Aside from political motivations, many believed it was to safeguard the passage of pilgrims. It is a historical fact that the pilgrim road was not safe at the time of the first crusade.
Yes, that was not always the case.
Matthew 28:19-20
Make disciples of all nation, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son of the Holy Spirit.
Next question.
Exactly. In the Bible, Jesus says on many occasions that He is God. He equates Himself with The Father. And on each occasion, the Pharisees pick up stones to stone him for this so called blasphemy. (It would be blasphemy to claim to be God if you’re not actually God). So it was very clear each time Jesus claimed it, the Jews just disagreed.
John 10:30-40
John 8:58
Jus of the top of my head.
Yes tribalism existed long before Islam. But Islam comes to reinforce a posteriori whatever tribal ties that were in place. Also the religion itself doesn’t favor individualism. It’s always the believers vs everyone else.
No, He said I am God in many different ways. No ambiguity about this. Any muslim who says “nowhere in the Bible does Jesus claim to be God” is either lying or confused.
I know the religious motivations, but I’m presenting a case of why it imprints on all of islam as a whole.
“No Achilles, I will not let you make ice cream with my breast milk.” 
That’s the truest take to exist regarding this issue. Neither sides are as righteous as they claim they are. They can go fuck themselves.
In all fairness, the israelis most probably did it. They have a track record of bombing hospitals and ambulances.
Where are the winged hussars when you need them ?
Why Islam presents a fertile ground that keeps spawning terrorists?
It can be argued that those chimping out, killing and blowing themselves up are not the majority. However, what they do impacts the image of all muzzies. Why is that?
That’s because they’re a highly collectivist culture. Some may condemn heinous acts such as what happened yesterday in Brussels, but some would be apologetic and none would disown the perpetrators of such acts. None.
They don’t have a strong sense of individual responsibility as a culture.
To them, salvation is collective. But they don’t seem to realize that when salvation is collective, so is perdition and damnation.
Magic Dirt theory and its consequences have been a disaster on Europe.
I thusly say unto you, fr fr.
Exorcizamus te, omnis immundus spiritus, omnis satanica potestas, omnis incursio infernalis adversarii, omnis legio, omnis congregatio et secta diabolica. Ergo, omnis legio diabolica, adiuramus te…cessa decipere humanas creaturas, eisque æternæ perditionìs venenum propinare…Vade, satana, inventor et magister omnis fallaciæ, hostis humanæ salutis…Humiliare sub potenti manu Dei; contremisce et effuge, invocato a nobis sancto et terribili nomine…quem inferi tremunt…Ab insidiis diaboli, libera nos, Domine. Ut Ecclesiam tuam secura tibi facias libertate servire, te rogamus, audi nos.
Yeah, it grows the economy. It increases the GDP. Divorce is up? I don’t care. Homes are broken? I made double dividends this quarter.
Surely, the government wished to double its taxe returns. But the disconnect from what really matters is also on us.
Living off the land in the countryside? No dude, go to the godforsaken city where you work 3/4 of your life to pay half your income as rent, and have your free time hobbies be folding the laundry. And any connection you ever make is at risk of being lost because you go “wherever works takes you” and so does everyone.
So yes. This has been a disaster on mankind.
And look where that got us…
I blame protestantism for feminism. Without Virgin Mary venerated as Mater Dei, as Mater Misericordae, as well as other Saints and devout women from the caliber of Joan of Arc, Lady Godiva, St Genevieve, etc etc.
Without that, women have not their rightful place anymore, which is something that contributed to the rise of feminism. Protestantism robbed women from their spiritual place and left them as a prey to feminism and other forces of Satan.