1095 Blood Baths Amongst the Mohamideans

1095 The Crusades:
What was the reason for Crusading? Why did one Crusader say, "Indeed it a just and splendid judgment of God that this place should be filled with the blood of the unbelievers, since it had suffered so long from their blasphemies?" (Shelley 207) The Crusaders, noble in birth, mostly illiterate, ignorant of the words in the bible, grew into a sea of blood hungry sharks.

Deuteronomy 17:6 (The Message)

6-7 But only on the testimony of two or three witnesses may a person be put to death. No one may be put to death on the testimony of one witness. The witnesses must throw the first stones in the execution, then the rest of the community joins in. You have to purge the evil from your community.

Numbers 35:19-21 (The Message)

19 "In such cases the avenger has a right to kill the murderer when he meets him—he can kill him on the spot.

20-21 "And if out of sheer hatred a man pushes another or from ambush throws something at him and he dies, or angrily hits him with his fist and kills him, that's murder—he must be put to death. The avenger has a right to kill him when he gets him.

Genesis 9:6 (The Message)
6-7 Whoever sheds human blood,
by humans let his blood be shed,
Because God made humans in his image
reflecting God's very nature.
You're here to bear fruit, reproduce,
lavish life on the Earth, live bountifully!"

2 Samuel 14:6-8 (The Message)

5-7 He said, "How can I help?"

"I'm a widow," she said. "My husband is dead. I had two sons. The two of them got into a fight out in the field and there was no one around to step between them. The one struck the other and killed him. Then the whole family ganged up against me and demanded, 'Hand over this murderer so we can kill him for the life of the brother he murdered!' They want to wipe out the heir and snuff out the one spark of life left to me. And then there would be nothing left of my husband—not so much as a name—on the face of the earth.

8 The king said, "Go home, and I'll take care of this for you."

540 to 12 March 604 : Gregory the Great Leads through the Shadow of Death

Gregory the great came to power in 590, during a windstorm that seemed to blow out the fragile Christian Light. The Lombards, lead by their King Albion, had slayed bishops, robbed monasteries, and burned up cultivated fields. The plague had laid waste to the people of Europe (a third of Europe died).
Gregory felt the pain that Christianity was going through, "A kind of fire seems to provide my whole body: to live is pain; and I look forward to death as the only remedy."Gregory helped his Parish Lambs battle through the assaulting devils; diabolic devices would not undo the Church; the lambs would not faint into the terrible chaos.

560 AD-829 AD : Bloody Battle for the minds of a People:

War is red. White fields laid ashen ready for seeds to sprout. Burned up trees stand in testimony for the people whose blood was spilled. Bodies decomposed into the field making it fertile. Low hanging gray-clouds were ready to burst open with rain; to wash the pagan sins away. England was being shaped through bloodshed and renewal, into a "New England closer than ever before to national unity, and with a native genius of her own. Henceforward an immortal spirit stood forth for all to see."

Winston Churchill,A History of the English Speaking People Volume One, the Birth of Britain.

Ireland was important in the awakening to the Gospel in England. The 12 Apostles of Ireland were part of the 1st movement of the good news of Christ. The 12 Apostles of Ireland were:

St. Finian
St. Ciaran of Saighir
St. Ciaran of Clonmacnoise
St. Brendan of Birr
St Brendan of Clonfert
St. Columba of Terryglass
St. Columba of Iona
St. Mobhi of Glasnevin
St. Radhain of Lorrha
St. Senan
St. Ninnidh
St. Lasserian
St. Canice
Finnen of Magh Bile

We will be looking at one of these Apostles, St. Columba of Iona.

481-511 Clovis and the Germans Convert

Clovis was frustrated by the news of a Holy Lord who held eternal victory. He had put his fortunes on the backs of German Gods, but now he heard of a new Gospel... but this made him tear his hair out: "Bolderdash, how can the One God create heaven and earth from nothing? Questions I have many, but faith I have one. *Jesus Christ, Clothida says thou art the Son of the Living God, and thou canst give victory to those who hope in thee. Give me victory and I will be baptized. I have tried my Gods and they have deserted me. I call on thee. Only save me. And thy saints will become our new Gods."

Thor's Day 475

Thor's hammer was laid down in the fall of '75.

The night was growing cold and his arms were tired of beating the same rhythm over and over again. He knew it was time he should be headed out.

He laid his hammer down, flipped off the houses lights, and opened the car garage.

His Ford Station Wagon sat ready, filled up with gas, and ready to hit the road for at least a 1,000 miles. He wanted to be anywhere but here.

He loved his Ford Station Wagon because it had fake wood trim. The wood trim reminded him of the mighty oak of Valhalla. He turned on the radio to Laramie Wyoming's Folk Alley, a fitting song played as he backed out of the driveway:

I love you baby, but I`m gonna have to say goodbye.
Woman, I got to move, I really got to fly. Same thing every morning,
Tell me what`s it all about. I get those same old blues every night."
I miss you already, baby, more than words can say.
Seems like I`ve been gone twenty-four hours, more like a million days.
I love you baby, you know I woudn`t tell you no lies.
If you don`t believe I love you, look at the tears standing in my eyes. (Eric Clapton)

As Thor departed the earth was scorched and the mountains cracked and the house was laid barren.

If you don`t believe I love you, look at the tears standing in my eyes.

475 Wednesday-Odin's Day

Odin sat by the crossroads, a nap sack was strung on his shoulder, he was singing:"And now he's blown it; upside down; And hell's the only sound, We did an awful job, And now we're just a little too late." His eyes were full of desire, and his mind was ill at ease.

He dragged a stick in the dirt.

He was growing cold; to keep warm he remembered a fire in the hearth. He remembered smoke filling the hall with pleasant aromas of cooked meat: bear, rabbit, fox, and deer.

He remembered the relationship he use to have with the various Celtic tribes: a time his poetry was searched before big events,
"what does Odin say might happen today. I was the gate to victory and plenty in the hunt. What happened to the magic I use to bestow...are the conotations just dust blowin' in the wind? I wish it did not hurt so much to lose sight of my people!"

378-476 Eating with Heathens

Bishop Miser in an excerpt to a letter to his Church:

These Franks have horrendous manners! They eat with their left hands. They mix milk and meat, as they salivate like dogs. They drink and drink and then dance, dance, dance, on tabletops. They see our LORD as a "Glorified War Lord." A LORD who makes slaves to him, or else die at his righteous broad-sword.

Response: Dear Bishop Miser,
Go with God Speed, and love on these heathen men. Jesus fulfills the clean laws.
In cooperation,

Bishop Mustardseed

325: Artius Jingles Send an Uproar

By 410 Emperor Honorius said, "The Cantons should take steps to defend themselves (from Artius Jingles). His jingles were worse than Jingle Cats. Artius described Christ as the guitar hero, riding a white horse, saving the day in the name of God, and looking like Fabio. Bishop Alexander, would have nothing to do with this fabrication.