Strong indoctrination in schools...

[SSRabbitohs]

Asked my bro today what he thought of the crusades and he said the Christians were bad and shouldn't have started anything. I then asked him about the slave trade and he went on to say how the white man was to be blamed for everything. Makes me sick the kind of leftist propaganda they feed us, srs.

Needless to say I explained the reality of both situations to him.

To all those guys talking about the crusades ill just leave this here to show they were justified:

With enormous energy, the warriors of Islam struck out against the Christians shortly after Mohammed's death. They were extremely successful. Palestine, Syria, and Egypt—once the most heavily Christian areas in the world—quickly succumbed. By the eighth century, Muslim armies had conquered all of Christian North Africa and Spain. In the eleventh century, the Seljuk Turks conquered Asia Minor (modern Turkey), which had been Christian since the time of St. Paul. The old Roman Empire, known to modern historians as the Byzantine Empire, was reduced to little more than Greece. In desperation, the emperor in Constantinople sent word to the Christians of western Europe asking them to aid their brothers and sisters in the East.

That is what gave birth to the Crusades. They were not the brainchild of an ambitious pope or rapacious knights but a response to more than four centuries of conquests in which Muslims had already captured two-thirds of the old Christian world. At some point, Christianity as a faith and a culture had to defend itself or be subsumed by Islam. The Crusades were that defense.

brb not doing anything when a burgler comes into your home.

[Merauder]

good boy

have a treat

[blowjo]

Yep, kids schoudnt be told about religion till atleast 14. Let them make up their own minds instead of indocrinating them.
I bet religion will lose 90% of their followers that way.

[SSRabbitohs]

good boy

have a treat

Reps?

[MsDSP]

Asked my bro today what he thought of the crusades and he said the Christians were bad and shouldn't have started anything. I then asked him about the slave trade and he went on to say how the white man was to be blamed for everything. Makes me sick the kind of leftist propaganda they feed us, srs.

Needless to say I explained the reality of both situations to him.

unfortunately happens a lot these days

[saintpatrick]

you just now realized liberals have been waging a war against the straight white Christian male?

[saintpatrick]

Yep, kids schoudnt be told about religion till atleast 14. Let them make up their own minds instead of indocrinating them.
I bet religion will lose 90% of their followers that way.

strong reading comprehension, spelling, grammar and irony.

[Ramrod2615]

strong reading comprehension, spelling, grammar and irony.

Phuck you beat me to it.

[Kenetics]

Explain why the Crusades happened and where they justified. Main reason.

[SSRabbitohs]

you just now realized liberals have been waging a war against the straight white Christian male?

It certainly looks that way doesn't it? Phuck white guilt, im not responsible for what my ancestors did lol.

[ThrusH]

[KillDowzer]

You can also tell him to stfu and give him some **** example on his teaching methods arent his fault

[newtmiscer]

lawl i guess christians didnt cause the crusades and blacks were never enslaved by whites

[SSRabbitohs]

Explain why the Crusades happened and where they justified.

It was a defensive war brah, Islam was spreading like wildfire over predominantly Christian lands. Looting and pillaging along the way might I add. Granted some Christian's also looted and pillaged but hollywood and schools make it out like they were predominantly bigoted and in the wrong.

Im looking at you Kingdom of Heaven.

[Ramrod2615]

im not responsible for what my ancestors did lol.

Agreed. Biggest cop out ever is when people try to pull that. Had it happen before and all I say is my great grandparents came here from Poland, so sorry no guilt here try again.

[Kenetics]

It was a defensive war brah, Islam was spreading like wildfire over predominantly Christian lands. Looting and pillaging along the way might I add. Granted some Christian's also looted and pillaged but hollywood and schools make it out like they were predominantly bigoted and in the wrong.

Im looking at you Kingdom of Heaven.

If it was about Islam spreading why did the Crusaders invade Byzantine? A Christian Kingdom.

No, like any war it was about resources, land, and money. /the end.

