RE: Damned Christians
November 27, 2024 at 10:39 pm
(This post was last modified: November 27, 2024 at 10:40 pm by TheWhiteMarten.)
(November 22, 2024 at 4:16 pm)zebo-the-fat Wrote: How do the Crusades fit in with "Thou shall not kill"?? Maybe it was a typo and should read "Thou shall not kill except for foreigners who worship a different invisible friend"
Easily.
"Lo tirsah" does not translate directly to kill and allows for self-defense, and the Crusades were in response to hundreds of years of Islamic aggression and taking of slaves across the Mediterranean, with the original specific goal of reclaiming cities with century old Christian communities - many founded by Europeans - that had been occupied by the Caliphates.