The Crusades Test
And I said, half testing him, half testing myself: why don't we think of ourselves as the Christians who fought the Crusades? Christians defended Western Europe for centuries. Then one day we decided to hold the door open.
- ▪And I said, half testing him, half testing myself: why don't we think of ourselves as the Christians who fought the Crusades?
- ▪Christians defended Western Europe for centuries.
- ▪Then one day we decided to hold the door open.
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The Crusades Test Bill Walton | 10:47 PM on July 23, 2026 Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Somewhere past the half-hour mark of my conversation with Wade Miller, I said a word you're not supposed to say warmly.Crusades.We were talking about why the West no longer defends its own culture, and whether the fading of Christian conviction explains it. And I said, half testing him, half testing myself: why don't we think of ourselves as the Christians who fought the Crusades? Christians defended Western Europe for centuries. Successfully. Then one day we decided to hold the door open. Advertisement googletag.cmd.push(function () { googletag.display("div-gpt-300x250_3"); //googletag.pubads().refresh([gptAdSlot["div-gpt-300x250_3"]]) }); Wade nodded and moved on.
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