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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Aberton" data-source="post: 54240" data-attributes="member: 1518">I can think of several reasons.&nbsp; Look at the Knights Templar.One boasted that after the sack of Jerusalme, his horse was stained to the&nbsp; knees with infidel blood.&nbsp; Another boasted that because he had killed three hundred Saracens, he was saved.&nbsp; I skilling someone different than yourself for no other reason than that evil?&nbsp; Yes.&nbsp; But the Templars thought they were doing the world a service.Disillusionment.&nbsp; A good reason.&nbsp; A knight spends his whole life fighting against evil, and accomplishes seemingly nothing. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em, after all.&nbsp; Nietsche states this very well.What about an Inquisition?&nbsp; Evil?&nbsp; Sure.&nbsp; And yet, it was perpetrated by &quot;holy&quot; men.&nbsp; Example:Heresy, the priest announced, was at an all time high.&nbsp; He had decided to call an Inquisition.&nbsp; It was a great opportunity for a young knight to distinguish himself.Later, the knight was helping ferret out and capture heretics.&nbsp; He saw an old woman being dragged from her house.&nbsp; &quot;Oh please, have mercy, have mercy,&quot; she cried. Then, seeing the knight among the crowd, she called to him, &quot;Oh, be merciful good knight!! I have earned no torture!! Please, for the love of God, don't let me take them away!!&quot;&nbsp; The knight hardened his heart, and turned away.At that moment, he fell.Crusades, too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bob Aberton, post: 54240, member: 1518"] I can think of several reasons. Look at the Knights Templar. One boasted that after the sack of Jerusalme, his horse was stained to the knees with infidel blood. Another boasted that because he had killed three hundred Saracens, he was saved. I skilling someone different than yourself for no other reason than that evil? Yes. But the Templars thought they were doing the world a service. Disillusionment. A good reason. A knight spends his whole life fighting against evil, and accomplishes seemingly nothing. If you can't beat 'em, join 'em, after all. Nietsche states this very well. What about an Inquisition? Evil? Sure. And yet, it was perpetrated by "holy" men. Example: Heresy, the priest announced, was at an all time high. He had decided to call an Inquisition. It was a great opportunity for a young knight to distinguish himself. Later, the knight was helping ferret out and capture heretics. He saw an old woman being dragged from her house. "Oh please, have mercy, have mercy," she cried. Then, seeing the knight among the crowd, she called to him, "Oh, be merciful good knight!! I have earned no torture!! Please, for the love of God, don't let me take them away!!" The knight hardened his heart, and turned away. At that moment, he fell. Crusades, too. [/QUOTE]

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