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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hi OP here,  I appreciate everyone's responses.   I'm still debating about whether or not to send the preacher an email...if I did send him an email, I think I would give him the benefit of the doubt, and just ask him to clarify what he was thinking with his references in his sermon to Jews.  I think that there were 3 references to Jews in such a short period of time is what caught my attention.  It was the "greedy Jewish tax collector" line that made me angry.   Many people in this area of the country have never had contact with or met a Jewish person.  So even though the biblical reference may be accurate, I think many individuals currently in the church may be misguided into thinking that such stereotypes of present day Jews are accurate.

The only other reference to Jews that have been made in my presence, was during their Easter pagent, a number of years ago-- They yelled out "[b]the Jews killed Jesus.[/b]"  Is this also a commonly held belief by churches or just Southern Baptist churches?

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I am not Baptist nor of any Protestant denomination, so I cannot comment on what is said in their Easter services. However, the zero man Catholic liturgy for Palm Sunday and Good Friday contains the following exchange from the Gospel of St. Matthew:

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h The chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas but to destroy Jesus.
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The governor said to them in reply, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?” They answered, “Barabbas!”
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* Pilate said to them, “Then what shall I do with Jesus called Messiah?” They all said, [b]“Let him be crucified!”[/b]
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But he said, “Why? What evil has he done?” They only shouted the louder, “[b]Let him be crucified[/b]!”
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* i When Pilate saw that he was not succeeding at all, but that a riot was breaking out instead, he took water and washed his hands in the sight of the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. Look to it yourselves.”
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And the whole people said in reply, [b]“His blood be upon us and upon our children.”[/b]

This has been portrayed by some that the Jewish people bear responsibility for the suffering and death of Jesus.  However, the Second Vatican Council held that this passage should not be construed as laying the blame for Jesus' death at the hands of the Jews nor cursing them for all time.  It is the sinfulness of all mankind that is responsible.

Now, Carholics generally understand the Bible contextually and as allegory.  It is not a literal accounting of historical fact.  This is ver different from Protestant fundamentalist denominations that interpret the Bibke in a literal sense.  It is because of this that Catholics can easily co-exist with the theory of evolution while fundamentalists seebitvasca threat to their faith.

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