Insufficiently Fundamental

The violence of Fundamentalism, at least among “Christian” fundamentalists, is caused by a lack of sufficient fundamental commitment to the teachings of Jesus Christ.

Consider the Amish who obey Matthew 5:43-48 and shame all the pseudo fundamentalists.

Or observe Jesus before Pilate declaring that his Kingdom is not of this world otherwise his servants would fight (John 18:33-37).

In light of this truth I call on Pope Benedict XVI, to declare Peter the Hermit, Pope Urban II, Bernard of Clairveaux, Frederick Barbarossa, Philip Augustus, Richard Coeur De Lion, Pope Innocent III, Pope Gregory IX, Louis IX (Saint Louis), Prince Edward et.al. to have been in violation of the word and will of the Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God and Head of the Church, when they preached and carried out the Medieval Crusades against Islam.

The list of chief offenders in the Crusades comes from, History of the Christian Church, by Williston Walker