If it wasn’t for the efforts of Popes like Urban II in calling for Crusades against Islamic forces, Christianity would be hiding in catacombs. Don’t you think that sacrificing your life in defense of Christianity shows a total commitment to Christ? How can you equate that to Jihad that seeks the destruction of Christianity?
Jihad, my ass, eagleone....you are an anti-Catholic....period. Get on a thread about your own religion.......what is your SECT of Christian? And don't say "Christian" and be a coward...fess up to what you are.
You presume that every man fighting was a believer in Christ. What the Pope promised was a sweeping forgiveness for anyone who fought in battle. That is not a NT teaching.
"All who die by the way, whether by land or by sea, or in battle against the pagans, shall have immediate remission of sins. This I grant them through the power of God with which I am invested." Pope Urban II