Reason for The Crusades explained

[Matthias]

Reminder to pacifists everywhere; remember the rules while you are being beheaded.

1. Don’t be racist.

I’m not racist. I’m not certain about you.

1. Don’t be Islamophobic.

I’m not Islamophobic. I have a little more certainty about you.

1. Patiently wait for the police to come to arrest you.

I haven’t committed a crime. If the police decided for some reason to arrest me - “Caesar, what are you doing?” - then they’re not performing their duties in accordance with Romans 13. They will one day answer to God for it.

1. Use the experience to share with others to bring unity in embracing multiculturalism.

In the first place, there would be no time for me to do that, even if I were so inclined. In the second place, I’m not so inclined. My purpose as a follower of Jesus is to teach, preach and model the gospel of peace to and for people who don’t.

 

[Matthias]

Locked away in their ivory towers, they‘ve never understood why I spend time talking to people like you.

A brief excursus, cast into the wind.

From my X / Twitter “For you” feed yesterday -

“This is going to be extremely hard for some of you to hear, and a certain type will call me an elitist snob for it (even though it applies equally to me), but it has to be said periodically, so here it goes.

The problem with experts engaging with non-experts on specific issues of their expertise is that non-experts lacks the depth and breadth of background knowledge in primary sources, secondary literature, research tools, scholarly accountability to fellow experts, and critical methodology all necessary to discern when their own arguments just aren’t good.

So, in the non-experts‘ minds, they score ‘great’ points - even ‘winning’ points - against experts who know the points are bad but are unable to explain why because of the disparity in background knowledge.

It is usually better to simply not engage the non-expert who is pretending to be an expert and instead focus attention on non-experts who actually want to learn by putting in the time and energy and resources to develop actual expertise.”

(Dr. Michael J. Savage)

Dr. Michael J. Svigel (@Svigel) on X

This is going to be extremely hard for some of you to hear, and a certain type will call me an elitist snob for it (even though it applies equally to me), but it has to be said periodically, so here it goes. The problem with experts engaging non-experts on specific issues of

x.com

 

[Matthias]

If you want to persuade me then you’ll have to present your case using the real history of Judaism (Second Temple era, in particular) and Christianity (Apostolic and Ante Nicene eras, in particular) for support. I’m bound by the constraints of history. Made up scenarios don’t do either one of us, nor our readers any good.

The Christian speaker in the video contained in post #1 comes across as someone who is bound by the constraints of history. Bravo. If he were a member of CB and posting in this thread, I believe this would be a much different, and vastly better, reader experience.

 

[Matthias]

… do the work of an evangelist.

Crusaders don’t do the work of evangelists. They kill the mission field.

From my X / Twitter “Following” feed this evening -> an ex-Muslim doing the work of an evangelist:

”You know what’s been lighting me on fire lately?

The more Muslims I tslk to, the more I realize many of them already have a heart for Christ.

Think about it.

If you wake up before sunrise to seek God …

If you genuinely want to obey Him …

If you grieve your sin …

If you fight to stay pure in a world that celebrates darkness …

Those desires don’t prove you’re far from God: They reveal that you have a heart that was made for Him.

As a Muslim, I was taught that Christianity was shirk, the ultimate deception. But what if the Gospel is actually the fulfillment of the longing that’s been in your heart all along?

Because that’s what happened to me.

I wasn’t running toward Jesus.

I was trying to disprove Him.

Yet the closer I looked, the more I realized I wasn’t miles away from Him.

I was standing at the front door, afraid to knock.

And when I finally did, I didn’t find condemnation.

I found scars: Proof that He came looking for me long before I ever started looking for Him.

So if you’re Muslim and you’re searching, questioning, or wrestling, don’t assume you’re far away.

You may be one honest prayer away from changing. I know I was.”

(Shahriq Khan)

https://x.com/realshahriqkhan/status/2065932441689469308?s=61

”You know what’s been lighting me on fire today?” A deliciously ironic choice of words.

In the Middle Ages it would have been the crusaders lighting him on fire. Literally. They would have slaughtered Shahriq, not evangelized him. Now Shahriq evangelizes Muslims.

Ex-Muslim outdoes modern-day crusaders. Read all about it.