Does it really matter?

The current Pope, who was a member of Hitler's youth when he was a boy, has revoked the excommunication of four bishops including Richard Williamson, who in an interview last month denied the existence of Nazi gas chambers. The world was outraged.

In 2006, Iran held what they referred to as a "holocaust conference," where they invited scientists and researchers from thirty countries, including rabbis to discuss the legitimacy of the holocaust numbers. The world was outraged.

My question is: does it really matter?

If we can all agree that a significant number of Jews were slaughtered during WWII, does it matter how many? If 600,000 Jews died instead of 6 Million, does that make it less tragic? What about 60,000 or even 6,000? Are those not numbers worthy of remembrance? If you believe that there is a world wide lie about the number of deaths, does that make the actual number OK?

Lets assume for a second that the historical number of 6 Million is wrong and the actual number is 100,000, what now? Do we stop remembering the day that the Nazis killed those Jews and not criticize antisemitism anymore?


The real issue is that we have two extremes for this situation: Insane radicals who think that all Jews should die (Ahmadinejad for example) and Zionists who because of the privileges their Holy Book grants them, they feel they could do no wrong.


One hopes that most people lie in between those two extreme groups but because of the emotional roller-coaster ride religion creates, they do not. If they did, those two groups would not exist.