Well I think its paralleling the Lord's Resistance Army in Africa with The medieval Children's Crusade (which may be just legend). In the case of LRA-(Mutilations became commonplace (especially cutting off ears, lips, nose....Kony, a cultist whose preachings mingle Christian fundamentalism with African animism, says he envisages an Acholi tribal nation based on the Ten Commandments.He teaches his recruits that the Holy Spirit will protect them and sends child soldiers into battle with a “magical” stone sewn into their clothing or a bottle of water that they are told will create a mighty river if emptied.)
"The Children's Crusade is the name given to a variety of fictional and factual events in 1212 that combine some or all of these elements: visions by a French and/or German boy, an intention to peacefully convert Muslims in the Holy Land to Christianity, bands of children marching to Italy, and children being sold into slavery."
you guys can wiki all of this :)
I read a book about the Children's Crusade and it was really interesting.
Well I think its paralleling the Lord's Resistance Army in Africa with The medieval Children's Crusade (which may be just legend). In the case of LRA-(Mutilations became commonplace (especially cutting off ears, lips, nose....Kony, a cultist whose preachings mingle Christian fundamentalism with African animism, says he envisages an Acholi tribal nation based on the Ten Commandments.He teaches his recruits that the Holy Spirit will protect them and sends child soldiers into battle with a “magical” stone sewn into their clothing or a bottle of water that they are told will create a mighty river if emptied.) "The Children's Crusade is the name given to a variety of fictional and factual events in 1212 that combine some or all of these elements: visions by a French and/or German boy, an intention to peacefully convert Muslims in the Holy Land to Christianity, bands of children marching to Italy, and children being sold into slavery." you guys can wiki all of this :) I read a book about the Children's Crusade and it was really interesting.