On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Bob W <p...@web-options.com> wrote: >> >> John, >> I prefer to think of it as a missile toting congregation, a modern update > of the >> Crusaders. >> Follow our god or die, infidel! >> Regards, Bob S. >> > > The Crusades were not about converting people to Christianity, they were > about trying to capture the so-called holy land from the Muslims. The > Muslims already 'follow our god'. > > There were some internal European crusades which were intended to eliminate > heresy, eg against the Cathars in France, but by definition the heretics > already believed in the same god as the Pope; their heresy was preferring to > break their eggs at a different end from him. > > Bob >
Correction, the Crusades were originally about _recapturing_ the Holy Land, as well as the rest of the Mediterranean coastal areas from the Muslims, who had spent the previous 300 years conquering the mostly Christian states in the area. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
