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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
The crusades cause was due to the expansionist Seljuk Turks threatening Byzantine Constantinople, nothing at all to do with religion, however what happened later like the Jerusalem massacre, the Children's crusade and Peter the Hermit's crusade were sadly caused by religious zeal alone.
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Actually I rather think the Children's Crusade was a cruel financial venture on the part of some wily slavers...Indeed there is some doubt as to the truth of these incidents..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Crusade
Also I doubt that every member of any of the crusading armies were there purely for converting Muslims..they were there for what profit they could make..especially in opening up trade routes...
Sad how the pacifist religion of Christ got twisted by later generations into an 'army of God' when Jesus's emphasis was on the 10 commandments, especially that of 'Thou Shalt Not Kill'.
