“Nigel B. Mitchell” wrote: >

> Willie Martin <> wrote in message

news:<>… > > Tell me something, and don’t come across with all that we don’t hate

> > him bull shit. Tell me the truth, why do you Jews who hate him so very

> > badly and His followers, that you want to destroy all of them, why you

> > want Christ to be a Jew so very badly.

> >

> > Is it just to deceive Christians or what?

> >

> > I have studied your books for years and have never found the answer

> > to that question, nor ever found a jew who would answer it truthfully.

>

> It sounds like you have been studying anti-Jewish books written by

> Christians rather than actual Jewish literature.

>

> Except for a few short passages in the Talmud (some of which are of

> doubtful authentivity anyway) there is almost no animosity towards

> Jesus, Christianity or Christians in the writing of Jewish religious

> leaders of the past 2000 years. Contrast this with the wealth of

> anti-Jewish propaganda produced by Christians from the 3rd century to

> the twentieth.

>

> And how many recorded incidents of Jewish violence against Christians

> in the past 2000 years? Almost none. Compare that to the record of

> Christian (Catholic, Orthodox and protestant) violence against Jews.

>

> Anyone who has studied the history of western civilisation would come

> to the conclusion that Christians have given Jews ample reason to hate

> us and all that we stand for, and it is amazing (and probably a sign

> of God’s infinite grace) that so many do not. The Catholic church has

> made some steps towards apologising for the sins of previous

> generations against the Jews, but it has a long way to go in this

> regard. Most other churches are still in the stage of denial, either

> pretending that it did not happen or attributing the persecutions and

> pogroms to a misguided few rather than acknowledging the institutional

> and organised support they received from the official church.

>

> And while I have your attention, on any reading of the New Testament

> Jesus and Paul were both born, lived, and died as Jews, both in

> ethnicity and religion.

> Deal with it.

>

> cheers

>

> N+

>

> Nigel B. Mitchell

>