It's not that Crusade doesn't give it a good effort — a lot has been overhauled for the better.
Ultimately, though,
Crusade does what all good expansions should do — it takes a base game and improves upon it in significant ways.
In his 1998 book, The Invention of the Crusades, Tyerman argued that
the Crusades did not exist much before the pontificate of Innocent III (1198 - 1216), thus implying that the First, Second, and Third Crusades were nothing of the sort.
Just because he lives is a nominally Christian country and fantasize about
the crusades does not make him a Christian!
The Crusades did not last nor did the Ottoman Empire.
I was so stunned that he would take a day of national mourning and turn it into a bully pulpit for his moral crusade I didn't even think to walk out until he was done.
His Republican contender, state Rep. Dan Carter, 49, of Bethel, accuses him of small - bore accomplishments with «shark fins, saline solution, falling furniture, GMO salmon, whatever
the crusade du jour.»
INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE: «While Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade didn't live up to the heights of Raiders of the Lost Ark, it definitely topped Temple of Doom, and it finished the 1980s trilogy well.»
Not exact matches
They don't execute initiatives; they lead
crusades.
Make them part of your
crusade to
do what's never been
done before.
In a 2005 interview with The Associated Press, before his final
crusade which was held in New York, Graham said he regretted that he didn't battle for civil rights more forcefully.
If you don't have a clue before contacting them, it will be impossible to get them passionate about your
crusade.
It «spoke truth to power,» something that true
crusading journalism theoretically always strives to
do.
Do you take affront to everything, get offended easily, or think it's your personal
crusade to «educate» those around you?
People
do this for many reasons, whether it's because playing victim makes them feel good or because they believe it's their duty to
crusade against injustice, and then they take it way too far.
I don't want it to seem as if I'm on some sort of
crusade against BitGold.
So why
does God have a
crusade against sin, when he's directly responsible for sin.
Now people have fought wars in the name of Christianity (the
Crusades), but they
did not have the truth, they were fighting under a highly distorted view of Christianity that also allowed torture for heresy and taught that works will get you into heaven.
There are times when Christians have
done horrible things in the name of Christ (
Crusades), but it is their own Bible that calls them out for
doing such things.
But then, people of all religions have
done the same — refer to Christian
Crusades, Witch - hunts, the Holocaust against Jews, Hindu Sikh riots, Hindu Muslim riots etc etc..
Just because they have the audacity to disagree with you doesn't mean you should
crusade to make their beliefs illegal to express in public.
people aren't afraid of buddists because they don't live in the holy land... today's anti islamic propaganda is just part of the modern day
crusades.
You sure the hell don't see them holding an annual Jihad
Crusade at Anaheim Stadium.
I don't understand why are they participating in this
crusade?
As a historian I
do not want people downplaying horrific events for modern points - be it the early persecution of the church, the
Crusades, the holocaust - whatever it might be.
As a result, if readers
do not know the story of the
Crusades ahead of time, they will likely be lost.
Oh, the poor christians... then they took those teachings of «Love thy neighbor» and «tolerance» and used the
Crusades to
do exactly the opposite!
You talk about Christians being hateful and you throw out ancient events like the Spanish Inquisition and The
Crusades as your proof that ALL of us are bigoted, hateful, bible thumpers with the sole intent of annihilating all who don't believe.
And I
do think there is an element of hope in the
crusade's demonstration that moral appeal and censure can affect a behavior so widespread, although goodness knows there are evils much more in need of our moral attention.
BTW,
do the
Crusades ring a bell?
The
crusades had nothing to
do with the teachings of Jesus.
This is true as far as it goes, although it
does not address the continually diminishing Muslim threat, which made
Crusades less necessary.
Of course, when it comes to persecution, nobody
does it better than the Christians what with their inquisitions, holocausts,
crusades and innumerable religious wars.
But for those of you who
did a great job of bringing up the
Crusades from ONE THOUSAND YEARS AGO, you need to get some new material.
How come they didn't have a
crusade to ho;d the pope and bishops accountable for the Rrra - ppp - es of small children?
Regardless, you have not only the
Crusades, but the Spanish Inquisition, George W.'s phony Iraq / Afghanistan wars, WWII, WWI, the European invasion and of the Americas and consequent slaughter of countless natives, all the «god» - ordained wars in the Old Testament in which Yahweh told Israel to go
do «his» dirty work for «him», the KKK, the Salem «witch» trials, slavery in the US (and all of its ugly murders), etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. to contend with.
, He didn't
do a perfect job of spreading the message of peace (
crusades, holy wars) despite a PERFECT knowledge of humans.
This article says that they are
crusading with Christians that sought help, didn't say they were going further but you Nancy's hear or see the word «
crusade» and instantly you think that its focused on the Atheist or secular community.
I think a lot of agnostic / atheist people would be perfectly content to live their lives without making their personal convictions a
crusade if the other side didn't make a
crusade out of their religious beliefs.
Of course Satin had nothing to
do with the murders and brutality of the
Crusades, nor the burning deaths of «witches» in Salem, torture and burning «heretics» at the stake in the Middle Ages, and most certainly not the millions of Jews killed by a good Catholic by the name of Hitler.
Westboro, corrupt Catholic priests,
crusades, etc.
do not change my beliefs in God or Christ.
Most people actually know the answer, if pressed — though for some reason they
do not usually connect the answer with the
crusades.
Just because he is the Pope
does nt make him right... was Urban II correct to start the
Crusades?
Now, as many of them argue for forcing others to
do what they want, like forcing doctors to refer women to abortionists or even participate in abortions themselves, the traditional goal «has been thrown over in favor of a
crusade to establish what might be called... «comprehensive liberalism» as the official pseudo-religion of the state.»
Kekes» example of religiously inspired atrocities is the thirteenth - century Catholic Church's
crusade against the Cathars, which wiped them out — along with many who had little or nothing to
do with them.
I don't say that in a critical manner, but to suggest that you keep an open mind and have some experiences of your own with ministries that are making a difference through
Crusade Evangelism.
He stopped
doing crusades in 2005, so we can add to these numbers bit, but I doubt it goes much past 3.5 million.
Regarding small groups: as I mentioned before,
Crusade Evangelism and Relational Evangelism
do not exclude each other and none is better that the other.
I think you forgot the multiple
crusades, the salem witch trials, the constant degredation of the jewish by the christians and catholics up until right after WW2 and the holocaust, or not even mentioning the iron hand of the church during the ENTIRE dark ages, the complacency and silent approval of Hitler by the RCC, the fact that Hitler himself grew up a catholic and professed to be
doing the will of god.
I guess I was just arguing that personal evangelism might in the long run be even more effective, especially when we help people understand that they don't need all the polish of the stage production put on by evangelism
crusades, but can simply love people in their neighborhood.