SIM,SilenceInMotion said:That's because Europeans were crusading. King Richard himself was a crusader. Take away that Christian zeal and Muslims would have eventually taken over.
When it's all said and done, you have to thank middle age Christians for defending your religion. Anti-Catholics need to simply drop it. Ther ei snothing but attack after attack, denial after denial, and excuse after excuse, to keep some anti-Catholic agenda propped up.
You all try to discredit or demonize every single thing Catholciism has done. A 2000 year old institution with a grand history that shped the entire western world. And all for the sole reason of being so zealous of your beliefs that you can't let even history illustrate accurately. It's sickening.
Anti-Catholics are waste of oxygen.
God has had a remnant in every generation that has been faithful to Him. They are not part of the false religious system. The people of God (church in the wilderness) runs through the Bible alongside the counterfeit church (satanic religious system), from Genesis through Revelation.
From Genesis thru Revelation you have both the true people of God and the false.
Personally, I would never defend Calvin or Luther or anyone who has killed in the "name of God".
I understand why you do it. You are part of a worldly church who has needed to employ military means to survive and then self justify yourselves.