why matamoros, crusades

[claudia castellani]

It is history, not my judging of it.
I tried to explain that European countries, such as Italy, have been
subjected to hundreds of years of attacks and invasions by Arabs (please,
remember Sicily has been conquered and hold by the Arabs for a long time,
for example) much before the first Crusade was organized.
In any case I didn't want to start a useless discussion about the Crusades.
I just wanted to thank MJ for writing those historical truths.
As I tried to explain in my posting, I feel powerless against the amount of
historical falsity that has been spread in our minds in the last 200 years,
so I normally never take these subjects because I think it is useless. If
the Western world has decided to commit a cultural suicide, it is its own
choice, which of course I disagree with.
Best regards,

Claudia



>From: Verna Austen <va116aMSN.COM>
>Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
>To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
>Subject: Re: why matamoros, crusades
>Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 15:32:02 +0000
>
>I think real courage comes from allowing others to find their own path to
>God, and not imposing your views on them. We need only look to our current
>world situation to see what happens when people are not free to love God in
>their own way.  I'm sorry, but can you clarify your point about the
>crusades
>not being wrong?
>Peace
>~verna
>
>

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