The New Crusades

Oh, Christianity as a whole has been trying to get it to happen forever, behind closed doors, of course. We've already started preliminary plans for a Crusade against atheists/agnostics for afterward, sort of like a dessert, we're starting by bombing California and then we'll have an Inquisition everywhere else.

that won't happen especially when you realize how many of us there actually are

atheism+agnosticism is the 3rd largest belief in the world, and in america there is a shrinking % of christians....

There were a hell of a lot of Muslims during the Crusades too, didn't stop em then.

Many atheists and agnostics hold positions of power and have access to the same technology as christians do, the same couldn't be said of the medieval muslims

would you be surprised to find out that the richest man in the world is an agnostic?

How many times have you guys tried this?

Many atheists and agnostics hold positions of power and have access to the same technology as christians do, the same couldn't be said of the medieval muslims

would you be surprised to find out that the richest man in the world is an agnostic?

1. Many would say that Muslims were even more advanced than the Christians (not me, but in terms of military ability, under the conditions they were equal.

At the time, Islam was the more advanced society technologically. They had their renaissance while we were in the "dark ages", something we really don't like talking about.

If you say so.

Wiki the Pedia

Islamic Golden Age - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dark Ages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Renaissance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Yeah, we were the barbarians at the time.

Even wikipedia can't get away without a very minor criticism section. It doesn't come close to the full spectrum.

Look at this: Qur'an and Science

Stuff about the Golden Age is at the bottom, but I've provided the full link. There's other subjects (including Crusades): TheReligionofPeace.com - Islam: Making a True Difference in the World

You can get as nit-picky as you want, the fact still remains that they were a more advanced civilization both scientifically and technologically. This has nothing to do with any religion saying anything. When I referenced Islam, I was referring to the people of that area as a whole.

For the longest time, that area had a little knick knack called the Library of Alexandria. That helped that particular region out a whole lot in terms of science and technology.

Unfortunately nothing lasts forever.

I'm pretty sure that the Library of Alexandria wasn't around for much of Muslim rule (among the stories of its destruction, the one that said it happened at the latest point of all of the stories had the Muslims destroying it upon conquering the city.) "Nit-picky?" Hardly. A lot of criticisms of the Crusades can get 'nitpicky.'

The Library was around for quite some time and did advance that region quite a bit. Not around during their "golden age", it however did a whole lot towards helping them out.

Where exactly were the Christians scientifically during this time (both during the Lib's existence and during the Islam Renaissance)?

Okay, well, provide direct proof (that the stuff I posted has not refuted.)

Science was hardly the biggest profession at all. If you want to talk literature, philosophy, that's fine, but science was just not a big thing.