Bible And The Jews

Among the anti-Jew agitators these days, I have seen ones who say that Jews killed Jesus and ones who say that the Bible is a Jewish fable used to control people. Both are wrong.

I did not kill Jesus, and I refuse to be blamed for the actions of Herod or Caiaphas. If the claim is that sins of ancestors are visited upon their descendants, then Americans, English, Spanish, Germans and others have had much greater and much more recent atrocities in their history than the execution of Jesus by the Jews. Jesus resurrected after three days. The 100 million inhabitants of the American continent who died from Spanish and English colonialism did not.

As for the Bible being made up, that is completely wrong as well. Why on earth would the Jews make up something like that? The stories do not do glory to them; they do glory to God. In fact in many places in the Bible the Jews are portrayed in a negative light. There is the account of them revolting during Exodus and worshipping the golden calf. There are accounts of evil kings like Saul, Ahab and Athaliah. If the Bible had been a self-serving tale by the Jews, then it would have portrayed the Jews positively. It did not.

So there are some who equate Jews with the killers of Jesus; and there are others who think that the entire Judeo-Christian tradition is bogus and a racket run by the Jews. Then why did it outlast the Roman Empire? The Romans had advanced knowledge of many subjects but Judaism and Christianity outlasted the Romans. Clearly there must be wisdom and strength to what they practice.

Most historical narratives are in fact self-serving. Nearly contemporary with Jesus was Roman historian named Livy, who wrote about Roman history in highly patriotic way. The Bible however is not patriotic to the Jews. The Bible records many wrong things done by the Jews. This means that it cannot be a self-serving document and is not done in favor of Jews but in favor of God.

So it is time that both claims be addressed. The first one, again, is that I am not responsible for the actions of Herod, and that it is hypocritical to blame people for sins of their long past ancestors when one has had much greater and much more recent sins in his history. And the second is that the Bible cannot be a Jewish racket or any kind of racket, as if it had been a self-serving document it would have portrayed Jews positively. I have not seen anyone make these statements; so if nobody else will do so, then I will.