Do you think that without religion the crusades would have never happened?
June 19, 2009 at 4:35 am
(This post was last modified: June 19, 2009 at 4:50 am by Coolmogo.)
When people talk about the evils of religion the crusades allways come up. But recently I've been thinking about it and have started to believe that it was more of cultural difference than a religious one that ignited the wars with religion as an excuse to go land plundering. Do you think if the Arabs and the Europeans both had the same religion (say, they were both atheist nations) there would have still been a war. I think its likely so.
On the flip side one could also argue that 'God', or more their intense belief in him, inspired them to commit the horrible atrocities such as the mass executions on both sides. I don't know a huge ammount about the crusades and so I'm interested what you guys have to say. I am fully prepared to be corrected.
On the flip side one could also argue that 'God', or more their intense belief in him, inspired them to commit the horrible atrocities such as the mass executions on both sides. I don't know a huge ammount about the crusades and so I'm interested what you guys have to say. I am fully prepared to be corrected.
