Let’s talk about religion and culture first.
The predecessor of Christianity was originally the national religion of the Jews, namely Judaism. From the perspective of the Jews, there is only one Bible (what Christians call the Old Testament), and its content mainly involves the history of the Jews, the stories and agreements between God and the Jews; even though the Bible contains information about God There are many narratives of severe punishment for the Jews, but God has also shown infinite care and love for these "God's chosen people". Therefore, the Jews are convinced that as long as they believe in God and obey the teachings, the Jews will eventually be restored and saved. one day.
It is not difficult to understand that the Jews who firmly believe that only God has divinity will not admit that their current Jewish missionary, Jesus, has any divinity; nor will they admit that their own Bible is The Old Testament may recognize a book written by Christians after the death of Jesus as the New Testament; let alone accept the large amount of anti-Semitic content in the New Testament.
In the time of Jesus, the Roman Empire continued to expand, and the number of various groups enslaved by its tyranny also increased. At this time, a religion that advocates equality, fraternity, and believes in monotheism has become an objective need for the persecuted groups to promote unity. As a result, Christians, mainly composed of non-Jews, successively compiled the so-called "New Testament" based on some plots of the "Old Testament", the legendary deeds and quotations of Jesus, and combined with the specific needs of different eras.
As far as the content about the Jews in the New Testament is concerned, although the narratives in the four Gospels are often contradictory, in general they all emphasize that "because the Jews betrayed and betrayed Jesus , causing Jesus to be tortured to death, so the descendants of the Jews will surely receive bloody retribution.”
From a historical perspective, no written materials from the same time as Jesus have been found to prove whether the crucifixion of Jesus described in the New Testament is true; the historical materials after Jesus’ death have no records of Jesus himself. It is limited to a few words; as for whether Jesus was betrayed by the Jews, there is no evidence. However, despite this, this scripture, which is deeply believed by the majority of Christians, has brought disastrous consequences to the Jews since Christianity became the state religion of the Roman Empire in the fourth century. According to research, all Catholic popes from the fourth century to the Enlightenment era, without exception, had strong anti-Semitic thoughts. In addition, between the fourth century and the murder of six million Jews by the German Nazi regime, the number of Jews who were murdered in the past generations also reached six million.
In the sixteenth century, Protestantism emerged with the religious reform, but traditional anti-Semitic sentiments did not allow this major movement to change the fate of the Jews. Take Martin Luther, the pioneer of the Protestant movement, as an example. His proposals for excluding Jews were horrifying enough (such as burning synagogues, destroying Jewish houses, confiscating Jewish scriptures, throwing pig filth at them, and not ensuring the personal safety of Jews...) . As a result, many scholars have concluded that there was nothing "new" about the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime.
In the 19th century, representatives of German Romanticism (from Hegel, Nietzsche to Goethe) almost without exception had strong anti-Semitic sentiments. The only difference from traditional anti-Semitic thoughts was that , the anti-Semitic theory at this time was combined with the racism extended by colonialism. On the one hand, people of color were regarded as "inferior people"; on the other hand, the Germanic people were elevated to the level of mysterious "supermen". By the time of Hitler, this ideology that equated Germanic people with gods not only won the majority of votes, but also developed into the state religion of the German Third Reich
Social Darwinism copied the laws of survival competition in nature. When it comes to sociological research, they even publicly advocate "the law of the jungle, survival of the fittest" between countries, ethnic groups, and people, and blatantly claim that the strong bully the weak as "social ethics", which is completely wrong. of.
It can be said that it was precisely with Social Darwinism as the "theoretical basis" that early capitalism was able to "justifiably" squeeze and plunder the masses within each country, and then on a global scale. Launch colonial wars against other countries and nations, implement colonial rule, and carry out colonial plunder in order to achieve their original capital accumulation.
As for Nazi Germany’s belief that the German nation is the “best nation”, Japanese militarism believes that the Yamato nation is the “best nation” and goes on to carry out crazy ravages on other countries and nations. and massacre are the most brutal freaks produced by Social Darwinism!
The biggest mistake of Social Darwinism is that it advocates looking at human society based on the phenomenon of "the weak and the strong" in the animal kingdom, and turning human beings into beasts. The result can only be the decadence of human society, not real progress. The essential difference between humans and animals is that humans are rational, intelligent, and humane!
Jews engaged in economic activities in Europe and were generally very successful. However, the Jews are also relatively stingy and unfeeling towards other ethnic groups. They close themselves off, do not care about the development of their country, are detached from society, and do not care about people's livelihood. It’s easy to be used as a scapegoat in times of social crisis!