Man, fark this guy:


Between making me go on crusades when I clearly didn't have the resources for it, and pulling this shiat:

When France attacked me first and took my territories, and I tried to get them back. You wait until France has siezed 3 territories from me, and you want to pull this 'peace' bullshiat the second I round up enough soldiers to get them back? Fark you pope.

So I had a solution. I sent my priest to far away lands to administer the gospel to the heathens. Once they were skilled enough they were promoted to the college of cardnials. I then had the pope assassinated and with majority control of the College, I had my own priest chosen as Pope. Things were good for a while. Then he got too big for his Pope hat, and started forgetting who his farking king was. Started ordering crusades here, and charity there, so I had him assassinated as well. My next guy in succession toed the line for a bit, but he clearly forgot what happened to the last guy to tried to buck up on me. Do you not know who the fark I am? I'm the king of the Holy Roman Farking Empire! I don't play! Guess what, lets see how you like half of the Papal states being annexed! Excommunication? Fine. Mr. Shadow is gonna pay you a little visit. Let's see how badly the next pope wishes to welcome me back into the fold.

/I went through a lot of popes.

FloydA: Mugato: Other than the fact that the Church would have commissioned a little more experienced artist, I don't see what's so inaccurate about that picture.

Well, I doubt that Jesus would have worn that particular necklace.

Grables'Daughter: [i.dailymail.co.uk image 634x378]

Apparently the photographer was unable to focus his camera when taking this picture. Now why they STILL chose to put this picture with the article we will never know.

Looks in focus to me. Have you been watching porn again?

MaxAwesome: JerseyTim: That is some darn good work by that kid. I like how Jesus is wearing a cross necklace.

Jesus was stuck up.

With nails.

LoneWolf343: I'll say. "Infidel" is their word. "Heathan" is our word. Get it right.

Kaffir, please.

xlbrooklyn: HEY IDIOTS

did any of you RTFA??

"The picture, made by a seventh grade student, is still on display." [emphasis mine]

the only involvement of a second grader here is that one of them has parents who who sticks up their asses.

And for a 7th grader (7th grade in an elementary school? WTF???), it's pretty shiatty work. That's 4th grade quality scribbling, right there.

Draw us a picture and post it for us Michelangelo.

MaxAwesome

JerseyTim: That is some darn good work by that kid. I like how Jesus is wearing a cross necklace.

Jesus was stuck up.


You hit the nails on the head.

tomWright: But Christians still had access. The crusades were in response to not just the Muslim conquest, but to the denial of access and attacks on christian pilgrims.

This was a war, drawn out over centuries, between Abrahamic religions. To say only one side was the aggressor is incorrect.

Then there were all the economic factors.

Plus, what the heck were all those European nobles to do with their extra sons? You had one to inherit, one to serve their boss, you sent one to the Church, and to deal with the rest you had to dream up the Crusades. Europe was enfoeffed and divided up about as much as it could be. They needed...to steal a phrase,,,lebensraum, and the East was the place to get it.


/Does that count as a Godwin?

"And one family from the area says the poster depicting Jesus is more than just a history lesson - it's sacrilege."

Nice. They couldn't care less about the message of religious genocide, they just don't want a crayola Jesus mug on the wall.

Apparently, the truth offends some people.

Great job kid!

In all honesty, if there was a help wanted poster back then for recruiting crusaders, it probably looked exactly like that.

Must have been the First Crusade. In the later ones, it was "Find somebody you don't like, call them heretics, kill them, and keep their stuff".

Kind of like Iraq.

Denial of facts? From Christians? Ya don't say.