By Rev. Ted Pike
Ted Pike Interview

The U.S. State Dept.’s Office of Global Anti-Semitism now says the New Testament is a book of conspiracy theory! Yes, our government now rules that the Biblical record that Jews had Christ crucified is not only anti-Semitic; it’s conspiracy junk. This step toward criminalization of Christian beliefs directly threatens believers. It is also an act of blatant hypocrisy: While the New Testament is derided as “hate speech,” not a word is said about the seething hatred contained in Judaism’s most sacred book, the Talmud.

The State Department reports, “The tactics of many anti-Semitic groups include the propagation of conspiracy theories… Traditional conspiracy theories…” include the belief   “…that the Jews are responsible for the death of Christ.” ¹ For tens of millions, the New Testament is anything but conspiracy theory! It’s the written Word of God.

But now our State Department says the New Testament account of Christ’s passion, culminating in rejection by the Jewish people and crucifixion by the Romans, is akin to the other conspiracy theories that inspired Hitler to attempt to destroy Jews. My previous article, “Bible is Hate, Says U.S. Government,” documents the State Department’s other charge: that the New Testament espouses “classic anti-Semitism.”  ²

Hitler is rightly considered a classic anti-Semite. But the State Department, in also labelling the New Testament “classic anti-Semitism,” suggests it is morally and intellectually similar to Nazism. This implies the New Testament could lead to yet another Holocaust! This premise, legislated into “anti-hate” laws, will justify persecution of Bible-believers as “anti-Semites.”  After all, it will be reasoned, people with hateful ideologies, leading to violence against Jews should be restricted, even imprisoned.