The Reformers would like a word
Likewise.
History is complex, and while I don't deny that many wars have occurred in lands under Christian rule, that is inevitable for two reasons: The first is that mankind is sinful. The second is that Christendom has spanned some 2000 years.
However, we also must recognize that not all war is the same. There is just war and unjust war. There is defensive war and offensive war. With some exceptions, nearly all the crusades were defensive wars. As were many pre-crusading wars like those against the Danes.
But as I said, Christendom is more than her wars, just or otherwise, and honoring our fathers as well as retrieval from the past is essential for the West to have any real future.
Yes. But my point still stands.
The image represents an aspect of Christian history, but doesn't speak to all of what Christendom was.
I do not assume ill intent behind your comment. That said, being told to focus on Jesus' teachings rather than discuss Christendom, or her wars, as if these things stood in contradiction to one another, comes across as condescending. Our fathers are worthy of our remembrance and our honor, and if the West is going to have a future, much needs to be retrieved from her past. This doesn't mean we are not rooted in Christ's teachings. In fact, it bears witness that we are.
One of the most exciting parts of Creation is that God has revealed so little to us about His plans.
You seem like a man who would appreciate the Haunted Cosmos podcast. They had an episode not too long ago discussing megoliths and the pyramids. They spent some time discussing the pyramids as being designed to harness energy rather than as burial chambers.
I'm not the one who brought up the wars. My point is that to think of Christendom as merely or mainly being comprised of wars against the Mohammadens is flattening all that Christendom was and all that it produced.
Without them, the entirety of the West would have been consumed.
I recommend you read Sword and Scimitar and Defenders of the West, both by Raymond Ibrahim. I don't say this condescendingly. They are great books that dispel much of the propaganda and smears against the crusading period.
Very truncated view of Christendom.
I did not anticipate prior to having children that one of the hardest things would be getting out the door.
Optimization and life hacks are fine. But find yourself a few honorable men—in real life—who have healthy marriages, multiple children, stable households, and diligent work ethics, and emulate them.
GM
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What string cheese brand(s) do you like?
Yes, discovered this more recently. The potatoes are previously processed in seed oils by the distributer that Steak'n Shake buys them from.
Baby steps. Overton window moving in the right direction.
For now, I'm sticking with homemade tallow fries using clean ingredients.
Habla or Yakihone are two many people use
Self-custodied thought. No outsourcing.
GM
There are always consequences.
