Hi there! My name is John Green; this is Crash Course World History, and today we’re going to talk about the Crusades. Ohhh, Stan, do we have to talk about the Crusades? I hate them… Here’s the thing about the Crusades, which were a series of military expeditions from parts of Europe to the Eastern…
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Leaders of major religions unite against slavery (The Infidel 2014-12-19)
Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu and Buddhist leaders met earlier this month with Pope Francis to discuss slavery and human trafficking in today’s world. Prompted by the Pope, the head of the Anglican Church, two rabbis, a Hindu, a Vietnamese Buddhist, an Egyptian imam and an Iraqi ayatollah signed a declaration pledging the elimination of this…
Religion Doesn’t Cause as Many Wars as You Think
Hi, my name’s Father Mike Schmitz, and this is Ascension Presents. So one of the things that I guess probably you’ve heard before is a claim leveled against Christians or leveled against people who are religious and that claim is that religion causes wars, or religion is the cause of war in human history and…