[topcat54]

Both sides were responsible for this cleft. The first persecution of the church was by Jewish authorities in Jerusalem, and even the most cursory reading of Acts reveals the grief that Paul regularly received from synagogues along his mission journeys. Later, in some cities across the Mediterranean, Jews reported Christians to Roman authorities who had been lax in persecuting them. For their part, Christians attributed the destruction of Jerusalem to God's retribution against the Jews for having crucified Christ. Church and synagogue have gone their separate ways ever since. One can only conjecture as to what might have happened to Jews, Christians, and all of subsequent history had Jerusalem not fallen and the Temple endured.

[count-your-change]

“Jesus predicted it 37 years before it happened.” He also warned His followers to flee before the city was sealed off. Those that did survived.

[bpjam]

a slightly more revelant point to current debates is that the muslim ‘scholars’ believe that this didn’t really happen. At all. Ever. No Solomon. No Jews. Nobody but muslims were ever in Jerusalem.

[griffin]

interesting topic...

[afnamvet]

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