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   XPost: alt.atheism   
   From: f00@0f0.00f   
      
   Mitchell Holman wrote:   
   > "Brother Desmond (Desi) Edward Coughlan"  wrote in   
   > news:6c44rjtddcg3hlaqghgl4vn0ee32emvrvp@4ax.com:   
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   >> Dear children, let�s not merely say that we love each other; let us   
   >> show the truth by our actions.   
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   >      Shristian "actions", indeed.   
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   > The capture of Jerusalem from Muslim control   
   > was the primary goal of the First Crusade   
   > (1095-1102), a combined military campaign   
   > organised by western rulers, the Pope, and   
   > the Byzantine Empire. There followed a mass   
   > slaughter of all the Muslims and Jews of   
   > Jerusalem, the latter being seen as   
   > accomplices. The city was systematically   
   > ransacked and looted for its precious   
   > objects, and when the dead piled up   
   > to such an extent that they threatened   
   > to spread disease, Muslim prisoners were   
   > forced to burn the bodies of their fellows   
   > outside the city in huge pyres before   
   > themselves being massacred in cold blood.   
   > https://tinyurl.com/zmmd5va   
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   islam was founded around 700 ad right, it spread like wildfire to   
   require a crusade in 300 years. but yeah the point is religions   
   were never inherently meant for peace... but a way to organize   
   society.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)