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And people wonder why I have a hard time believing Christianity (i.imgur.com)

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[–] NielsBohron@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Fair enough. I guess I should say that the group calling for the "reclamation" of the Middle East for Christianity was not the indigenous people. The Romans were a colonial power in the Middle East, so saying that a Roman Pope could call for a reclamation is like Great Britain trying to reclaim India.

While I may have gone too far in saying Christianity has not taken root in the Middle East, I stand by my central thesis that the Crusades were wars of aggression.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The Romans were a colonial power in the Middle East, so saying that a Roman Pope could call for a reclamation is like Great Britain trying to reclaim India.

I mean, if we're going that route, the Turco-Persian Muslims occupying the Levant at the time were a colonial power there too, and the Levant only came under Muslim control in the first place because it was quite literally conquered by non-native inland Arab tribes from a Byzantine-Christian majority in the 7th century.

While I may have gone too far in saying Christianity has not taken you in the Middle East, I stand by my central thesis that the Crusades were wars of aggression.

Agreed there.

[–] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

History is mostly a great play of conquering powers deciding who gets to tax the starving masses.