Blame for Christ's death

Indeed, in the biblical story of Christ we see elements of the essential nature of European thought - that violence will triumph above all, as in the slaying of Christ. The adoption of European Christianity is also during a time of war - when the symbol of Christ was painted on the shields of the soldiers of Constantinople. Christianity was adopted as a weapon, just like the crossbow and the cannon - European invaders in other lands were often accompanied by priests who would work in concert with the soldiers and prey on the raped and pillaged victims of the invaders to gain more followers.

The most interesting aspect of this though is that European Christians, especially Italians who could be considered to be the genetic descendants of the Romans who slayed Christ take no responsibility. Rather, Europeans firmly place the blame on the ancestral Jews. Europeans will with the same breath denounce Jews for slaying Christ, but refuse to take on the ancestral blame of their colonial legacy - playing the part of victim as appropriate.