I thought you were being serious. Nor was I saying that Christians hold Jesus in the same regards as Caesar, as I think was evident from my statement. Also, the general consensus (unanimous near as I can figure) from the Jews in this thread is that the man who made that statement does not deserve to be our religious leader.
If it was just a joke, no problem. But given what happens when that old canard is ressurected and levied against Jews as a serious charge, I think you can understand my reaction.
Sorry for the overreaction if you were only joking.
Was not really a joke per say, however, I don't really feel that way toward the faith. It was somewhat of an over-reaction because I didn't not wait to read the word "reform" in the article. Reform was the key word and I would've passed on saying that. My mistake.
No, I don't really believe that of the faith, just the particular group of individuals who did that, at the time, long ago. Sorry, it's the ace-in-the-hat extreme statement to counter against something like that.
But at the same time, if you believe the way I do, it was all by desgin anyway. It was supposed to happen that way.