So how long will Ben last this time?

[Kidlicious]

Actually christianity had its uses.

A muslim woman married to another muslim, couldn't divorce.... Unless she converted to another religion. Then her husband was obliged to leave her.

Has happened

Is that why you have a hard on for Islam?

[Bereta_Eder]

And vice versa

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[Bereta_Eder]

Is that why you have a hard on for Islam?

I don't have a hard on for islam. I'm saying like it is.

You OTOH...

[Bereta_Eder]

And I'm pretty sure the romanian church swift from ancient greek liturgies to slavic was also aided by the fact that the Phanariotes (greeks of the High Gate in Constantinople) always managed to roll the increased taxes from them to the romanians (seeing as their region was almost enterily run by Phanariotes)

[Bereta_Eder]

Listen to another one.

When mohamed the conqueror entered the agia sophia, his soldiers started tearing down the place. He hit one of the pillars and threatened with death who ever pillaged it because he was afraid of the wrath of the "christian god"

Yeah, exactly the same as ISIS burning down Palmyra...

[Bereta_Eder]

I just find it unfathomable how Europe let a bunch of semi-literate savages like you to the middle east and Iraq with such ease.
That's all

[Elok]

A good example of such an alliance was the Moria (another name of the Peloponese).

It had fallen to the hands of the catholics (don't remember which nation, most probably the french). They started a forced conversion (convert or die).
The result was that the local christian greek population perfectly allied with the sultan's army and drove them away
It wasn't really common though (probably because it was an isolated incident)

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I know little about Ottoman history, I was thinking more of the late Medieval era and especially sundry Machiavellian deals by the Crusader States.

[giblets]

I´d call the reconquista of the iberian peninsula "retaking Christian lands".

In 1492 Granada had been controlled by Muslims for over 700 years. How long do you have to control something before it stops being "Christian land"?

[Kidlicious]

I don't have a hard on for islam. I'm saying like it is.

You OTOH...

I know. You are telling it like it is. You think the women who got sexually assaulted by gangs are having no psychological problems. You have no problem with those who circumcise boys and make sex slaves out of little girls. Mohammad was a pedo and you don't care. I know, you are telling it like it is.

[Ming]

And you seem to have no problem with Christian priests raping children, Christian terrorists shooting doctors and bombing clinics, Women with psychological problems because they were being assaulted for simply going to a clinic, Church leaders allowing their priests to continue raping children.
And this is the institution you support...

[Kidlicious]

And you seem to have no problem with Christian priests raping children, Christian terrorists shooting doctors and bombing clinics, Women with psychological problems because they were being assaulted for simply going to a clinic, Church leaders allowing their priests to continue raping children.
And this is the institution you support...

You liar. You just keep going on and on lying without any shame.

[Kidlicious]

You may confuse me with a catholic Ming. I don't follow the church or Pope. I follow Jesus and only Jesus.

[Berzerker]

now I think Ben's right about Cruz' ineligibility, naturalized at birth doesn't mean born in the USA

[Ming]

You liar. You just keep going on and on lying without any shame.

Sounds exactly like what you do...

In Kidland, it's ok if Kid lies through his teeth, makes crap up, hates all muslims when only less than 10% are actually radical...
But heaven forbid somebody should point out his lies and hate...

[Ben Kenobi]

now I think Ben's right about Cruz' ineligibility, naturalized at birth doesn't mean born in the USA

Yes, unfortunately. I came to that conclusion in 2013.