Regarding Jews and Jesus Christ?

Question

Do you think by now...Jews dislike Christians to some extent?

1st off, the Jews did not kill Jesus, gimme proof. Jews had no control over the way the was executed (crucifixion, a common Roman method for low criminals), since Rome was in control of the land of Israel at that time. There is no proof that the Jews wanted Jesus dead, even the Gospels were written after JC's death by his disciples, even if, maybe they were written down much later, who knows?Frankly, if the Jews wanted to kill Jesus, they would have requested of theRoman procurator (Pontius Pilate) that JC be stoned in accordance with Sanhedrin (court) law.
In short, Jews never hated Jesus. But do Jews hate Jesus now? I mean Christians used the "they killed JC" excuse to murder tens of millions of Jews over the rougly 2,000 year period till today. Perhaps Jews hate that there ever was a man called Jesus, because of all the trouble, genocide, and suffering that was brought upon them b/c of them supposedly killing him?

Had genocide been practiced against my people because of an alleged crucifixion murder of an obscure carpenter -character whose existence is questionable....I think I would start hating the guy called "Jesus". If he is the "Prince of Peace", why did the very mention and memory of his life unleash massacres and hell on earth for the Jews?

Answer 1

I, for one, am proud to 'cop' to being a Jew, and I know of hundreds more who are also proud, right here in my own little neighborhood.

I don't hate J&sus. I'm not sure he existed--and if he did, I'm sure he'd be puzzled at what has conspired in his name.

I don't even hate Christians. I DO find them worrisome, with their assertions that we need to be perfected, their desire to convert us, and their insistence that THEY are the true spiritual Jews. I'm REALLY annoyed by their intellectually sloppy habit of claiming to believe our Torah while simultaneously asserting that it's not really for today. It seems dishonest to me--although I think the only people they really fool is themselves.

I absolutely hate what Christians have done to the Jewish people in the past. I have a degree in history, and Christian history is nothing to be proud of. In the name of J7sus, millions of Jews have been killed in the most hideous ways over the centuries. Christian passion plays ALWAYS ended with pogroms; Inquisitions came and went, ad infinitum. There's a lot of overt anti-semetism to hate through the centuries--and I sincerely believe that there's still a lot of covert anti-semetism inherent in the thinking of many Christians. How could there NOT be?--when their scriptures are so full of it.

BUT--I do have some things in common with Christians. I am politically and socially conservative, and I appreciate their concern about values, although I don't always agree with their conclusions. I respect ANYone who has the courage to commit themselves to a faith, whether that faith is Judaism, Christianity, or Islam.

I just wish Christians were a little less condescending, and a LOT less sure that they alone know G-d. But hey--given their behavior in times past, that's a small gripe, isn't it?

Anyway--no, I don't hate J*sus. How could I hate an imaginary god? And I don't hate Christians. I wish they were more knowledgeable and respectful of Judaism, but like I said--I'm well aware that it could be a lot worse.

Answer 2

Rabbinical sources record that forty years prior to the destruction of the Temple in A.D. 70, the Romans forbade the Jewish authorities to administer the death penalty. This means this right was taken away around A.D. 30, shortly before the Crucifixion.

The reason the Sanhedrin (the Jewish governing body that sentenced Jesus to death) sought the Romans' sanction, whereas the mobs that tried to stone Jesus did not, is that the Sanhedrin was a formal court, located in Jerusalem; they would have been identifiable and answerable under Roman law. The mobs, on the other hand, were anonymous groups trying to dispense vigilante justice. Lynch mobs do not observe the legal requirements of administering the death penalty. If they did, they wouldn't be lynch mobs.

Answer 3

I suspect some jews in this world do dislike Christians presently, and for valid reasons (like the crusades, and what Hitler did to the Jews). However, I believe the Lord (not lord), alsp known as Jehovah and YHWH was the Lord Jesus Christ. (Unfortuneately, an addition to God's word has been allowed in USA for roughly the last 100 years; the addition commonly referred to as the Red Letter Edition).

Answer 4

It begins with faith that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. With that understanding...the Jews chanted for His crucifixion. The Romans carried it out. His Father let it happen. Who's to blame? We are. Every time we sin, we crucify Jesus all over again. That's the point.

Answer 5

If they are intelligent they dont hate Jesus of Nazareth, because he didnt do these things you speak of. Things done in the name of a person after their time, should not be attributed to them.

Answer 6

Jews don't hold Christians responsible for the actions of their ancestors, but we have learned over the centuries that Christians can become zealots at the drop of a hat.

What's all this crp about Jews killing Jesus? Did not his very own father send him to earth for that specific purpose? Where would you be had he not suffered an excrutiatingly painful death on the cross in order to grant you salvation? Now you're saying that the Jews had more power than God? Get your act together dummies.

From "Judaism for Everyone" by Shmuley Boteach:
Central to the Jewish response to suffering is a staunch rejection of the belief in its redemptive power. According to Judaism there are no ennobling qualities in pain…. The belief in the redemptive quality of suffering is a profoundly Christian concept. In Christianity, the suffering servant, the crucified Christ, brings atonement for the sins of mankind through his own sacrifice and torment. The message: Without suffering there can be no redemption. According to Christianity, if Jesus had not suffered and died on the cross, mankind would still be damned. Suffering is therefore extolled in the New Testament: “And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces hope” (Rom. 5:3-4). “If we are being afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation; if we are being consoled, it is for your consolation, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we are also suffering” (2 Cor. 1:6). Indeed, Paul even made suffering an obligation, encouraging the fledging Christians to “share in suffering like a good soldier of Christ Jesus” (2 Tim. 2:3).
In Judaism, however, suffering is anything but redemptive. It leads to a tortured spirit and a pessimistic outlook on life. It scars our psyches and brings about a cynical consciousness, devoid of hope. Suffering causes us to dig out the insincerity of the hearts of our fellows and to be envious of other people’s happiness. If individuals do become better people as a result of their suffering, it is despite the fact that they suffered, not because of it. Ennoblement of character comes through triumph over suffering, rather than its endurance.
Man’s mission was never to make peace with suffering and death, but to abolish them from the face of the earth for all eternity by joining God as a junior partner in creation. By studying medicine and offering aid to people in need, we live up to our highest calling of having been created in the divine image. The atheist doctor who struggles to cure AIDS is infinitely more in tune with the Jewish response to suffering than the minister of religion who tells his flock that suffering is part of the divine plan. The sinning businessman who may have never stepped into a synagogue but makes a loan to a colleague to save him from bankruptcy is more in tune with the Jewish response to suffering than the Rabbi who seeks to give a rationalization for why children die of leukemia…. Our role as humans is not to give meaning to aberrations, but combating them and to healing wounds.

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Answer 7

Seems you fabricated a story in your own imagination. Why not read the historic documents that we do have available rather than fabricating myths about Jesus.

Answer 8

as I recollect how the story goes, the community was asked whom they wanted released that day, and instead of asking for Jesus, they requested Barabas, and when asked by pilate what they wanted done, they requested crucifixion.

Answer 9

How about this question, "do Jews dislike Jews?" Trying and get one to admit he's Jewish today, is like pulling teeth. And dont deny that in spite of the holocaust, Jews fight amongst themselves, and on occaision kill each other. Incredible, but true. I think the only person who is proud to cop to being Jewish today, is Jackie Mason.

Answer 10

Jews really don't like anyone and any action people make agaisnt them is not in the name of Christianity but before their own evil motives.