Wherever do they get their "facts" about the Crusades? They ignore the whole history of the Middle East prior to the First Crusade. It was occasioned
by the deeds of the Seljuk Turks, who as new converts to Islam, were far less tolerant of Christians than the Arabs had been, and who actively persecuted
pilgrims to the Holy Land. But what led directly to the Crusade was a call for help from the Greek Emperor, whose lands had been overrun by the Turks.
Of all the religions, his seems to have the least to give, and is by far the most condoning of violence of all the major ones.
That doesn't excuse the fact that atheism has promulgated far worse, as Mr gslob tries so hard to ignore.