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![]() "Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... "NOYB" wrote in message nk.net... "Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... "NOYB" wrote in message k.net... "Jim Carter" wrote in message .. . "NOYB" wrote in message nk.net... So which Big Time Cristians say the following? "He decided that the only treatment they merited was to have their fighters killed, their women taken captive, and their property seized as booty. Some Orientalists claim that Muhammad was cruel to the Jews, but this is how determination should be. One must be firm when firmness is warranted, and gentle when gentleness is warranted." Pope Urban II issued orders that the Moslem peoples should be all killed and the holy land freed from the non Christians. The First Crusade was the most successful from a military point of view. Accounts of this action are shocking. For example, historian Raymond of Agiles described the capture of Jerusalem by the Crusaders in 1099: "Some of our men cut off the heads of their enemies; others shot them with arrows, so that they fell from the towers; others tortured them longer by casting them into the flames. Piles of heads, hands and feet were to be seen in the streets of the city. It was necessary to pick one's way over the bodies of men and horses. But these were small matters compared to what happened at the temple of Solomon, a place where religious services ware ordinarily chanted. What happened there? If I tell the truth, it will exceed your powers of belief. So let it suffice to say this much at least, that in the temple and portico of Solomon, men rode in blood up to their knees and bridle reins." The Christians of that era were just as cruel and barbaric as what you are attributing to the Moslems of the time. But Muslim leaders are calling for similar acts today. Name one "Big Time Christian" leader who is calling for a reenactment of the Crusades. Most Christians have progressed into a culture of civility. Many Muslims have not. Whether you wish death upon an enemy in ways you can actually accomplish, or believe death *should* come to them because of some mythological Armageddon nonsense in the bible, you're an asshole either way. But the actual debate lies in *who* is actually the enemy. To me, it's the terrorists trying to blow up civilians. To the terrorists, it's any non-Muslim...or any non-Muslim sympathizer. At least you said "To the terrorists", instead of "To Muslims". You're evolving. Muslims in general are not the problem. The problem lies with Muslims who live by the Sharia that is practiced today in the Islamic states...namely the Wahhabis. http://www.meta-religion.com/Extremi.../wahhabism.htm |