Why do some Christians hate Jews?

Question

I know not all, but some blame Jews for killing Jesus. But Jesus himself was a Jew, so why would they hate Jews?
The New Testament also blames the Jews for Jesus' death. How can it give praise to Jesus, a Jew, and yet denounce the Jews?
And I don't think Jesus would have hated the Jews.

I don't mean to offend anyone, I just want to know why.

Answer 1

I have no idea... Why does anyone HATE anyone?

Hate seems to stem from anger, and some people mis-place their anger. This happens for a wide variety of reasons. However, people who hate entire groups of people usually are born into families in which certain groups of people are vilified; this is typically the case, but not always.

Jesus taught love, not hate. He even went so far as to command His followers to love those who curse them. We are taught to return love when we are given hate. We are taught to bless those who curse us. LOVE is Christ's message, not hate. A true Christian does not harbor hatred.

God bless!

Answer 2

Some Christians insist that Jesus was not a Jew at all but the "first Christian". Never mind that the designation did not come until many, many decades after his death.

Jews have been hated and feared for a very long time, for very little reason. They are members of a decentralized religion that is strange to some people, and what those people don't know they tend to make up. The US sort of inherited that attitude from Europe.

And no, it is rather doubtful that Jesus would have "hated" the Jews, particularly the Jews alive today. It makes no rational sense to blame people who are alive today for a death that may have happened two thousand years ago. Jesus' enemies were the hard-line religionists of the day, not the whole population.

Answer 3

ignorance. some people don't know where their religion came from. i'm not offended. the bible blames the pharisees and saducees though, not all jews.

edit- it really doesn't help that the ''one true church'' was founded by anti-semites either. i started researching the ''church fathers'' about a month ago and i was seriously heart-broken when i read what some of these romans said about jews in order to make seperations between messianics (and yes, messianic judaism was around since the time of Christ) and other christians about 1600 years ago. if (and that's a great big ''if'') st peter really was the first pope, he would have had nothing to do with the ones who came a few hundred years after him. i even remember reading one of the church father's writings (chrysostom is his name) that said ''i hate the jews... God has always the hated jews because of their lawlessness...'' so that's why the sabbath was changed, that's why a lot of things were changed. it all comes from greek/ roman anti-semitism. it was all an effort to seperate two faiths by making changes that really never should have been made. honestly, it really saddens me. the rift that has been dug between christians and jews is completely senseless, and never should have happened. never. but a few power hungry people had an agenda, so we have what we have.

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Answer 5

The Roman Catholic church. Careful,,I realy don't see it that way. the religious leaders is blamed. Anyway the Jews themselves lost that power to Rome, and the romans murdered Him. See any Christian with half a brain would thank YHWH for the Jews, for Christ did say "Salvation IS of the Jews" And those that Hate them or anyone ,,is in darkness and is a MURDERER!!!1Jn 2:9 & 3:14b-15. threrfore they need prayer. YESHUA died, & was raised for all of us.

Answer 6

If any Christian were to hate Jews for killing Jesus in the past.
Then I would say that they are not fit to called Christians at all.

Jesus died for all our sins thus already removing the sin for killing Jesus.The New Testament blamed the Jews back then but you did not read further.For forgiveness was given to those who had repented in the end.

And yes,Jesus did not hate the Jews.
Out of love He rebuked them for their foolish behaviour and out of love had died for us all.

I hope you are not misleaded by such people and hope to see your path with God be steady and firm.

God Bless.

Answer 7

I wondered about the real reason for this for some time and you know what my conclusion is?
Religion is not the reason.
My guess is unwillingness to change. Nostalgia for the way "This country used to be like, now it looks like a 3d world country blah blah"
We live in a predominantly Christian country and statistically chances are that the predominant religion that jew haters claim to be would be Christian. The few that I have met in my life had been preconditioned by their environment although they could be considered Christians most of them did not attend any religious service and were in the verge of agnosticism .
Usually they hate blacks and hispanics and asians, gays and wish some women knew their place.
that is just my experience.
Here is some stuff on the subject which I don't necessarily agree with entirely but raises some questions on the subjects of facts gathering and opinions: every one can quickly make one up which is the cradle of prejudice and bigotry

1) "According to commission staff director Kenneth L. Marcus, the Web site was launched after the release of a November 2005 report that indicated an increase in the number of anti-Semitic incidents on campuses. A new report by the ADL identified 88 anti-Semitic incidents on campuses in 2006"
2)Today, most authorities place the number of Jews between 12 and 14 million.[2] According to the Jewish Agency, for the year 2007 there are 13.2 million Jews worldwide; 5.4 million (40.9%) in Israel, 5.3 million (40.2%) in the United States,
3) Abstract
Social Problems; February 2007, Vol. 54, No. 1, Pages 47-77; Posted online on February 13, 2007.; (doi:10.1525/sp.2007.54.1.47); Group Position, Collective Threat, and American Anti-Semitism by Ryan D. King ‌and State University of New York at Albany and Melissa F. Weiner ‌of Quinnipiac University: This article provides a theoretical account of anti-Jewish prejudice and empirically tests this model using data from a recent national survey of adults in the United States. Whereas much prior research emphasizes the religious and cultural foundations of anti-Semitism, the present research provides an alternative framework that builds on Herbert Blumer's (1958) theory of prejudice as a sense of group position. Two related yet distinct lines of research have evolved from Blumer's seminal work, one emphasizing the position of an individual's group membership relative to other groups and a second that focuses on aggregate factors such as local economic conditions and minority group size. These themes are integrated to investigate the individual and contextual correlates of anti-Semitism in the contemporary United States. The findings suggest that anti-Jewish sentiments are most prevalent among African Americans and individuals residing in places with larger per capita Jewish populations. Interaction models further suggest that African Americans residing in areas with high concentrations of Jews are particularly likely to harbor anti-Jewish sentiments. These results cast doubt on strictly religious interpretations of anti-Semitism while partly supporting, and qualifying, a group position model. The findings have implications for theories of anti-Semitism and for the development of group threat perspectives on prejudice and inter-group conflict generally. Keywords: anti-Semitism, group threat, prejudice, group position, inter-group relations.

Answer 8

I say that a person cannot be both a Christian and hate others, and I completely agree with you that Jesus would not have hated the Jews.

Answer 9

I think only a tiny percentage of Christians hate Jews... Like, a seriously minute percentage... And that can be chalked up to bad teaching and stupidity.

Answer 10

Probably because the Jews were the ones who crucified Jesus Christ...but it doesn't mean God doesn't like them, or that Christians don't, it was just a stupid thing to do, and I think everyone agrees, right?
Sorry, I wasn't trying to offend you, I'm really sorry, I mean, if you /are/ Jewish, it doesn't mean that you crucified him, right? Lol.
Anyways, good luck with the answers!