Irony, ffs. The whole point about the George W quote is how offensive that term is in the Islamic World, which was why it was so heavly criticised.
Popes " some bad, some good", well thats reassuring for the spiritual leaders of some billion people. Leaders who have declared themselves...
You are incredibly thick if you don't know how the crusades affect things. Just a hint, do you remember the fuss when George W called the war on terror a crusade. If not go look it up.
As to your did I say that- well every time you try to defend the indefensible you bring up colonialism as if...
Point 1 , do you seriously not know ?
Point 2, colonisation wasn't for the express purpose of smiting heathens
And your general argument is crass anyway, it reminds me of a child. As my dear old mum used to say two wrongs dont make a right.
The Catholic church is evil. It was evil, it is...