Can Christianity Ever Leave Behind Hatred of Jews

Hatred of Jews in embedded so deeply in the DNA of Christianity there it seems no way to remove it. Constantine, the dictator in the 3rd century credited with getting Christianity off the ground, railed against the Jews. Martin Luther railed against the Jews. So, we are to believe that today one of the foundational beliefs in the faith can be left behind? Don't bet the farm on it. 

Some Christians have commented on this site that any who claim to be of the faith could not believe "The Jews killed Jesus." It's obvious, they say, the Romans killed Jesus. But what of the tale in the Bible where the assembled Jews called for Jesus' death?

I can't remember the details now, but I remember reading an analysis of the politics inside the Jewish community during the period when Jesus was supposed to have been killed. There was an ongoing political dispute and those who called for Jesus' death were being demonized for political reasons. It was no different than today when Republicans call some Democrats "communists." It borders on amazing that the local politics of that time made it into print and influences some otherwise rational people today.

Pat Robinson always encouraged viewers to see the Jews as brothers of Christians. If this is the case, why did Martin Luther and Constantine see them as mortal enemies?

A year of so ago, I was sitting down at a table in a local coffee shop and making small talk with the young man who was leaving the table. I can't remember how our brief conversation set him off on the Jews but for some reason he said, "That's the trouble with the Jews even way back in the Bible. They could not reveal their failures or weaknesses. Christians are open about their failures." There you have a grievance against the Jews that is over 2,000 years old. Is there any possibility this is going away?

I have written before here of an experience I had when a grade school farm boy. A men's group in our rural church invited a Rabbi from the city 20 miles away to drive to our town and tell about the faith. Out intern preacher at the time took a seat in the front on the church. After the Rabbi was introduced and began to speak, the preach got up and slowly walked, making a show, from the front of the church and out the door.

While some of Christianity has left anti semitism behind, it remains so embedded I think it will never leave entirely. 

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