The crusade and the crusades of today. Question 1> Is religion just a coverup for war? Question 2> why has war and religion always been walking hand in hand?

'Declare a holy war, call the troops to arm.'
(Joel 3: 9)
The Crusade
Crusading for religion, greed and peace.
I quote myself:
'Religion and war is the same thing, control of the many by the few'

Simon 8E
The first Crusade.
The facts.
The year was 1095 and the Arabs had for over 400 years been controlling the sacred land, Palestine. Arabs at that time wasn't called Arabs but they where called Mohammedans or "the unfaithful" by the Christian people. The Arabs where starting to be more intolerant then before even though they've been controlling Jerus…