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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI do not understand when folks point out the crusades as the best example
Of fanaticism in Christianity, when their are quite a few examples in the 20th century
The Christian Phalanges, 6 million Jews, Catholics and Protasants in Ireland, are just a few examples
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I do not understand when folks point out the crusades as the best example (Original Post)
still_one
Feb 2015
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look at all the 'christian" religious terrorist groups right here in the U.S. who have murdered
SummerSnow
Feb 2015
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SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)1. look at all the 'christian" religious terrorist groups right here in the U.S. who have murdered
enki23
(7,789 posts)2. Because it is most specifically relevant to conflict between Christians and Muslims
still_one
(92,219 posts)3. Seems like tunnel vision to me
enki23
(7,789 posts)4. Not when we have wildly popular movies about Christian soldiers tattooed with crusader's crosses.
And who, we are told, enjoyed very much the killing of Muslims and wished they could shoot people for the crime of carrying a Koran.