After its mimetic definition of desire, the Gospel of John makes the consequences of this desire explicit—satanic murder. The impression that Christian animosity toward the Jews produced this text is due to our misunderstanding of its content, so we imagine a series of gratuitous insults. This effect of our ignorance is often compounded by a preconceived hostility toward the gospel message.3 We project our own resentment upon Christianity. John is talking to all humankind, not just to the Jews Jesus immediately addressed. This is usually the case in all the Gospels.
