Just a few of many roots of anti-semitism

The Jewish religion is the first monotheïstic religion. In the bible, the Jews are called the Chosen People. God states His preference for them many times, and although He gets angry with them at times, there’s no doubt they are indeed His Chosen.
First off, let me say that I am a completely a-religious person. I do not believe in the bible, God or any other supreme being. I say this to make clear where I stand on this.

Obviously the bible (OT) was written by Jews. The conclusion must be that the Jews wrote that they are the Chosen People. Wether they believed it or not, wether they were actually told so or not, they wrote it down. So far so good, no one has a problem yet.

Then comes Christianity. It claims to be the successor to Judaism, and its followers are now the Chosen, regardless of race or birth. Judaism is now obsolete, but if you’re a Christian, you belong. Great, isn’t it? Except Christians never really could get rid of the nagging doubts. After all, the Jews thought of it first. Moreover, Jezus was himself a Jew. There was just no escaping them. Even blaming them for killing God so the Romans wouldn’t be offended and might possibly buy into the new religion didn’t make the Jews go away, it just got them more hated.

600 or so years later more trouble in paradise. An Arab saw the light but had problems convincing others of this. So he tried to find allies in the Jews (who he secretly realizes are the owners of the patent and copyright), one of the things he did was cater to their rules a bit so there’d be some common grounds. But thosen stubborn Jews, they said: “No thanks, we’re good, thank you”. So Muhammed was pissed off, didn’t need the Jews anyway and never forgave them their rejection of him. If you think the New Testament is full of anti-semitic bile, read the Koran.

900 years later again. A newly ordained priest became desillusioned with the church and decided to reinvent Christianity. Like Muhammed, he badly felt in need of friends and allies, and sought out… you guessed it, the Jews. They said: “No thanks, we’re good, thank you”, and history repeated itself. Some people just don’t take rejection very well. But the list of Jew-friends, which was never very long to start with, was getting real short.

The list of enemies, well…