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The Ottoman Empire’s death in its own way regenerated Europe, and its energy gave birth to the civilization that you know. The death of the Ottoman Empire enriched Europe. The pagan “Joy of life” in its own way sparked new blood. Christendom would have died out otherwise, for it was already tired. Unwittingly therefore Ruburt aided the growth of Christendom as it became known.
He used the sword—another reason, incidentally, why he does not want to hurt anyone now—and the magic of words, and was involved in wars against Christendom. He knew Pete (Stersky, a member of Jane’s ESP class) who was then a dancer, a woman.
Now this is one of the reasons why he was so worried in this life, about leading people away from Christendom, for he did it before.
Had they not, the history of the world as you know it would have been quite different. The Ottoman Empire ended up stripped of its power then on purpose, where the deceiving nature of power was given to Christendom, and in this our friend saved his people from a probable future in which the unsavory aspects of power predominated for them.
[...] A nuclear weapon in the hands of the inhabitants of middle-age Europe would have been used almost immediately, and with nary a qualm, to wipe out all but Christendom. [...]
Christendom may well have perished along with the rest of the world, but this possibility would not have been considered, so narrow and evilly self-righteous were the governing powers at the time. [...]
[...] A nuclear weapon in the hands of the inhabitants of Middle-Age Europe would have been used almost immediately, and with nary a qualm, to wipe out all but Christendom. Christendom may well have perished along with the rest of the world, but this possibility would not have been considered, so narrow and evilly self-righteous were the governing powers at the time.
He is afraid of taking on Christendom, and expects some poison pen letters because of the three Christs reference.