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To: Hermann the Cherusker; FormerLib
conquer them for Christ?

What an abomination!!

Christians witness for Christ (martyrdom). They do not wage wars of conquest for him.

336 posted on 07/01/2003 11:30:40 PM PDT by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorisim by visiting www.johnathangaltfilms.com)
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To: Destro
They do not wage wars of conquest for him.

Why Byzantium was lost. The Turks came looking for a fight, and the Greeks roled over.

342 posted on 07/02/2003 12:03:46 AM PDT by Hermann the Cherusker
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To: Destro
Christians witness for Christ (martyrdom). They do not wage wars of conquest for him.

Was the liberation of the Holy Land and the Christians of Antioch and Edessa and Jerusalem an evil "war of conquest"? How about the Reconquest of Spain? How about the reconquest of Caucasia, the Balkans, or Central Asia fromthe forces of Mohammed?

Should we all have just sought out the nearest Muslim with a sword and insulted them instead?

After Mazinkert, why didn't Byzantium just rush out unarmed into the glorious martyrdom they could have had from the Seljuk Turks?

346 posted on 07/02/2003 12:13:44 AM PDT by Hermann the Cherusker
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