[giotto]

I was raised and schooled as a Catholic. I've never understood why Jews were blamed for Christ's death. He was a Jew who lived among Jews. Jesus Himself said that a prophet is never accepted in his own country. He chose His fate. Those who crucified Him were individuals who acted out of free will, but the fact that they were Jewish was incidental. There were undoubtedly just as many, if not more, Jewish people who loved and followed Him, as there were who brought about His demise. Why has history chosen to forget about them and emphasise those who destroyed Him?

[PJ-Comix]

I've never understood why Jews were blamed for Christ's death. He was a Jew who lived among Jews. Jesus Himself said that a prophet is never accepted in his own country.

Simple. Because a lot of religious literature did blame the Jews. A good example was a religious book I saw yesterday at a thrift shop. It was a 1940 reprint of a book originally published in 1898. Reading through it the basic theme was Jews Bad. Jews Killed Christ. It's their fault. Ironically enough I saw this book at a Jewish thrift shop.