Modern Day Crusades....

There is no such thing as the Church of Christ. What passes for Christianity today, Jesus of Nazareth would not recogize and it has nothing to do with a consciousness of the Christ.

Maybe, this current melt-down will bring about the end of religion as we know it.

Consortiumnews.com:

Editor's Note: Though the Crusades date back almost a millennium, that history still colors the events playing out today in the Middle East. Muslims, across the political spectrum, view the U.S.-backed military interventions through the prism of the Crusades -- and many denounce George W. Bush as the new crusader.

But the Crusades also marked a profound change in Christendom, consolidating a transformation from Jesus's religion of peace to one that launched invasions of far-off lands and inflicted unspeakable brutality in Christ's name. In this historical analysis, Nat Parry looks at the concepts of Biblical pacifism and 'just wars' as they evolved from the Sermon on the Mount to the sacking of Constantinople: