Find a scholarly source that suggests any pagan religions survived from that time. They simply didn't. The movie "the Burning Times" was a gross exaggeration, with completely fictional accounts of how the witches were supposedly executed.

I had a Jewish person freak out on me when I discussed the tradition of his g-d having a consort.

The crusades are the only reason you aren't a Muslim.

That's ignoring the fact that Christians aren't allowed to execute witches by their scriptures.

Crusade Fever

During the Middle Ages Europe was a feudal society controlled by the monarchy, clergy and 'knights'. The church in Europe at this time had the upmost authority, the Pope being the head of the church had the most power and therefore he had political interest in society. The Crusades where part of the church's wish to expand its empire. At the time of his call to destroy Islam in the Middle East, the Pope realised that the church's political interests could be furthered as the Byzantine Empire (controlled by the Greek Orthodox Church) was requesting help against the Muslims, from Rome. If the Crusades where fought and won, it would mean geographical expansion of political power and authority for the Church.

The whole of Europe was gripped by "Crusade Fever ". The military venture was seen as a confrontation between the truth of Christianity against the supposedly demonic and ignorant face of Islam which had been painted by the church. This propaganda Included attacking the authenticity of the Qur'an and the Prophet Muhammad (SAW), who were both tagged imposters, sorcerery, satanic, evil, and pagan. Furthermore, Prophet Muhammad (SAW) was considered sexually promiscuous and lewd, an alcoholic, gambler and pimp. From this wretched fabrication, the church concluded that all Muslims were despotic and evil, to the extent where not only did they resemble beasts in their behavior, but also in their looks. So ridiculous were all these allegations, yet they were unquestioned and lapped up by the people, and added to the justification of attacking the Muslim world. These essentially became the roots of the long and continuing attack on Islam by the west, especially from its development into Orientalism. Years later, when the Crusades were subject of huge romanticisation, Chateaulri would write about how the Crusades were the

'glorious Christian attempt to liberate the Muslims from the only thing they knew which is force.

This is ironically more accurate a picture of the Crusades rather than the Muslims.

The church had little worry of acquiring the military force that would be needed for the war; the religious hysteria which the church had evoked by using the above and similar depictions of Islam and the Muslims was enough to fund and haul support for the cause of the Crusades. Additionally this was one of the first times in history when European countries successfully mobilised against a common enemy further strengthening the Christian position. Driven by the Church's promise of eternal paradise and martyrdom, and seething, blind hatred for the 'barbaric' Muslims, a mass exodus of knights and peasants left Europe particularly from France, Germany and England, to conquer and ruthlessly kill the Muslims and take Jerusalem.

military expeditions, beginning in the late 11th century, that were organized by Western Christians in response to centuries of Muslim wars of expansion. Their objectives were to check the spread of Islam, to retake control of the Holy Land, to conquer pagan areas, and to recapture formerly Christian territories; they were seen by many of their participants as a means of redemption and expiation for sins. Between 1095, when the First Crusade was launched, and 1291, when the Latin Christians were finally expelled from their kingdom in Syria, there were numerous expeditions to the Holy Land, to Spain, and even to the Baltic; the Crusades continued for several centuries after 1291, usually as military campaigns intended to halt or slow the advance of Muslim power or to conquer pagan areas. Crusading declined rapidly during the 16th century with the advent of the Protestant Reformation and the decline of papal authority.

And the only reason they want to disagree with it is because they need excuses to harm others in the name of God.

One day you will have to ask yourself why you are so filled with hate. I hope to be able to see that day, so that I can welcome you as a brother to the human race. Your perverse joy in tormenting Christians makes me wonder if you will ever be able to treat Christians as you would have them treat you.

Since when do Christians care what their scriptures say? They spit in the face of Jesus everyday.

It was Christians who wrote the Malleus Maleficarum.

This book was second only to the Bible in it's publication. It was definitely a Christian supported document.

To try to claim that the Witch Burnings was a hoax is truly living in denial.

All of this was done in the name of Jesus Christ and, of course, with the Old Testament which the Christians use Jesus Christ to prop up.

If Jesus truly was God, and he just sat back for 300 years while innocent women were being tortured and burned to death in his name, then he wouldn't be worthy of worshiping anyway.

This thread was supposed to be on the topic of "proof of the existence of God via moral arguments"

Yet, everything that has been discussed thus far suggest that the Bible, and Christianity is the most immoral religion ever created by mankind.

Sure, you can find little pockets of more dispicable beliefs. But if you have to stoop to arguing that you can scrape up examples of beliefs from the bottom of the barrel of humanity that are more dispicable than Christianity that's pretty sad.

For the topic of this thread the bottom line is pretty simple:

If we're going to argue for the existence of a God based on moral values, the Bible would be among the very first mythologies to be cast aside.

In fact witchcraft would be one of the most moral religions around. It has a single creed:

"Do as you will, but harm none"

There you go. Who's going to disagree with that?

Only a Christian!

And the only reason they want to disagree with it is because they need excuses to harm others in the name of God.

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