Christianity has been around for roughly 1700 years now; hatred has been around much longer!  The Eagles, in their song “Hole in the World” has a line with the following words, “But all this fighting over who’s the anointed, Oh how can people be so blind” is a deep thought to consider.  You don’t have to be a historian to understand that there has been much fighting over this very question of,” Who is the anointed?” and the subsequent allegiance to their leadership. Religion has always been a bloody mess especially Islam and Christianity. With these two religions vying for supremacy, world peace will always be just a fantasy. 

There seems to be a question about what constitutes anti-Semitism. “Thin skinned” people might say that a joke about a Jewish person being tight with money is anti-Semitic. Things like these are just ethnic jokes that can sometimes border on bad taste. Saving money is an admirable trait anyway. I will give you a very personal example of anti-Semitism. My wife isn't Jewish, but her uncle was. He was forcefully taken away to Siberia and was never heard from again. Siberia is the suspected destination after he was abducted (this is where it is believed he was sent to…we don’t know for sure). People were taken there to labor until they died and/or were killed. 

It is horrible that some people feel that they are superior and that the "inferior" group of people has no right to exist; or to a lesser extent they feel that the inferior group deserves to have a lesser quality of life. When someone places a cross symbol, made of sticks in your yard, it gets your attention.  Sometimes, those crosses are inverted, or upside down. I am not sure if this is from a Jesus freak, a Satanist, or someone who dislikes  Americans, Jews, or me for being an ex-minister. One thing that I do know that being silent about these things only encourages these sick people!  My local police chief is indifferent and insensitive to hate crime problems that I have here. Getting justice in Latvia is difficult.  

Forgive me while I rant, this is not only important to me, it is personal. When you speak of a holocaust, I can understand people silently wondering if such horrible events could really have had occurred. It is difficult to believe that some people could be so twisted and cruel to commit such a crime. Such is the world in which we live and yes, they do happen. 

My disturbing discovery inside of the Bible's pages 

Bible prophecy was fascinating to me when I was a Christian! I credit the desire to understand Eschatology (study of future events) as a prime motivator to keep my nose in the book. In the mid 1990's,  I had read Philip Mauro’s “Dispensationalism Justifies the Crucifixion” . It affirmed  to me that dispensational teaching indeed did contain anti-Semitic views.  At the time, I just viewed it as a difference of opinion between theologians. Eventually, this discovery produced  enough doubt in my mind about the Bible to  influence my departure from Christianity.   

In short here is what I view as anti-Semitic 

1.        The thought that Jews were the killers of Christ. It is doubtful from historic evidence to prove that a Jesus even existed at all. If Jesus never lived then how could someone kill him? The blame is placed at the feet of Jewish people. This isn't debatable, read for yourself the scriptural proof! 

I Thessalonians 1: 14-15  "for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:    

2.      The tribulation viewpoint that God will bring strong judgment and punish the Jews during the tribulation period.

3.      The Jews being God’s chosen people. But Jewish rebellion always drew God's wrath. Being chosen sounds nice initially, but when you portray the Jews like the Bible does it is a major insult and slanderous!

T      The Bible isn't such a nice book after all!. The Bible is the SOURCE of Christianity and contains the basis for anti-Semitic viewpoints and other repulsive ideas.  I suppose, if the Bible wasn't such a hideous book and was taken seriously then charges of anti-Semitism would have already have been served against it.

I do I don’t understand why the Bible gets a free anti-Semitic pass and that Christianity isn't called out for being anti-Semitic?  I would love to hear a reasonable explanation to my question.

Brian Worley   Ex-Minister.org     January  2008    All rights reserved

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