Should Christians Be Proud Of The Crusades?

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[bulletkingaming]

Europe wouldn't be Europe today without the Crusades.

[dsubversion]

I'm not European, but the Crusades are amazing history. Christians of types gathered together to defend their lands and faith, that's a major accomplishment.

[alanyoung]

I have ancestors who fought for the Church during the crusades. I’m very proud of this. All glory to almighty God. Deus Vult✝️

[Defi_shmeefi]

I've been an agnostic for more or less my whole life and now at the ripe age of 35, I'm beginning to see the world much differently. Your Youtube show and a few others have really helped open my eyes to Jesus and his teachings. Just felt like giving some feedback. God bless!

[wmarkfish]

The crusades were glorious. We’ve been lied to about the crusades.

[CrusaderZealot]

Yes I'm proud of the crusades (if my name didn't make it more obvious). If the crusades didn't happen then Europe would have become Islamic and the modern world and all the souls that were and are now being saved would never have happened.

[ivancolonna]

I’m proud of the Christian crusades because it is similar to a bullied victim standing up against his tormentor, and laying the smack down.

[budhalah]

Iam Croatian and since I was born I was raised in traditional Christian values.Even my name says „Kristian“. Never was too much into it because of all the scandals in Catholic Church.
Now Iam 35, it’s Christmas night…and man…I can’t explain it-I finally found Jesus.I finaly understand what my mother and father told me all this years.Iam filled with joy and love.Jesus is the way, the truth and the life.

[cozzwozzle]

There were different crusades for different religio-regional-political reasons. The crusades into Spain were awesome for the defense of Europe. The 4th Crusade where they sacked Constantinople and slaughtered fellow Christians was horrible.

You can't paint the crusades with a broad brush.

[muscularchristian.]

Imagine you leave everything and go fight for your country, risking not only your life but also your soul and centuries later, the people you gave your life to protect them are ashamed of your sacrifice...

[younggrasshopper]

You may not like every detail about its multi century history but yes the crusades were more than necessary

[nathanielalaburgDelhi]

Part of the concept of being Christian is beating unbelievable ODDS ❤

[TheGeneralGrievous]

“Crusading, ” Professor Jonathan Riley-Smith has rightly argued, was understood as an “an act of love”—in this case, the love of one’s neighbor. The Crusade was seen as an errand of mercy to right a terrible wrong. As Pope Innocent III wrote to the Knights Templar, “You carry out in deeds the words of the Gospel, Greater love than this hath no man, that he lay down his life for his friends.” ~ Thomas Madden, PhD.

[maxrice]

People forget that the crusades were a defensive war

[oxysz]

I love how we were all just brainwashed about this stuff growing up because the world is so anti Christian, learning the truth is a little mind blowing lol.
There is so much myths and misinformation about early church history

[theboozebrothersYT]

Templar Knights have always been my favorite, even before my recent conversion

I'm proud of them and I'm not even Catholic.

[culturalliberator]

When you realize that the Middle East was majority Christian during the Ceusade it becomes hard to deny it's justice.

[KageMinowara]

I think the reason that most people today think of the Crusades as a shameful thing is because of The War on Terror, and the Iraq War. There is this tendency in people to equate past events with events that are happening in their present lives. People saw Westerners fighting in the Middle East in an unjust war and so came to think of any war where Westerners are fighting in the Middle East as unjust regardless of context.

[marshallhunter]

The Crusades were launched after more than seven centuries of constant Islamic aggression before the very first crusade was launched in 1095.
Muslims had invaded the following Christian lands Christian Syria, Christian Jordan, Christian Palestine, Christian Egypt, Christian Algeria, Christian Libya, Christian Morocco,
Christian Portugal, Christian Spain, Christian France, Christian Sicily, Christian turkey, Christian Armenia and Christian Italy. All of these took place before the first crusade. The Crusades were a legitimate response to Islamic aggression and violence. The eastern empire requested help from the western pope in liberating Christian lands. Most importantly, the Holy land, birthplace of Jesus Christ. This does not even mention the constant slave raids conducted against the Christian world.