Jesus' Legacy
Many evils have been committed in the name of Jesus, from the horrors of Nazi Germany to the Spanish Inquisition. Christianity, however, has also had a good effect on many peoples’ lives through the spiritual guidance in his teachings. When Jesus views the World and its history how does he views the legacy that bears his name? I believe that he views some of the deeds done in his name as contemptible and loathsome, but realizes that these deeds are not his real legacy. He sees his real legacy in those who follow his teachings, not those who use his name as a means of justifying their evil.Many “Christians” throughout history have persecuted the Jews. Most of this persecution stems from the idea that the Jews killed Jesus. Germans, during the Nazi era, persecuted and killed over 6 million Jews. They sent the Jews to slave labour camps and to death camps such as Auschwitz, where many died in the gas chambers or from starvation and malnutrition related diseases. The Nazis justified their systematic genocide, in their own minds, by telling themselves that they were avenging Christ’s death, because ‘the Jews’ had killed Jesus. However, many Germans failed to realize that Jesus and most of his followers were al
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