Why Christians exterminated Jews?

Why Christians exterminated Jews?

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The Christian church taught for many centuries that all of the Jews in 1st century Palestine were responsible for deicide -- the execution of Jesus. Further, they taught that each successive generation of Jews shared equal responsibility with their ancestors. Almost all denominations abandoned this belief by 1965.

In the 10th century, Christian Crusaders systematically exterminated uncounted thousands of Jews on their way to and from the Holy Land.

In 1492, Spanish Jews were given the option of converting to Christianity or being expelled from their own country.

The Spanish Inquisition was established, in part, to ferret out any former Jews that had not sincerely converted.

The predominately Christian American colonies frequently denied Jews the right to hold public office.

Pogroms (organized persecution and massacre of Jews) in Czarist Russia and in eastern Europe resulted in the deaths of countless thousands of Jews.

During the Nazi Holocaust of World War II, approximately 6 million Jews were exterminated by citizens of various European countries; the vast majority of the murderers considered themselves to be Christians; all were volunteers. There is a general consensus that the Holocaust could not have happened without centuries of Christian anti-Jewish teachings.

Anti-semitic attacks on individual Jews, their property, cemeteries and synagogues continue today worldwide, and are increasing in frequency.

Many religions have had a difficult time tolerating other faiths. This is particularly true with Christianity in western Europe. Two of the worse examples of inter-religious hatred and persecution have been:

Anti-Semitic teachings and prosecutions over many centuries which directly caused the murder of hundreds of thousands of innocent Jews. They indirectly laid the foundation for the Nazi holocaust and the loss of 6 million Jewish lives.

A religious genocide conducted during the 15th to 18th centuries. Tens of thousands of innocent people who were believed to be Witches or other heretics, were located, tortured, and burned alive. (After the Reformation, Protestants continued the Witch hunt, but they preferred to hang the innocent victims rather than burn them alive.)

Religiously motivated wars, genocides, and civil unrest continue today, largely among Christians, Muslims and Jews. There is a critical need for both international, national, and local agencies that promote Christian-Muslim-Jewish cooperation and understanding. They are notable by their near absence.

In the U.S. there have been attempts by Congressional leaders and conservative Christian groups to terminate the religious freedoms of some non-Christians in the military.

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