david f, you said "The Jew hatred promoted by Christianity is a historical fact."

You need to clarify what you mean by Christian - the term is vague. The Roman State Church and sections of its reform were called by that name ie Lutheran. However, they do not reflect the teachings of Christ even as people calling themselves Buddahist do not live the beliefs and teachings of Buddah. There is no one term that fits all. The truth is the Gospels say Christ wept that his fellow Jews would repent, he never encouraged their murder. Though the Koran does say to murder Jews and places Jesus among their prophets.

Dear Josephus,

The Jew hatred emanating from Christianity is found not only in the New Testament but in the history of discrimination, persecution and murder of Jews through much of the history of Christianity.

In Antisemitism and the New Testament - Wikipedia you will find the following:

According to Rabbi Michael J. Cook, Professor of Intertestamental and Early Christian Literature at the Hebrew Union College, there are ten themes in the New Testament that have been a source of anti-Judaism and antisemitism:

1. The Jews are culpable for crucifying Jesus – as such they are guilty of deicide.
2. The tribulations of the Jewish people throughout history constitute God's punishment of them for killing Jesus.
3. Jesus originally came to preach only to the Jews, but when they rejected him, he abandoned them for gentiles instead.
4. The Children of Israel were God's original chosen people by virtue of an ancient covenant, but by rejecting Jesus they forfeited their chosenness - and now, by virtue of a New Covenant (or "testament"), Christians have replaced the Jews as God's chosen people, the Church having become the "People of God."
5. The Jewish Bible ("Old" Testament) repeatedly portrays the opaqueness and stubbornness of the Jewish people and their disloyalty to God.
6. The Jewish Bible contains many predictions of the coming of Jesus as the Messiah (or "Christ"), yet the Jews are blind to the meaning of their own Bible.
7. By the time of Jesus' ministry, Judaism had ceased to be a living faith.
8. Judaism's essence is a restrictive and burdensome legalism.
9. Christianity emphasizes love, while Judaism stands for justice and a God of wrath.
10. Judaism's oppressiveness reflects the disposition of Jesus' opponents called "Pharisees" (predecessors of the "rabbis"), who in their teachings and behavior were hypocrites (see Woes of the Pharisees).

In the Roman Empire there was competition between Jews and Christians for market share. Christians won.. It is better to eat pork and not be circumcised than to be forbidden to eat pork and be circumcised so it is no wonder that Christians won.

As we mark International Holocaust Remeberence Day, we should remember the millions of innocent men, women and children who have suffered and died because of war.

I still say its vitally important to teach our young about the events of war, and the horrors of war, but also instill in them a belief that war is futile and how they should strive for peace in this world.

Dear Paul,

It would be great if our world leaders would start
taking notice of the vast array of experts who are
willing and able to guide us through the coming difficult
years. A better world is possible. It will take effort.
It will be difficult. But it will be worth it.

The measure of our society over history is our fidelity to
our principles. We must remind our government and our people
to remain faithful to those principles or otherwise our
society, like so many in the past, will be swept on the
ash heap of history.

Last night I tried watching a film about the Holocaust on
SBS. I could not watch all of it - it was horrific.
I could not believe that human being could that to other human
beings.

David f, the report quoted only focuses on a Roman interpretation of Jesus, because the Roman State had problems with controling the Jews. They tried to anialate them in AD 72. Anti-semetism is not a recent attitude, the Arabs have centuries of hostility to Israel.

Hi Foxy,

I watched SBS, yes the inhumanity of the "ordinary" individual towards his fellow man is at times unbelievable. People like Hitler, Stalin, Mao etc could not do what they do without the complicity of many of their fellow human beings, in many cases ordinary folk like you and I. The sin is blind acceptance, "its not my concern, its not my business" from ordinary people allows injustice to to become the accepted norm. Such doco's should be shown to children at an appropriate age and be open to discussion, if they are going to learn decent attitudes for a better future.

The ravings of the 5 or 6 regular forum posters from the radical extreme, are not a true reflection of society in general, thank god. Their views represent the half a percent mob, so there is some hopeful possibility for a decent tomorrow for our children and grandchildren.