...not to divert this noble topic, but, in defense of all parties involved, I MUST do the cleaning up here...as, I have yet to see the subject delineated properly ANYWHERE.
To pin the rap of condemning Jesu, on the Jews alive today, is like blaming me wife Oh_My_Goth for slavery, her g-g-etc.-parents were not even ON this continent...
The Jews of Jerusalem circa 33A.D. WERE IN FACT, victims of circumstance at the hands of the adroit manipulator Pontius Pilate...but, they have 'The Lion's Share' of the blame...they were given a choice between the self reported KING OF THE JEWS, & a 'murderer' (believed to be one of the Sicarii)...see, these guys, would kill Jews that were collaborating with, or supporters of Rome/Romans, for WHATEVER REASONS...even following them into Temple, believing that a traitor against the Tribes Of Judea was a Traitor Against G*D Itself, & so, not worthy of Sanctuary anywhere, let alone INSIDE THE HOUSE OF G*D...they were reportedly THE MOST FANATICAL of the Zealots.
So, they chose to kill off the guy that half of them thought was mad, & the other half was just afraid to admit they believed in Him as The Son Of G*D...instead of the person who killed on Holy Ground (the only bit of Holy Ground that Jews at that time called such, as a Synagogue was simply a symbol for The Temple on Moriah.
..BUT...in the telling of the Last Supper, we see, that Jesu The Anointed, KNEW/believed, or even contrived personally, the events of the next few days...I would interject: even so far as to telling many of his followers in Jerusalem to see to it that he was taken into custody & Martyred...either way, by G*D, or Jesu, this weekend was planned.
FURTHERMORE.....the 'Evangelicals' forget...
..the OLD TESTAMENT, sais, "YOU ARE BAD, YOU MUST REPENT & ATONE!"
...the NEW TESTIMENT, sais quite point blank, "IF YOU FELT BAD, YOU ARE NOT ALL THAT BAD, JUST TRY HARDER NEXT TIME, O.K.?..o.K.! "
TO END THIS RANT.....the last recorded & communicated words of Jesu on the cross, were, "FORGIVE THEM FATHER, FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO!"
SO, if Jesu, THE ANOINTED, was asking G*D-ALMIGHTY, for Forgiveness for them, He certainly forgave them, & to put the word Cristian (literally: Christ{Anointed} Like) as a describer for one's self, & not to hold absolutely no grudge against the Jews of that time...makes one a PISS-POOR-CHRISTIAN, & not worthy of the title......where are the Sicarii when we need them?
OH...JESU...never said ANYTHING against the gays...
....& they had them!
Since WAY BEFORE that!