I have come to believe that
the Crusades were a success and that they needed to be done in order to
accomplish what the Church Desired from the Crusades. The knew that they had
a lot of power and they needed to accomplish the goal of trying to recapture the
Holy Land from the Muslims, so they figured that they could assemble a massive
army in order to defeat the Muslims. The army had a lot more trouble then what
was expected of their opposing forces, so the armies pillaged and plundered to
get what they felt was rightfully theirs; which was Jerusalem. If the Crusaders or
the Church tried to recapture the Holy Land without using aggression then would
they be able to accomplish what they wanted? The Church in no way shape or
form could have regained control of the Holy Land without using their immense
power because, if they had tried without out using aggression then no one would
listen or take them seriously.
You are aware that Jerusalem is quartered, right? The church does not own the city. As a matter of fact, I'd like to see the whole city bulldozed!
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