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Ciscogod:Nah true oooh, oga judas Amaechi. They call am pharaoh Ameachi self, but soon him go dance shoki on top him enemies dada!!! |
otijah:Ma bro wat is gud 4 da goose is gud 4 da gander also!!! |
trapQ:U knw nothing abt qur'an Mister, and if am nt wrong yhu knw close to nothing in ur so called religion. I said so called because, if I were to use ur way of handling issues then I wld tag all xtians as been rude. I doubt if xtianity preaches all dat uve exibited, my candid advice wld b to go and do ur research well. |
trapQ:insults don't score points in arguements, as 4 been illetrate I can see how polished u are wid ur insults, I guess it is part of da teaching of christ dat u shld rain insults on ppl when all dey ask of u is to see tru ur conscience. I don't need to stoop so low as to hurl insults at yhu. |
[quote author=IYANGBALI post=38894332][/quote]Although the crusaders are commonly thought to have been motivated by their deep Christian faith, crusades were actually wars inspired by avarice. At a time of utmost poverty and misery prevalent in the West, the attractions of the East-in particular, the Muslim societies' wealth and prosperity-played on the minds of Europeans, especially those in the Church. These attractions, bolstered with Christian teachings, begot the crusaders' mindset, seemly motivated by religion but actually motivated by worldly designs. This is the reason why Christians, who had followed more or less peaceful policies in the previous 1,000 years, suddenly began to display an appetite for war-specifically, the "liberation" of the holy city of Jerusalem and Palestine as a whole. We can retrace the beginnings of the crusades to November 1095, when Pope Urban II gathered the Council of Clermont. Three hundred members of the clergy convened under his chairmanship. The pacifist doctrines that had dominated Christendom were abandoned, laying the foundations for the conquest. At the close of the Council, Urban II announced this state of affairs in his famous speech to a congregation that comprised all social classes, demanding that Christians stop the infighting and warring among themselves. The Pope called on them- whether rich or poor, aristocrat or peasant-to unite under one banner and to free the holy land from the Muslims. To him, this was "a holy war." Historians describe Urban II as a good orator. He intended to incite the Christians against Muslim Turks and Arabs, and succeeded by alleging that the Muslim were assaulting pilgrims and that Christianity's sacred places were being desecrated.1 Of course, none of this was true. As historians have confirmed, the Muslims were very tolerant towards Christians and Jews, whom they permitted to pray and worship. All minorities co-existing in the Holy Land benefited equally from this atmosphere of tranquility, created by the moral code of Islam. But because means of communication at the time were terribly primitive compared to today's, medieval Europeans weren't aware of this. Owing allegiance to the Vatican in Rome and conducting services in Latin, they knew little about the Eastern Orthodox Church or the Greek-speaking Byzantium, and even less about Islam. Since what the common people did know amounted to nothing more than hearsay, the Pope found it easy to excite their emotions. Urban II went on to proclaim as an encouragement that for those who participated in the crusade, all sins would be forgiven. The exuberant crowd was distributed fabric crosses to emblazon their garments, and they dispersed to spread the word of the "holy war." The overwhelming response to this call made history. In a very short period of time, a massive "crusaders' army" was assembled, consisting of not only professional warriors, but also ten thousands of ordinary people. Some historians suggest that the impoverished kings of Christendom, eager to exploit the fabled riches of the East, pressurized the Pope to call a "holy war." Others find an altogether different motive for Pope Urban II, suggesting that he wished to gain power and prestige for himself at the expense of a rival claiming to be pope. But in reality, all the various kings, princes, aristocrats and others who obliged this