This is basically entirely to Cromwell_Dude
Cromwell_Dude, I was baptised Anglican but take the Bill Maher approach to religion currently so I am not backing any religion against any religion.
I note that you repeatedly used the spelling Moslem. It tells me you have rather biased opinion and are looking for facts to support your view, perhaps I am wrong.
Why Do People Say Muslim Now Instead of Moslem?
http://hnn.us/articles/524.htm
From this I quote
A Muslim in Arabic means"one who gives himself to God," and is by definition, someone who adheres to Islam. By contrast, a Moslem in Arabic means"one who is evil and unjust" when the word is pronounced, as it is in English, Mozlem with a z.
To me that is rather inflammatory rhetoric and has little if any room for an enlightened discussion forum as this is. Cromwell you say this"
The Christian Crusades were defensive holy wars by mostly sincere Christians against an enemy of rape, pillage, and murder.
So the rest of the world especially the middle east have it all wrong? I suspect the reason why crusader is such a dirty word in the middle east is because bad things happened when they showed up. Lets say for argument sake the Crusaders really were great nice folks. How do we convince those who think otherwise they are wrong? By calling them evil, hateful, rapists who love war?
Religion and Politics for good reason are topics to avoid during parties, particularly when there are guns and booze around.
I think we are mature enough here that these topics and be talked about if we all respect the others point of views and beliefs. Frimmel and LHoffman impressed me with their ability to agree to disagree. The only reason I came to this thread is that you raised it from the dead so to speak.
