"Nick Farrell" <Ni...@edfu.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <s5pH4.5229$y4.1...@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>,
> Jason Baran <Fidei_De...@hotmail.com> writes
> >The Pope is referring to the Christ-killers. The followers of Christ are
> >called Christians, not Jews, in case you haven't heard. To call Christ a
> >"Jew," in the post-Christian sense of the word would imply that Christ
> >denies His own divinity.
>
> Silly boy. The word Christian was not coined for some time after
> Christ's death (look in your Bible I think it is in Acts). Christ was a
> Jew (in fact his teachings are in accordance to the Pharisees of the
> time) It does not say that Christ denies his own divinity just stating a
> fact (he would have been allowed to be in the Temple if he had been a
> gentile). Oh and on the Jews killed of Christ myth if you ever read
> your bible you will see that it was the Romans who crucified him --
> Pilate tried to palm responsibility onto King Hered but he passed the
> buck right back. The Roman church has been trying to force the Jews to
> take the blame for the killing, because after the Romans stopped
> becoming the bad-guys (after Constantine) and persecuting Christians
> then the Romans could not been seen as responsible -- so the Pope just
> past the buck again only this time Judea had ceased to exist and could
> not pass it back.
>
>
> --
> Nick Farrell
"Richard Irving" <rir...@onecall.net> wrote in message
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>
> > Silly boy. The word Christian was not coined for some time after
> > Christ's death (look in your Bible I think it is in Acts). Christ was a
> > Jew (in fact his teachings are in accordance to the Pharisees of the
> > time) It does not say that Christ denies his own divinity just stating a
> > fact (he would have been allowed to be in the Temple if he had been a
> > gentile).
>
> > Oh and on the Jews killed of Christ myth if you ever read
> > your bible you will see that it was the Romans who crucified him --
> > Pilate tried to palm responsibility onto King Hered but he passed the
> > buck right back.
>
> You know, I only recently heard that prejudice, "Jews killed
> Jesus"..
>
> I cannot believe -anyone- knowing the story would ever think this
> ?!?!?!?!?
>
> And as far as Rome goes, no one alive today had anything to do with
> it,
> and as far a bigotry and hatred goes.... Rome is no longer the
> reigning global empire. I suspect the creator may have gotten his
> licks in...
> And it wouldn't do -us- any good, nor is it our place, to even form a
> judgment, IMHO.