(July 28, 2014 at 1:36 pm)Purplundy Wrote:(July 27, 2014 at 10:45 pm)Minimalist Wrote: As the stories progress from the primitive 'mark' to the absurd 'john' the character of the "jews" becomes progressively more despicable.Jewish people had Jesus, the protagonist of the Gospels, killed, so that tends to make them look kind of villainous. I still don't get how that is supposed to extend to the many Jews who were followers of Jesus, or had never heard of him before.
Julius Caesar was killed by Roman senators. Does that mean that Shakespeare hated white people, Italians, senators, or republicans?
Oh, be serious. Your gospel bullshit begins with mark inventing the Barabbas bullshit story making it clear that Pilate didn't think he was guilty but willing to placate the crowd of "jews" demanding crucifixion to Matty with his absurd "25 All the people answered, “His blood is on us and on our children!”" line of crap.
No one cares what Shakespeare thought, laddie. It was not the basis for 1,500 years of European pogroms against anyone.
