TheBoost said:

But let's take a look at this comparison. Are you comparing NAZI's potentially being upset about portrayals of real history vs JEWS being upset about the bits of the Gospels that has been responsible for 2000 years of persecution, murder and genocide?

*whew* This feels like something of a loaded question, so I'm going to try to step lightly here.

I am comparing modern Germans being upset by someone saying that Nazis were Germans with modern Jews being upset by someone saying that some of the people responsible for killing Christ were Jews.

I guess I don't really buy that the New Testament has been responsible or "the source" for persecution of the Jews. The Old Testament is full of stories of people not liking the Jews too, so some of that rhetoric pre-dates Christ, or the writing down and widespread distribution of the Gospels.

I lived in Albania for 2 years, and I can tell you that (most) Albanians hate the Serbs and (most) the Serbs hate them right back. They're raised that way. When asked, "Oh Albanian, why do you hate the Serbs?" they say among other things, "We are Muslim, they are Christian. Therefore we hate them." And vice-versa for the Serbs. But then you say, "Oh Albanian, do you hate your Albanian neighbour, who alos practises Christianity?" And they would say, "Of course not! He is Albanian, just like I am!" Therefore, Religion is used as a point to explain why they hate each other, not the actual cause. I think there isn't a real reason why Albanians and Serbs hate each other. They just do.

Likewise, I don't really think that people hate Jews because of the New Testament. They hate Jews because they want to hate Jews. They might say that the New Testament gives them license to hate them, but it is not responsible or the source of their hatred.