They did not live up to Christ's teachings of love after they conquered the middle east.
The answer is that the local people revere the mountain as a giver of life.
They would feel this because they viewed themselves as the superior race. Using social darwinism to justify their colonization they would go and bear what they called "the white man's burden." They would use improvements in transportation and communication as a reason it was good for the colonized as well. There may have also been feelings of nationalism because of fear of other European nations taking up all the resources and colonies.
James I was a B. Stuart. He was the King of Scots, and a part of the House of Stewarts, a European royal house founded by Robert II of Scotland, housing nine monarchs of Scotland.
