Jesus was a Jew. His followers were Jews.
You wrote this:
"I stand firm in my belief that if they hated Him, they will hate me"
You think Jews hate you? How strange.
You said "his followers were Jews."
WRONG. Jesus' followers were Jews and non-Jews, and I could go into a whole thing about this but no point to do so here and now.
When I say that "they" killed Jesus, let me clarify this for you. The "they" I refer to is all who hated Jesus. And all who hated him then and all who hate him now will hate me. I realize hate might be a little strong but the bias against Christians is very apparent in this world and getting even more common every day here in the US. Talk to some Christians who have believing sons and daughters and how they are treated at most universities these days. Christians get this.
When I became a Christian, my life changed dramatically. Things that used to be okay with me no longer were and it aggravated some of my friends - I lost those friends;not because I was unwilling to still be their loving friend but because they could no longer be comfortable in their own sinfulness knowing that I no longer thought certain things were okay. And I certainly didn't preach or sermonize in any way.
Sorry to bore you with this MM. BTW, I read your little profile and I agree with you that atheists are just like other people in that there are nice ones, bad ones, and so on, but I'm sure if you are honest with yourself, deep inside Christians probably annoy you more than other groups.
Oh, and don't worry about me trying to convert you. I think God is perfectly capable of catching your attention, if you are open to Him. You may be on FR for more than the reasons you think.
Lastly, I pray that God blesses you today in a special and personal way. Hopefully I haven't offended you with that last one.
Peace to you.