One must ask themselves, just why was Constantinople allowed to fall? Were they not also followers of Christ, were they not also "children of the lord", should good Christians of not ran to it's defense? When in it's darkest hour, why was this jewel allowed to be pillaged, sons and daughters of Europa either slaughtered or turned into slaves to labour under foreign invaders, women raped and children murdered, why was this atrocity allowed to happen? Why when the Islamic hordes arrived at Vienna was it not an army of Christ but Polish Hussars who led this charge, where were the noble and the pious then as cities burned and the sons and daughters of Europa lay violated by vile invaders? No where. No rallying cry putting fire into hearts of heroes, no men of Christ marching to protect their kin and their faith en masse, just politics and cowardice. No "work around" to be found by this petty fiefdom of manipulators or charlatans to turn the tide that time. No, they may be brothers but Christianity demands politics take precedence over brotherhood and action and like any good Christian you must adhere to the principals set out, not act for the interests of your own people. You'll be rewarded in the afterlife after all, trust the plan. My, that almost sounds akin to something else of late. But let us be generous, let us consider that this inaction is for a good reason, that Man is at fault and not the then corrupted system that he is tied to. After all, is the outcome not as "God wills it", that these horrific things occurred not to failings but part of a grand design? Is it not required for these atrocities to happen as it was fated to happen, that delightful get out clause where one can wash their hands of their own faiths failings and their own personal ones by "passing the buck"? This has always been one of the foulest concepts within the Christian ethos I've found, this lack of responsibility. Oh how easy it is to be high and noble when it's the spreading of the word but how hard it is to defend it when facing attack.

There is something else one must contemplate when considering the Christian faith, that of it's uses. Many know of the way the "preachers" left for strange shores in the age of exploration, selling the tale of Christianity to all who would hear no matter the creed or colour. One must ask *why*. Why do this. To save their souls? Fair enough but upon what vaunted arrogance does the Christian faith have to claim itself as the "religion for all"? (I eagerly await the "hurr u r just a heathen, u mad bro at that statement). Ah, but it was out of "love" was it not? Love for the fellow "man", love to save the soul of even the most barbarous tribe, perhaps even to "civilise" them in the hopes they too could share in the glory of European achievement, that they could emulate it (a very naive perspective). But I would posit it was something more than simple love or an attempt to civilise barborous tribes. Consider the backdrop for this action. By the time these preachers arrived at these shores the Christian church already had seeds of corruption within it, already was diseased by external influences and material needs not unlike certain other semetic religions, the spiritual second place to finance in the grand skein of events.