(December 13, 2015 at 2:35 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(December 13, 2015 at 1:46 pm)Amine Wrote: Jesus would never have called for the crusades.
This the same Jesus who said he didn't come to bring peace, but the sword?
That is the kind of equivocation people need to stop committing. This is a very indirect call to violence at best. Really, it is more metaphorical, as he goes on to explain this "sword" will cause divisions in relationships.
The two simply do not compare. To do so is disingenuous. Jesus didn't go around raping children and beheading people. Yes, one time he metaphorically used a sword as an example. He tended to do that sort of thing. And then he let himself get crucified. Big difference. Might have something to do with the way things look in the world today.
