The reality is known history.
A thousand years of history in which the Roman Empire (declaring itself to be the christian Roman Empire) was constantly in conflict with those whose lands it had invaded.
WeeTodd, obviously by mistake , just shot your (and his) whole ridiculous nonsense in the head by listing a sequence of maps showing a broad swathe of what were predominantly Arab lands in blue, but now representing Christianity in which sits the invading Imperial Roman Empire.
That's evidence you've endorsed showing christians in the form of the Roman Empire controlling lands they (the Roman Empire) took by conquering indigenous Arab dynasties etc., long before any muslims ever come on the scene!
But of course as a christian you want to know why muslims "started it".
That's what might be funny if it wasn't so pathetic. You, and one or two other wingnut apologists.
You thought of that ridiculous idea so you own it, not I.Stu Logic: The US has a big military and deploys it all over the world. Christians live in the US, ergo Christians are bad...
you even troll about history... what is wrong with you stu?
if you wish to support db's point... provide your argument.
On this thread we have simply repeated history that:
a. The Roman Empire became Christian after the Roman Empire had expanded.
b. You know that Christianity spread within its territory in spite of the sword not with it.
c. You also know that the Muslims invaded, conquered, raped and looted lands far outside of "Arab" lands.
You just seem to be trolling your ass off... what is your point stu?
are you arguing the Muslims were motivated to return Arab lands to arabs and that they were also motivated by jihad and jizya.
If so at the time of the attack please state who was in control and what the motivation was and if the land was arab.
Now consider this....c. You also know that the Muslims invaded, conquered, raped and looted lands far outside of "Arab" lands.
You've been given "support". Problem is that you process it through your tangled wiring and arrive at conclusions that have nothing to do with the support given. So what's the point?