(July 8, 2010 at 4:54 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote:(July 8, 2010 at 4:49 pm)The Omnissiunt One Wrote: Mind you, there isn't a clearly defined Christian equivalent of jihad
Crusade? Or is there a distinction I'm not aware of? Just curious.
Having studied the crusades at A Level, I feel that the Crusades were a fairly unusual phenomenon which arose due largely to social and political events which coincided with the desire to liberate the Holy Land. For instance, the First Crusade was partly launched to better relations beween the Orthodox and Catholic churches, following a schism in 1054. The crusades had no historical precedent, and, whilst the Old Testament is almost entirely bloodthirsty and violent, there is not so much scriptural support for such actions as there is in Islam (hence Pope Urban II used the writings of Augustine of Hippo, rather than the Bible itself, to justify violence in this case).
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
