jesus chastised Peter for using the sword. The swords - two of them for the entire group, to be precise - weren’t for self defense.

No. We owe our lives to God and Messiah.

That’s right. What is the response to cruelty taught by Jesus? Action, not inaction. And that action of a specific nature.

Replace “Romans” with “Muslims” … or replace “Jesus” with “Sherman”.

How would he know?