Posted on 04/02/2011 1:57:40 PM PDT by NYer
Catholic ping!
great informative article
THANK YOU!
Thank you so much for this post.
Well done!
I just scanned the postg, but I didn’t see any mention of the crusaders destroying any Jewish communities they encountered on the way to the Holy Land.
Also, in the wars of conguest and reconquest, nobosy offered to restore the Holy Land to its original owners.
Better not mention the so-called Fourth Crusade.
Well, NYer, you have got some nerve, putting that truth out there for just anyone to see !
We will not tolerate truth any more !
What if this information got into the wrong hands ?
<SSSAARRRRCCCC :)
This is why I get so angry when I hear the argument that the west is hated because of rock music and blue jeans. They have hated us and anyone who is not one of them, forever.
I do not feel guilty or intimidated by them for my way of life. And I recent our “president” for apologizing for it.
Nothing new here for anyone who actually studies the crusades. But an excellent summary for those who simply take the liberal guilt account for granted.
crusades history bump
Evidently they didn't kill enough, and we are still paying for THAT!
Been reading this in the Intercollegiate Studies Institute publication I receive twice a year. Good read.
Thanks for the article, especially point #4, because it applies to the current situation very well.
The idea that recent events made al qaeda and the other extremists hate us so much is rediculous. They hated us and were doing all sorts of rediculous things, and preaching all sorts of rediculous propaganda long before 9/11, long before the wars, and long before most of the junk plenty of politicians argue is cause to hate us.
Also, in the wars of conguest and reconquest, nobosy offered to restore the Holy Land to its original owners.”
Hmmmm, let's see. I guess you are referring to the Canaanites as they were living in Canaan when Joshua and the Israelites invaded the land, and it subsequently was divided up among the tribes of Israel. I doubt there would have been any need for a Crusade had the Jews (Israelites) been governing the Holy Land. The problem is Islam, not Christianity, Judaism, or any other religion outside of Islam.
Using this same idiot "logic" I guess the U.S., after 9/11, now has the moral justification to kill muslims for 1,000 years.
Index bump.
Great history lesson. Thanks for posting.
The Crusades set Islam back long enough to allow the West to dramatically upgrade mankind’s culture and government. Too bad weakness in the latter centuries has cost us so much ground. The war is still going on, whether or not the West wants to admit it. Islam knows it.
. “I doubt there would have been any need for a Crusade had the Jews (Israelites) been governing the Holy Land. “
If you say so. The Jews didn’t fare well under Christian Byzantine rule in their own land.
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