The Crusades are a perfect example of why separation of church and state is so necessary today. The Crusades were a set of holy wars which began in 1095 and lasted for the next 300 years. The Crusades were launched with the intent of Re-capturing Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim control. Over the entire course of the Crusades millions of people, both Christians and Muslims died fighting for unclear reasons. The Church promised that any man who fought in and or died in the Crusades would be absolved of his sins and inducted into Heaven. Under this false pretense European kings sent millions of men to their death trying to capture a plot of barren dessert. If I have to go die fighting for a barren piece of land today, at least I know its over oil and not religion.
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