than any other people, as a whole, have much to gain by discarding their primitive religion which has been such a curse to them for so many centuries.
Where their religion has engendered egotism, selfishness, deceit, cheating, lying and unfairness they have always, and will always continue to come into conflict with other religions, races and peoples.
In Russia, where religion has been reduced, the Jews have suffered little since the revolution.
For another example, the Jews are supposed to eat Kosher meat only. Kosher meat is obtained from animals killed according to Jewish orthodox rituals, under the general supervision of a Jewish rabbi. By this method a great and unnecessarily cruel pain is inflicted on the animals. They are killed by having their throats cut and thus suffer great pain by bleeding slowly to death. The humane modern method is to stun the animal first by making it unconscious, then allowing it to bleed.
But the Jews, following ancient Biblical rituals do not have any sympathy or show any kindness for the animal being killed. By permitting only Kosher meat to be eaten, the Jewish butchers have restricted competition, and probably because of the religious angle involved the rabbis make a profit and a cruel and inhumane practice is continued under the guise of religion.
Such practices have brought hatred for the Jews, and have probably made the Jews a rather cruel race, lacking in the kindnesses they would probably have if it were not for their superstition.
Thus we have the Jews made vain, boastful, selfish, greedy, deceitful, cruel, and unkind by their religion, and these traits, along with other religious differences, have been the cause of persecution of that unhappy race for ages. If the Jews would eliminate their religious practices, they would probably, within a short time, be absorbed into other nations as individuals and the persecutions would cease.
In England and the United States where religion has less hold on the people, the Jews have prospered far beyond the other citizens, but even in the latter country, there is still bitter feeling against Jews because of their traits, which are encouraged and promoted largely by their religion.
Common people, either privately or publicly, usually applaud the ability of "smart" people to deceive others by tricks. The ethics or morals of the case are lost sight of and the point which seems to please the common public is the cleverness of the deceit or trick by which some dishonesty is practiced. This trait is well illustrated by the folk tales of Reynard the Fox and by such stories of bandits and robbers as Robin Hood, Pancho Villa, and many others. Youngsters especially have made heroes out of the most criminal types of gangsters in the United States, and the acts of rebels who murder their way to control of the country, such as the so-called presidents of many South American countries, are condoned, and the United States Government recognizes these bandits and rebellious anti-Government leaders who gain control of their countries by killing the presidents in power. Coups d'état are considered clever moves and the deceit or fraud or violence is not condemned by either the people or the United States Government, a so-called just government, or by the churches. If the churches were following out certain of the practices which they represent themselves as preaching, they would object to the access of power by the use of violence and would condemn and refuse to support any such methods or the leaders thereof.
The Bible is full of practices of deceit, trickery, and dishonesty; and these examples have been held up for the Jews especially to read. They cannot be blamed if they follow the example set before them by the book which they consider holy. They and many Christians like to boast of the clever tricks they have used to put something over on someone else to defraud him or to get more for an article than it is worth. There are almost no precepts in the Old Testament of the benefits of giving the other party to the transaction a fair and square deal.
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