Were they not a jolly good attempt to bring the light of Jesus Christ to the darkened minds of the pagans? I mean whats wrong with that eh? lease correct if as a knight i speak out of turn
2007-05-06 11:15:13 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
heh - the ideal was a nice one. The implimentation of that was exceedingly faulty. Rape, murder, theft- all in the name of religion, tat was actually used as a cover up for a need to get recently out of work soldiers out of France and England, and to make the rich richer.
I'm never a supporter of a cause that sees other humans as inferior and thus subject to abuses of all kinds because they have a different religion - Then, or today.
2007-05-06 11:21:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The machinings of the apostate catholic church are in no way reflective of the intent of the Lord Jesus Christ. Johnny can't add 2 + 2 and get 4 for a result - quick, let's claim all mathematics are invalid!
Incidentally, as horrendous as the crusades were, you would do well to remember that they were just a misguided attempt to deal with the Muslims in the same fashion as they dealt with the church. This was, essentially, sword for sword. We are seeing the same thing again today - go figure. Jesus did not teach us to do these things.
Tom
2007-05-06 18:22:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Crusades slaughtered masses of innocent people in the name of Jesus.
This is a "reasonable endeavor"?
Think of all the non-Christian peoples who were offended by what was done against them in Jesus' name. Think of the hatred & rejection this caused.
2007-05-06 18:20:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
One of the strange stories of the crusades is when they enter a Nunnery in Antioch (turkey), raped the nuns then slit their throats.
Anyone who kills innocent people will be punished, don't ever forget that. No one gets away with even the smallest crime.
2007-05-06 18:48:03 · answer #4 · answered by Knowing Gnostic 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The so called children's Crusade resulted in most of the kids becoming slaves to the black people and Arabs
2007-05-06 18:37:06 · answer #5 · answered by Boogerman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You bring light to people's mind via education, not by the sword.
2007-05-08 12:57:51 · answer #6 · answered by ArcadianStormcrow 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
thats not what the crusades were about. it wasn't about bringing the word of god to people, it was about recapturing a city that wasn't the Christians to begin with.
2007-05-06 18:23:13 · answer #7 · answered by god_of_the_accursed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no reason or excuse that can rightly justify the crusades.
2007-05-06 18:19:44 · answer #8 · answered by rangedog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That was not their goal, and they did not at all achieve that. Do you really think that this is so. If so, you are deluded. Look up deluded in a dictionary.
2007-05-06 18:45:54 · answer #9 · answered by Fred 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't say they were very jolly
2007-05-06 18:19:31 · answer #10 · answered by Sir Reginald Whiskers 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