naked Liberal

As far as I am aware the only secular reference to Christ comes from the Annals of Imperial Rome written by Tacitus circa early 100s AD. /annals.html[/url] You seem to have forgotten Josephus, the historian of the day. He gives a couple quips about Jesus

THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE ISN'T A SINGLE THEORY BUT MANY. SO WHICH ONE DO YOU SUBSCRIBE TO?

YOU ARE CORRECT IN POINTING OUT THE CRUSADES, BUT YOU FORGET TO MENTION THAT THE CRUSADES OCCURRED BECAUSE OF THE JIHAD IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE. IT WAS THE GOAL OF THE MUSLIMS TO CONQUOR THE WORLD IN THE NAME OF ALLAH. TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT, BUT AT LEAST KNOW THAT BOTH WRONGS EXISTED.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO SOME SERIOUS HISTORICAL RESEARCH AND CHECK OTTOMAN EMPIRE. ONE OF THE BLOODIEST EMPIRES TO EVER EXIST AND IT ONLY ENDED IN THE EARLY 1900S BUT WHEN REFERENCING "CHRISTIAN" YOU'D BE MORE ACCURATE IF YOU POINTED TO THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. THEY ARE THE ONES THAT BROUGHT ABOUT THE SPANISH INQUISITION WHICH MURDERED PEOPLE OF ANY FAITH THAT WASN'T CATHOLIC. THE JEWS HAD TO CONVERT OR DIE. THE CONVERTED BECAME CONVERSOS. MANY SUCH CONVERSO SAILED ON CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS'S SHIPS.

BUT CRAIG DIDN'T SLAM THE BELIEF SYSTEM, JUST THE ECONOMIC ATTRIBUTES OF THE RELIGION. BIG DIFFERENCE