The crap that is being spewed on this thread makes me uncomfortable.
Shall we all just assume that every jew is a doctor, scientist or banker?
Or should we pretend that the Christian religion is free from any torture, war, or senseless killing over the past couple of millennium.
I think that taking up arms over a belief in an afterlife is just stupid.
I am not suggesting that the mullahs get that. But I do suggest that those around here that march around preaching about how great Christians are sound just as fanatical as those A-holes in Riyadh or Teheran.
That other guy asked us to imagine a world without several things he apparently found offensive. One of those was the Crusades.
The Crusades were essentially defensive wars, waged against a violently expansionist mohammedan enemy. That some of the crusaders engaged in gross misconduct is given ... that the Crusades were a necessary action to preserve the West against those who would destroy it is politically incorrect, but true.
If you wish to condemn the Crusades, go live in Iran, Saudi Arabia, or some other garden spot of tolerance tolerance and enlightenment. That's what mohammedanism would impose on the whole world.