So Christianity has been so peaceful and has been led by peaceful men?
Let’s start soon after Christianity becomes the official religion of the Roman Empire- -“official”, of course, meaning you got no choice.
415: at the synod of Jerusalem the Celtic monk Pelagius is accused of heresy for preaching that the soul has free will and goes to heaven if it chooses the good
415: Roman emperor Theodosius II expels the Jews from Alexandria
527: Byzantium enforces anti-Jewish laws and the Jews all but disappear from the eastern Roman Empire
587: the Visigothic king Recared converts to Catholicism
612: the Visigothic king Sisebut forces the Jews of Spain to release all slaves and convert to Christianity
620: the Visigoths in Spain persecute the Jews
636: Arabs capture Jerusalem
638: the Arabs allow the Jews to return to Jerusalem
694: the Visigothic king Egica orders all Jews enslaved
732: the Muslim invasion of Europe is stopped by the Franks at the battle of Tours
787: the second council of Nicaea affirms that the visual artist is to work for the Church, faithful to the letter of the Bible
800: Pope Leo III crowns Charles emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and therefore introduces theocratic monarchy in Europe
817: Benedict of Ariane draws up the monastic constitution of Benedectine monasteries (monks as a political entity that mediates between laity and deity)
846: Muslims raid Rome
849: caliph al-Mutawakkil deposes the patriarch of the Eastern Christian Church and persecutes Christians
1045: after Benedict IX gets married and sells the papacy to his godfather Gregory VI, the emperor Heinrich III calls for the synod of Sutri to reform the corrupt papacy
1049: Heinrich III appoints Pope Leo IX, a German reformer
1050: the Camaldolese hermit-monk Pietro Damiani publishes a book denouncing the moral and sexual corruption of the Church
1054: the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope in Rome excommunicate each other (the Great Schism)
1071: the Turks capture Jerusalem
1095: Pope Urban II, responding to an appeal from the Byzantine emperor Alexios Komnenos, calls for a Crusade against the Muslims , but no European king joins
1096: Jews are persecuted by the Crusaders
1098: the Crusaders capture Antioch
1099: Crusaders under Godfrey of Bouillon capture Jerusalem
1118: Hugh de Payens founds the order of Knights Templar (warrior monks) at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem who adopt the Cistercian rule, establish their headquarters at Acre, and protect pilgrim routes to Jerusalem
1144: Bernard of Clairvaux calls for a second Crusade to rescue the besieged Latin kingdom of Jerusalem, and Louis VII of France and Konrad III of Germany join the crusaders, but they are defeated by the Muslims
1147: Jews are persecuted by the Crusaders
1187: Saladdin retakes Jerusalem
1189: the third Crusade is led by King Richard the Lion-Hearted of England, king Philip Augustus II of France, and emperor Frederick Barbarossa
1190: the Teutonic Knights are founded by German lords to fight in the crusade, establish their capital at Acre, and adopt the Templars' white mantle and the Hospitallers' rule
1198: cardinal Lothario Conti is elected pope Innocent III
1200: the Jews are expelled from England
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Pope Urban II in 1095, at the Council of Clermont, launched the First Crusade.
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He promised them remission of all sins- -essentially a ticket to Paradise.
We solemnly enjoined upon them at the council of Auvergne (the accomplishment of) such an undertaking, as a preparation for the remission of all their sins.
Now explain to me how this is so different from a Muslim fanatic promising a ticket to paradise to a suicide bomber.
Now understand this was a peaceful enterprise:
Fulcher claimed that once the Crusaders had managed to get over the walls of Jerusalem, the Muslim defenders there ran away. Fulcher claimed that the Crusaders cut down anybody they could and that the streets of Jerusalem were ankle deep in blood. The rest of the Crusaders got into the city when the gates were opened. The slaughter continued and the Crusaders "killed whoever they wished". Those Muslims who had their lives spared, had to go round and collect the bodies before dumping them outside of the city because they stank so much. The Muslims claimed afterwards that 70,000 people were killed and that the Crusaders took whatever treasure they could from the Dome of the Rock.
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In the Fourth Crusade, also blessed by the Pope, Constantinople (now Istanbul) was sacked with great loss of life.
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Now Constaninople was the seat of the Eastern Orthodox Church- -in other words, Christian. So now we have Crusaders killing Christians.
We are barely started on the slaughter done by Christians, though. The next major incident was Martin Luther nailing his “95 Theses” to the door of the parish chuch at Wittenberg, Germany. His complaint was corruption in the Church, particularly the SALE of “indulgences” or forgiveness for sins. He said God could not be bribed.
Instead of reform, churches in large parts of northern Europe split from the Catholic Church, forming many Protestant denominations. His actions resulted in 250 years of gory slaughter all across Europe as Christian killed Christian.
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Towards the end of this period, in 1492 (the year Cristobal Colon discovered the Americas), Ferdinand and Isabella, king and queen of Castile and Aragon, conquered all of Spain, driving out the Moors (Muslims). More Christians killing Muslims. They then forced Jews to leave Spain or convert to Christianity (did someone say Christians didn’t do this sort of thing?). However, there was suspicion that many of the conversos (forced converts) continued to practice Judaism secretly. To handle this, the Spanish Inquisition was started.
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Note that the Protestants had their own versions of this, generally directed at Catholics.
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One of these was in England under Henry VIII and Elisabeth I. Henry the VIII was at one time given the title of “Defender of the Faith” by the Pope for a treatise he wrote defending Catholicism. He later later wanted a divorce from Catherine of Aragon. The Pope would not agree. Henry decided to break with the Catholic Church and found the Protestant Episcopal Church. He kept the title, however. He also started a witch hunt for any who remained faithful to Catholicism and had thousands killed.
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Another history of these times:
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Some more on the kindness and tolerance of Christians.
. . . Let their houses also be shattered and destroyed . . . Let their prayer books and Talmuds be taken from them, and their whole Bible too; let their rabbis be forbidden, on pain of death, to teach henceforth any more. Let the streets and highways be closed against them. Let them be forbidden to practice usury, and let all their money, and all their treasures of silver and gold be taken from them and put away in safety. And if all this be not enough, let them be driven like mad dogs out of the land. - Martin Luther ( ic.net )
they be put under a roof or stable, like the Gypsies. in misery and captivity . . . > - Martin Luther ( ic.net )
Think it’s stopped? Remember the Irish Republican Army?
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Now supposedly a truce has been negotiated with them. Except not all. THEY formed the Real Irish Republican Army.
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They’re still at it.
Now I will not defend the Muslim fanatics who rammed jets into the WTC towers, nor any who kept silent or cheered it. Or any who threatened the editor or artist of the Danish cartoons. A free press in a sovereign country can print anything legal under that country’s laws. Or any who recently threatened the Pope. He has as much right to personal safety as any imam or mullah. Want to make the US REALLY popular in lots of countries? Kill the Pope.
From your header:
I am also cognizant that there are good muslims out there, but I only wish they would make their voices heard.
Gimme a break. Your whole thread says otherwise.
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