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To: MtnClimber

The popes used declared crusades to fight their political and religious enemies for almost 500 years and it’s pretty tough to assert that they were all battles against evil. Or Holy.

Many were proclaimed against Hussites, Russian Orthodox and other Christians. Even the Holy Roman Emperor and Italian noble families.


26 posted on 08/19/2014 8:17:53 PM PDT by Sherman Logan (Perception wins all the battles. Reality wins all the wars.)
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To: Sherman Logan

Yes, power has always corrupted. The Catholic Church also condoned theft from Aztecs and Mayans if they got their cut. But today they are not nearly as bad as the Islamists.


28 posted on 08/19/2014 8:40:49 PM PDT by MtnClimber (Just doing laps around the sun and shaking my head that progressives can believe what they do!)
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