Mark, FC’s point was that no matter how persuasive Urban’s argument for a Crusade to the Holy Land might have been, Jesus not Urban was the founder of Christianity. Jesus never argued for warfare against even the most benighted villains.

Compare that with Muhammad, you’ll find that Muhammad was quite a bit more like any standard raping, murdering, stealing highwayman or brigand from European and American history, if you add in a personality cult. For instance, the Harpe Brothers who plagued Illinois and Kentucky at the end of the 18th century. Or the Scots cannibal Sawney Beane and his vicious clan.