--- title: "4 Christians Rejected Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 4 Christians Rejected quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Christians Rejected sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b1/rodney-stark-7977_christianity_what-shall-we-christians-do-with-this-re_627963.jpg" --- > [“What shall we Christians do with this rejected and condemned people, the Jews?’ Luther offered seven actions. First, to set fire to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rodney-stark/what-shall-we-christians-do-with-this-rejected-and-condemned-people/) [Rodney Stark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rodney-stark/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b1/rodney-stark-7977_christianity_what-shall-we-christians-do-with-this-re_627963.jpg) > [“Christians rejected the need for proof to support belief in God, yet dismissed proof altogether when it was there.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kira-peikoff/christians-rejected-the-need-for-proof-to-support-belief-in-god-yet/) [Kira Peikoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kira-peikoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/153/kira-peikoff-254038_belief-in-god_christians-rejected-the-need-for-proof-t_1204149.jpg) > [“One might think that Protestants, who had been persecuted so viciously for their heresies against Catholic doctrines, would take a dim view…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-pinker/one-might-think-that-protestants-who-had-been-persecuted-so-viciously/) [Steven Pinker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-pinker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2e/steven-pinker-526_quote_one-might-think-that-protestants-who-had_2050869.jpg) > [“In some parts of the church, the Apocalypse of John (the book of Revelation) was flat out rejected as containing false teaching,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bart-d-ehrman/in-some-parts-of-the-church-the-apocalypse-of-john-the-book-of/) [Bart D. Ehrman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bart-d-ehrman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/124/bart-d-ehrman-3928_book-of-revelation_in-some-parts-of-the-church-the-apocalyp_2631243.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christians-rejected/#itemlist", "name": "Christians Rejected Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What shall we Christians do with this rejected and condemned people, the Jews?’ Luther offered seven actions. First, to set fire to their synagogues and schools . . . Second, I advise that their houses also be razed and destroyed. Third, I advise that all their prayer books and Talmudic writings, in which such idolatry, lies, cursing and blasphemy are taught, be taken from them. Fourth, I advise that their rabbis be forbidden to teach henceforth on pain of loss of life and limb . . . Fifth, I advise that safe-conduct on the highways be abolished completely for Jews. For they have no business in the countryside . . . Sixth, I advise that usury be prohibited to them, and that all cash and treasure of silver and gold be taken from them . . . Seventh, I recommend putting a flail, an axe, a hoe, a spade, a distaff, or a spindle into the hands of young, strong Jews and Jewesses and letting them earn their bread in the sweat of their brow . . . But if we are afraid that they might harm us . . . then let us emulate the common sense of other nations . . . 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In his 65,000-word treatise On the Jews and Their Lies, Martin Luther offered the following advice on what Christians should do with this “rejected and condemned people”: First, . . . set fire to their synagogues or schools and . . . bury and cover with dirt whatever will not burn, so that no man will ever again see a stone or cinder of them… Second, I advise that their houses also be razed and destroyed… Third, I advise that all their prayer books and Talmudic writings, in which such idolatry, lies, cursing, and blasphemy are taught, be taken from them… Fourth, I advise that their rabbis be forbidden to teach henceforth on pain of loss of life and limb… Fifth, I advise that safe-conduct on the highways be abolished completely for the Jews… Sixth, I advise that usury be prohibited to them, and that all cash and treasure of silver and gold be taken from them and put aside for safekeeping. 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