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IF we could go back in time and give the Crusaders a modern day theme song, this would be most fitting. They would have loved it. P.S. This is also known as the Slit Throat. https://artandseek.org/2012/03/09/this-week-in-texas-music-history-deguello/

Ignoring the constraint of history, that wouldn’t have happened to a Crusader. He would have gone down killing and maiming as many of his enemies as possible before being killed on the battlefield. A Crusader wasn’t / isn’t interested in “We don’t use the weapons of the world”. He did (and...

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/2maccabees/7 A Crusader wouldn’t have done / wouldn’t do what this Jewish mother and her seven sons did when confronting evil. Nor would a Crusader have done / wouldn’t do what the Messiah, the apostles, and the early Christians did when confronting evil.

I’m going to lay a little Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego on us. They resisted evil (without taking all means at their disposal) and were thrown into a fiery furnace. Would you be able to do what they did? Have you read Maccabees?

So the US Constitutional authority (which would grant you an exemption if you were a CO) is greater than Paul’s authority when he said “We do not use the weapons of the world”? And if the ghost of a Crusader showed up and gave you a choice between returning to the Catholic church or submit to...

Thanks. What is your response to the questions in post #286 now?

That post, as best I can tell, didn’t answer the questions I posed in post #286.

I think we can make a good case for that. Yes. God sent the Babylonians, the Assyrians and other pagans against them.

You’re a former Catholic. Would you do today what the Crusaders did in their day? Would you return to the Catholic church if an old Crusader showed up (impossible, but let’s pretend that it is) and gave you a choice between returning to the Catholic church or being slain by the Crusader?

Don’t kill your enemies; witness to them. Jesus, the apostles, and the early Christians didn’t kill their enemies; they witnessed to them. Who cares if those who would kill their enemies say you are “over-spiritualized”? While they’re busy killing their enemies and teaching others to do the...

I just did. I won’t waste your time quoting everything AI said about their atrocities (since you already exhibit an awareness of them). I used the search terms “Were atrocities committed by Muslims at the time of the Crusades?” and here is what I received - “Yes, atrocities were committed by...

Since the Crusades were a Catholic affair, it makes sense that we should turn to Catholic sources to read about them. This Catholic source does a good job describing the atrocities committed by the Crusaders. https://www.oursundayvisitor.com/what-really-happened-during-the-crusades/ P.S. Had...

“We do not use the weapons of the world.” - Paul The Muslims did. The Crusaders did. The Byzantine Christians did. What Paul taught on the matter made no difference to them. It makes no difference to those who urge us to emulate their action. While others say in effect, “Boo that man; it’s...

Review again the atrocities which you are defending as good. Civilization is doomed. Why? Because it depends on man, not on God and Messiah.

We can do that. I’m sure AI would give us a decent summary of them. Educating others.

The Crusaders lived by the sword and died by the sword. Jesus didn’t command them to do it. Brave Catholics defended the Western Empire and killed the brave Byzantines of the Eastern Empire, as well as Jews - who did what to them exactly? - and Muslims. You are like them. AI provided a...