[kasperj]

If it was about Islam spreading why did the Crusaders invade Byzantine? A Christian Kingdom.

No, like any war it was about resources, land, and money. /the end.

that's just dumb, they didn't

the purpose of the 1st crusade was to help out the romans.. they kicked turk ass and romans took back some of their territory

the "holy land" was a bit of a detour

[Deathstriker666]

I agree with OP. Ricky Gervais has a quote that goes 'If a lion could speak, you wouldn't understand what it would say'. I think that's the same for people that lived 500-1000 years ago. They would have such a different view of the world that that'll almost seem like aliens.

[saintpatrick]

still lulz when people bring up crusades to compare western Christianity with Islamic extremism and barbarism.

[Ramrod2615]

Im looking at you Kingdom of Heaven.

Kingdom of Heaven was actually a fairly accurate representation. It didnt have the Muslims as rabid barbarians and actually showed how advanced and relatively tolerant they were to Christians. Im not basing this off of middle school history classes, weve studied this movie in Mid East Civ among other classes.

[iBundy]

Never let your schooling interfere with your education. - Mark Twain

[SSRabbitohs]

If it was about Islam spreading why did the Crusaders invade Byzantine? A Christian Kingdom.

No, like any war it was about resources, land, and money. /the end.

Byzantium was weak and couldn't defend itself lrn2history. They pleaded for the Holy Roman Empire to protect them.

[Kenetics]

that's just dumb, they didn't

the purpose of the 1st crusade was to help out the romans.. they kicked turk ass and romans took back some of their territory

the "holy land" was a bit of a detour

Let me guess, you think the Iraq war was about finding weapons of mass destruction? Rofl, pls go sheep.

Byzantium was weak and couldn't defend itself lrn2history. They pleaded for the Holy Roman Empire to protect them.

That was in the First Crusade when they pleaded for help.

Regardless, they were Christian. If it was about Islam then it doesn't make sense to invade another Christian power. Its the same as the Wars of Religion when France was fighting against Catholic powers, why don't you learn that wars are motivated by economic gain by the few and the elite.

[Ramrod2615]

No, like any war it was about resources, land, and money. /the end.

Under the guise of a religious conquest. This isnt a secret. Thank you for not having your head up your ass.

[SSRabbitohs]

still lulz when people bring up crusades to compare western Christianity with Islamic extremism and barbarism.

Strong rep jump, last time I saw you you were at 500 something.

[kasperj]

Let me guess, you think the Iraq war was about finding weapons of mass destruction? Rofl, pls go sheep.

Great deflection 10/10

Read history

Location: Zimbabwe i guess you don't have books

[UnivLifter]

Byzantium was weak and couldn't defend itself lrn2history. They pleaded for the Holy Roman Empire to protect them.

During the Fourth Crusade, Christian Crusaders went and, instead of invading the Holy Land, captured, sacked, and looted Constantinople for their own wealth.

You have no idea what you're talking about.

[saintpatrick]

Strong rep jump, last time I saw you you were at 500 something.

because of this thread lulz

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...hp?t=140883551

[Kenetics]

Great deflection 10/10

Read history

Location: Zimbabwe i guess you don't have books

You're an idiot.

During the Fourth Crusade, Christian Crusaders went and, instead of invading the Holy Land, captured, sacked, and looted Constantinople for their own wealth.

You have no idea what you're talking about.

Thats the hilarious part, is OP thinks he has it all figured out.

[SSRabbitohs]

Let me guess, you think the Iraq war was about finding weapons of mass destruction? Rofl, pls go sheep.



That was in the First Crusade when they pleaded for help.

Regardless, they were Christian. If it was about Islam then it doesn't make sense to invade another Christian power. Its the same as the Wars of Religion when France was fighting against Catholic powers, why don't you learn that wars are motivated by economic gain by the few and the elite.

They only invaded to help. Byzantium was left alone until 1453 at the fall of Constantinople. It still makes me rage seeing the Hagia Sophia, once one of the proudest basilica's in the world defaced and formed into nothing more than an Islamic museum.