Originally posted by popcornbird:
Actually, Jews were the ones who supposedly crusified Jesus, and accused his virgin mother Mary of terrible crimes she didn't commit. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

It was this kind of thinking why so many people of the Jewish faith were slaughtered throughout history.
I normaly stay out of religious debates but I found popcorns post a bit disturbing in today's modern society.
Since I took Richards Pig drawing quiz, which states I like playing devil’s advocate, and I neither fear nor avoid discussions I decided to post.

The Roman Catholic Church interpretation of Jesus Death and
the current status of Judaism:
The Romah Catholic Church reject the concepts that all of the Jews in Palestine circa 30 CE were responsible for the execution of Jesus.
In general consensus among conservative Christians
that the 1st century Romans and leaders of the Jews in Judea were responsible for Jesus execution. Many Christian liberals tend to assess blame on the Roman army alone with a few
exception of a few fringe radical Christian groups nobody holds present day Jews responsible for Christs death.


I am only posting the conclusions from the Professors and
liberal theologian. To post the when, why and how they came to
their conclusions would take me 4 plus pages or more from
their writtings.

L. Michael White: Professor of Classics and Director of the Religious Studies Program University of Texas at Austin.

Conclusion: What role of the Jewish authority is in the actual arrest and execution of Jesus is difficult to say. My own feeling is that there's very little role by the Jewish authorites. Maybe the Temple leadership at most, but there's probably no direct historical evidence for an actual trial before the Sanhedrin and the Jewish leadership, and clearly the decision to execute on a capital crime was a Roman decision. Certainly it is the case that the idea of the masses of Jewish people gathered around the Temple had some voice in the death of Jesus in not part of history but a legacy of some later tradition.


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