@Shadowman311 @ProfessionalNEET If we weren't to defend ourselves, Christ would never have appeared to Emperor Constantine and taken over the Roman Empire.
We lost Egypt to the Muslims because the Egyptian church became so passive and monastic that they stopped worrying about protecting themselves.
Alexandria was a crown jewel in Christendom. It's loss was one of the great tragedies in the Church's history. They just thought nothing bad would happen until it did, so they weren't ready.