The entire Jewish leadership and the people following them just thought that their connection to Yahweh made them better than everyone else in the world, Roman at the time. The Pharisees were right there with them. They really screwed up, trying to kill Jesus, making Him a martyr, and allowing God to express Himself by raising Jesus from the dead. The rest is history.
Christ said, Beware the leaven (teachings) of the Pharisees. Kathy is someone who has fallen victim to this poison.
The entire Jewish leadership and the people following them just thought that their connection to Yahweh made them better than everyone else in the world, Roman at the time. The Pharisees were right there with them. They really screwed up, trying to kill Jesus, making Him a martyr, and allowing God to express Himself by raising Jesus from the dead. The rest is history.
And now they have you people worshiping them in place of God.