call did so for worldly purposes. As Donald Queller of the University of Illinois put it, "the French knights wanted more land. Italian merchants hoped to expand trade in Middle Eastern ports. . . Large numbers of poor people joined the expeditions simply to escape the hardships of their normal lives."2 On the way, greedy hordes murdered countless Muslims and Jews in the hope of finding gold and jewels. Among crusaders, it was common practice to disembowel their victims in the hopes that they might have swallowed their gold and jewels to hide them. In the Fourth Crusade, their avarice reached the point where they looted Christian Constantinople, scratching gold leaf off the frescos in the Cathedral of Hagia Sophia. |
trapQ:B4 u can qoute anything on islam plz I beg u in da name of God make ur research and stop commenting like a non litrate person. If u don't Knw sh*t abt somtin I don't think u have da authority to call dem names. B4 I 4get u think its islam dat is only guilty of killings rite, am quite aware of wat ur so called crusaders did in their conquest of jerusalem so plz do ur resaerch b4 u call islam names. |
trapQ:U knw absolutely nothing abt islam, ur comment is bourne out of hatred 4 it. Of wat value will dis dude b to bh. |
IYANGBALI:Story 4 d gods!!! If u think Boko haram represents our interest then u ready to accept that da kkk clan where representatives of xtians, hw come u judge a religion by those who claim to practice it instead of really looking into da doctrines of it. Please ask urself some questions b4 u utter some things, don't b so gullible!!!! |
hinwazaka:Complete ur sentence nw, 'our criminal son, D.S.P.' |
musulumi:U just on point, I wldnt personally waste ma RIP on him, most of us are unaware hw many lives his looting wld have consumed, lives most def of commoners!!!! |
EgusiSoup:what are you saying, So na APC die abi, was apc government in power when looted our common wealth. Our shallow thinking as a ppl has gotten to da point dat we defend even convicted criminals, dead or alife, wat has his been alive benefited his motherland. We wld only remember him 4 his corruption cases, and I guess he wld be buried wid his loot. |
Osinbajo Sneh, I salute oga Vp pieces, after u na u!!! |
Damalex4luv:dat body odour was too strong dat an incumbent gats loose election depite spending close to a trillion. Abeg broda allow them to kip wailing ojere, Sai bubu!!! |
Adyrin:Unfortunately he is ur president. What are u gonna do abt dat oga wailer? |
ionsman:ppl were praising wat he did, but I guess by da time his party is done wid him, dat man wld bcome politically irrelevant 4 quite a while. Worth ever wld b urs, u need nt struggle life and death 4 it. |
California30:Ma oga wat abt STIs and STDs |
powerfulsettingz:Bro aside dat democracy ish, dis man na confirm killer, we from d state but I de taste him. |
Hehehehe, 1s they confirm ameachi like dis, wailers and haters go just enter ghost mode. |
WHOcarex:Phd no b beans, most especially if na 4 zoology!!! |
allanphash7:Thank u very much. |
Pierocash:All he did was to take a bow and leave!!! |
allanphash7:Mayb my joke fell flat but I never intended it dat, if u are hurt in anyway plz accept ma sincere apologies!!! |
allanphash7:Na confim oloshi u b bro!!! |
Bekwarra:oya nw make I just like you since no b beg u dey beg. Happy birthday. Bekwarra:oya nw make I just like you since no b beg u dey beg. Happy birthday. Bekwarra:oya nw make I just like you since no b beg u dey beg. Happy birthday. |
OldJohn:Bros abeg read d situation carefully, whose a** is on fire right nw, and nt just 1 stove but close to 3 stoves preaparing to roast SP a**. Don't 4get dat baba go slow is nt under any political pressure. Dat tribunal issue no b small thing oh. |
TheSonOfMark:I beggy bro go on!!! I dey feel u |
Firefire:Hihihihuhuhuheheheh *laffing in swahili* abi we still dey mililtary era? |
hinwazaka:From all indications u were privy to da meeting, maybe dats y u authoritatively giving us dis info, abi u be wailer too? |
egift:Bros u dey vex oh!!! |
hinwazaka:Where u privy to da meeting 4 u to knw what transpired. I salute ur level of bad belle sha!!! |
omazus:so because of dat make him no host him visitors well abi. I wonder hw some u think!!! |
