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  1. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    You asked me that question in post #635. I replied in post #637 - “No. I acknowledge that he will do what God has appointed him to do.” How many people, in addition to yourself, if asked, do you think would say that’s not a direct answer?
  2. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    I know much about it. What Google said is true. Some of them do, some of them don’t. @Wrangler is one who would, if he could. He’s “ready to rumble.”
  3. Matthias

    What books are you currently reading?

    I’m currently reading Living Today The Kingdom Way, written by Chuck Jones. * Not that it will matter to anyone but I‘m a friend of the author (although I haven’t seen or spoken with him for over a decade) and purchased the book directly from him. I was pleasantly surprised this afternoon when...
  4. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    “In this corner, the Crusaders, Roman Catholics, armed to the teeth and ready to kill.” “In that corner, @Wrangler, unitarian, armed to the teeth and ready to kill.” Look away, little children. Look away. * Ding, ding. *
  5. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    From your mouth to the ears of @Wrangler. The Crusaders. Just like Muslims. I pointed that out to Wrangler. Any regular reader of my posts would have seen me write about my appreciation of irony. Wrangler would kill the Crusaders he champions. Toss in armed and ready to kill Calvinists and...
  6. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    Almost all of the Crusaders were Catholics. It is documented that the Crusaders killed Catholics if they encountered them in a mixed community. Catholics killing fellow Catholics - good deal, eh? The Byzantine Christians? The Crusaders put them to the sword too. I wish @Wrangler and his family...
  7. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    If the Crusaders of old were to have come across a community like Christianity Board, everyone in the community would have been killed. @Wrangler - his heros would have torn him apart. The OP’s heros wouldn’t have spared her. The Catholics in our community? The Crusaders would have put an end to...
  8. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    The reasons for the Crusades have been identified in the OP and restated several times in the thread. Unless we go back to the beginning of Christianity we cut ourselves off from Jesus, the apostles, and the early generations of Christians. Without taking all of them into account, ”You are not...
  9. Matthias

    The happy thread

  10. Matthias

    The happy thread

  11. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    The beginning of Christianity is the place to begin. Everything hinges on that. I didn’t hijack the thread (my first post is #8), nor have I written against doing justice.
  12. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    It isn’t implied. If it isn’t only theoretically true then it is absolutely true, and that is my position.
  13. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    And the beginning part of that history stands solidly against ”You are not a follower of Jesus if you aren’t armed, ready to kill.” A quick review of the thread should convince any reasonable person that this thread is concerned about more than only that period of Christian history; the author...
  14. Matthias

    The happy thread

  15. Matthias

    Reason for The Crusades explained

    If you can locate a post of mine anywhere on the forum (or anywhere away from Christianity Board) where I’ve said that I hold it to be only theoretically true then please post it for everyone to see. Upon doing so, I will immediately close my account here and never return. *** He won’t do it...