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WheelHorseman's avatar

My experience with anti-semitism is almost exactly like yours, John. As an evangelical Christian, I know that Jesus was crucified as part of God's plan to bring salvation to us sinners, it was the ultimate sacrifice of the perfect lamb. Since Jesus was born Jewish and lived his entire life in Israel, it's no surprise that He would be killed by the powers that be, and that included of course the poly theistic Romans. I always thought blaming Jews for killing Christ is just advertising how little you know or understand about His death and resurrection. I've read books about the rise of Nazism in Germany, and again, the Jews were scapegoated but not by informed Christians. Between the post WWI sanctions, the hyper-inflation of the Weimar republic with its restrictions on possessing foreign currency, and the ban on charging interest (regarded as of usury), the Jews were the only people not starving to death, and they got singled out for that. Hitler just blamed the "cosmopolitan" Jews for everything and proceeded to kill and loot them. Thanks for writing this essay, just looking at the comments it's obvious there's a lot of interest, information and passion about this enduring topic. I would be remiss if I didn't mention that it will never be any other way, until His return, as the Jews are God's chosen people and Satan hates them for that.

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HUMDEEDEE's avatar

Many people need someone or group to scapegoat, hate and discriminate against. The only people I scapegoat, hate and discriminate against are career politicians, but they deserve it.😉

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