@GhostLiberator @wgiwf @branman65 @JooKuxKlan @freepatriot @eriner @toiletpaper I think Christ's birth was a bottleneck event for jews and the pharisaical elements in those who chose to reject Him became extremely prominent when they were previously a dominant minority. Many converted and became Christian and folded into the rest of the population. Pharaisee-types existed then in smaller quantities, and today exist as a large portion of their population because many "non-pharisees" stopped being jews.