despite what popular literature and apologists tell me about Christianity and its propensity to promote peace throughout the world. The arrival of Jesus in the New Testament marked a time of peace as the Earth entered the age of Pisces. The character given to us as the anointed, the savior of humanity, the Christ, has been described to us as a man with no taste for violence against others. Christianity itself paints a completely different picture. Assuming I can include the Old Testament along with the New Testament as the basis for Christian dogma. Exodus 15:3 states “the Lord is a man of war,” Matthew 10:34, “Think not that I am come to send peace upon the earth: I come, not to send peace, but a sword,” and Revelation 19 :13 , “And he [was] clothed with a garment dipped in blood: and his name is called the Word of God.” These quotes from both the Old and New Testaments, of which both books are rich, clearly show that Christianity is not an entirely peaceful religion, as some would have me believe. Biblical quotes aside, another clear sign that Christianity does not promote peace can be found in the actions of its adherents over the last two millennia. Since its origins, Christianity has been both victim and aggressor when it comes to the persecution of other religious groups, and has been guilty of fomenting numerous wars throughout the Western world. This essay is an examination of one such war. The Crusades, as they are called, were battles fought between Christians and Muslims in an attempt to restore access to Christian holy sites in or around Jerusalem. The people who fight in these battles, the Crusaders, those charged with the sacred task of carrying out the directives of the Church, at first glance sound quite familiar to the inhabitants of the Mos Eisley spaceport on the planet Tattooine where "you will never find a more miserable person" . hive of