Interesting that the early Christians were mostly pacifists. They took scripture descriptions of warfare as warfare of Christians fighting demons. Good fighting bad. However, it seemed that once Constantine made Christianity legal, and many people became Christians, governing Christians became a problem. How do you repel Barbarian attacks? This was a serious problem.
Hence, the crusades came to be. Could Christians allow Infidels to take over the Holy Land? I wonder how pacifists would handle that? Nowadays, the media would show the world that people were being killed and negotiations for peace probably would result. But then there was no instantaneous news.
What would Jesus do?
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