Careful what you ask for. "Christian fervor" is what kept Europe and England in the grip of some very ghastly wars for close to 250 years.
It did not. Greed and corruption did that. That wasn't Christianity. True Christian fervor would not do that. Read what Jesus taught.
It's sickening that people attribute that sort of stuff to Christianity when it goes against the clear teachings of Scripture. Just because someone does something on someone else's name doesn't mean that it's representative of that person.
But that won't stop alarmists from using that as an example of Christian fervor just to make true Christians look like a bunch of radical extremists.
I wasn't ASKING for anything. It was wishful thinking. Wishes aren't requests. I don't think it's an awful wish to wish for more backbone regarding our reaction to Christ haters. Is that SUCH a drastic thing to wish for? I don't think so.
The Christ-haters, by the way, AREN'T Muslims. Issa is Jesus in Arabic, Dawood is David, Musa is Moses, Maryam is Mary, Yusef is Joseph, Ibrahim is Abraham, etc. These are Biblical, respected names. People name their Muslim children those names, sometimes. It's not so uncommon.
The Christ-haters, in my opinion, are American athiests, leftists, secularists, communists perhaps and former Christians. Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, etc., seem to have INFINITELY more respect for Jesus than do our own home-grown Christ-haters. For me, the home-grown Christ-haters are the more pernicious.
Christian fervor, in my opinion, was the EXCUSE for war in Europe. I do believe that MOST wars are over power, land and money. That's just an opinion, by the way, and in no way an objection to what you said.
However, you ARE absolutely right about being careful for what I ask for. I AM careful for what I ask for ... a lesson I learned a few decades ago.