If Jesus "taught Love," then why did the Crusades happen?

Question

The "Christian knights" not only invaded the Muslim cities- they RANSACKED it. Children were old as slaves or killed, and women could barely escape the fate of being raped, then killed.

****Many of the crusaders stole material possessions as they ransacked the cities. This is clearly immoral!

http://atheism.about.com/od/crusades/a/crusades_4.htm

Answer 1

On 27 November 1095, thousands gathered outside the cathedral in Clermont-Ferrand in France to hear Pope Urban II's "message." At this "great" gathering he called Western Christendom to take up arms and liberate the Holy Land.

With the Pope's message stirring them to fever pitch, they shouted, "God wills it!" and began to sew the sign of the cross on their tunics. Within months, thousands had started the long trek eastwards, anxious to bear the sword in the name of Jesus Christ and to free Jerusalem from the Muslim infidel.

People tend to forget that both the Christian and the Muslims used the Crusades as the vehicle for killing Jews.

During the many battles of the Crusades there were many atrocities, both by the Christians and by the Muslims. The Muslims won more battles and eventually the War, seizing the Land of Israel and Jerusalem for hundreds of years.

People conveniently forget that both the Christian and the Muslims used the Crusades as the vehicle for killing Jews. But no\w the Land of Israel has been restored to its rightful owners, the Jewish People.

Answer 2

Apparently they weren't really listening.