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Atheists & Agnostics

RussBLib

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9. so many countries have somewhat similar stories

Reply to DavidDvorkin (Original post)

Sat Mar 25, 2023, 11:06 PM

Mar 2023

the fact that the persecution of Jews predates Christianity somewhat mystifies me. I can almost understand the persecution based on the misguided notion that the Jews killed Jesus, but that notion just gave justification to the fact that the Jews were already being persecuted. But why? From where did the original animosity originate?

Over the centuries, millions of Jews have died for no good reason. Ugly, ugly history.

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Drumming for Jesus and Genocide [View all] DavidDvorkin Mar 2023 OP

An inconvenient truth... Jesus was an observant Jew, right up to the end. keithbvadu2 Mar 2023 #1

Christians have never paid any serious attention to that aspect of the mythology. DavidDvorkin Mar 2023 #2

Mythological "Jesus" Was YAHWEH's "Word" Made Flesh By YAHWEH's "Spirit" Impregnating A 12 Year Old MayReasonRule Mar 2023 #12

;-( elleng Mar 2023 #3

Many peoples have committed atrocities born of bigotries. LuvLoogie Mar 2023 #4

I had no idea about Lithuania's antisemitic history Farmer-Rick Mar 2023 #5

And it persists DavidDvorkin Mar 2023 #7

Oh my god Farmer-Rick Mar 2023 #8

This is so hard to read mountain grammy Mar 2023 #6

so many countries have somewhat similar stories RussBLib Mar 2023 #9

The cause of pre-Christian antisemitism is an historical mystery DavidDvorkin Mar 2023 #10

Engaging In Genocidal Barbarism Does Not Build Healthy Relationships MayReasonRule Mar 2023 #11

I too am of Lithuanian heritage. My grandmother escaped to Rotterdam cachukis Apr 2023 #13

Thank you for that post DavidDvorkin Apr 2023 #14

Money. She had access to none and was led to believe the cachukis May 2023 #15