Crusades Began with Reconquista

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VIVA A RECONQUISTA
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VIVA A RECONQUISTA
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God always backed one side in wars and the way we know he backed the Christians over the Islamic Jihadi's is the rich history of miraculous victories in the face of overwhelming odds. Winning against 5-7 times your forces is not natural; it's supernatural.
 
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“Religious terror arises from pain and loss and from impatience with a God who is slow to respond to our plight, who doesn’t answer. …The way forward is clear: kill or be killed. Kill and be rewarded in heaven. …This, in short, is where bloodbaths begin.”

(Jessica Stern, Terror in the Name of God: Why Religious Militants Kill)
 

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God always backed one side in wars and the way we know he backed the Christians over the Islamic Jihadi's is the rich history of miraculous victories in the face of overwhelming odds. Winning against 5-7 times your forces is not natural; it's supernatural.

The Crusades were a disaster. The crusaders lost. On your theory, God backed the Muslims.
 

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“… terrorism is aimed at non-combatants. …”

(Jessica Stern, Terror in the Name of God, p.xx)

Muslims did it. So did the crusaders.

Don’t follow them.

You know who didn’t perpetrate terrorism?

Jesus and the apostles.

Follow them.
 

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“The Lord does not come and go. He and his armies encamp around us continually.” - C.H. Spurgeon
 

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In Iberia
Christian kingdoms protected their lands.
They protected their families.
They protected women and children.
They protected the weak, elderly and vulnerable
They protected Christianity and their culture.
All against the evil forces of Islam.
And they were victorious. Backed by God
Viva a reconquista.

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In Iberia
Christian kingdoms protected their lands.
They protected their families.
They protected women and children.
They protected the weak, elderly and vulnerable
They protected Christianity and their culture.
All against the evil forces of Islam.
And they were victorious.
Viva a reconquista.

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“We do not use the weapons of the world.”

Said neither the Muslims nor the Catholics.
 

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Q. What would it take for the Christians in Iberia not to imitate Paul?

A. Someone to threaten them.

Easy pickings for the devil.
 

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Q. What would it take for the Christians in Iberia not to imitate Paul?

A. Someone to threaten them.

Easy pickings for the devil.

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By the will of God we protected our families, the weak and the vulnerable against the invasion of your wrong doing evil forces.
You lost. We won.
Vitória os Ibéricos
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Great verse on point! Romans 13:4
4 for it is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a servant of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil.

According to these pacifists the reason to bear a sword is to collect dust or some metaphorical or ceremonial use, like when a man is knighted and the flat of the sword is brought to touch each shoulder.
 
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Great verse on point! Romans 13:4
4 for it is a servant of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a servant of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil.

That’s the same Paul who wrote, “We [followers of Jesus] do not use the weapons of the world.”

Listen to Paul.

It’s the government, not the followers of Jesus, who are authorized by God to bear the sword.

According to these pacifists the reason to bear a sword is to collect dust or some metaphorical or ceremonial use, like when a man is knighted and the flat of the sword is brought to touch each shoulder.

I’m a pacifist and I’ve never said that.
 

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Paul is writing about the government, not about the followers of Jesus.

Kingdoms are governments.
There to protect its people.
You just admitted that it's justified for governments to do that.
Therefore you just admitted that the reconquista was justified.
End of debate. You loose.

You’re morally bankrupt. You lied about @Rockerduck

Post in thread 'God Commands Righteous Violence'
God Commands Righteous Violence

and you’re lying about me

LoL your the one who has constantly shown to be morally bankrupt. Why are you bringing in another person and talking about another thread. That's being morally bankrupt. Read closely my post that he was objecting to in the first place, that's the context, so no, I wasn't lying at all.

I didn't lie about you. Those evil Islamic forces, of which you are constantly standing up for, were defeated by my ancestors.

WE WON. YOU LOST
VIVA OS IBÉRICOS
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Never give way to the wicked
Never give way to the evil
 
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Kingdoms are governments.
There to protect its people.

The government of any nation or kingdom is responsible for protecting its people. The government in Paul’s day was headed by Nero, not a follower of Jesus.

You just admitted that it's justified for governments to do that.

Of course. You act as if that’s something new. It isn’t.

Therefore you just admitted that the reconquista was justified.
End of debate. You loose.

The problem isn’t that the government defended its people. The problem is that the people were not acting in accordance with Paul’s instruction.

LoL your the one who has constantly shown to be morally bankrupt. Why are you bringing in another person and talking about another thread. That's being morally bankrupt.

I made an assertion and provided a link to back it up. You lied about him (and others) and I didn’t give way to your evil. I defended myself with your words.

I didn't lie about you.

You’ve constantly lied about me. What you said in this thread is just the latest example.

Those evil Islamic forces, of which you are constantly standing up for, were defeated by my ancestors.

I don’t stand up for evil Islamic forces. I speak against them, just as I speak against all evil forces.

WE WON. YOU LOST
VIVA OS IBÉRICOS
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I haven’t lost anything.

I’m neither a Catholic nor a Muslim. I’ve been critical of both. You know that. The loser is you, for knowingly and willfully bearing false witness.

Never give way to the wicked
Never give way to the evil

See above. I don’t.
 
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Never give way to the wicked
Never give way to the evil
Perfect verse.
 

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LoL your the one who has constantly shown to be morally bankrupt.

I brought your accusations to the attention of my pastor. My ministerial license would have been revoked if what you (and your unitarian friend) say about me is true.
 

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The government of any nation or kingdom is responsible for protecting its people

Again your admitting that the reconquista was justified. Indeed it was.
Yet you still appear to be objecting to it.
Why?

You’ve constantly lied about me. What you said in this thread is just the latest example.
I don’t stand up for evil Islamic forces. I speak against them, just as I speak against all evil forces

You've repeatedly excused the actions of Islamic forces, over and over again.
That's no lie, that's a fact.

See above. I don’t.

You have repeatedly advocated for people to give way to the wicked and evil.
@Wrangler can testify to that

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We as men are called upon to fight for our families and homes, not just stand by and watch the wicked take your home and have their way with your family which you have consistently implied
 
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