This indicates that, at least early in the show's run, Kyle did not have a very clear grasp of the Holocaust or other forms of genocide. Gerald quickly realized he was being intolerant of people less fortunate than himself and stopped this right away. In the early episode, ' Chickenpox', when his father told him about how society works, he thought of a 'better idea', which involved sending all the poor people to concentration camps so only rich people would live.When he learned of Catholicism's conditions for getting into Heaven, he renounced his faith on the basis that if the Jews were right about the matter, it would make no difference if he were a Catholic, but if the Catholics were right, he would go to hell for not accepting Christ (see Pascal's Wager).

Kyle was initially reluctant to agree to Jesus' request and, concerned as to the implications of a Jewish person killing Christ, only ultimately agreed provided that Eric Cartman would never know about it, this also echoes the unproven and highly controversial claim that Judas betrayed Christ upon request, not for malicious reasons. Ironically, he personally killed Jesus in ' Fantastic Easter Special', though the act was not due to malice but Jesus' own request (so that he could resurrect himself and save Stan and the 'Hare Club for Men' from being boiled alive like rabbits). After seeing Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, he conceded to Cartman that Cartman was right about the Jews all along and stood up in his synagogue to demand that the Jews apologize for the death of Christ.This was despite the fact that Kyle got circumcised himself - though he was too young to remember this and did not realize that he was circumcised. When he heard that his adoptive brother Ike was going to have a bris, he was under the misapprehension that it involved cutting off the entire penis rather than just the foreskin.This could be the fault of his parents, who, in a misguided attempt to shelter their son, generally do not discuss with him the finer points of their religion. Kyle is more often defensive than proud of his faith, and though he regularly attends such functions as 'Jew Scouts', he often has a poor grasp of the history, traditions and rituals of his religion. Kyle's apparent indifference to religion may be part of his effort to fit in with his friends, who are mostly Roman Catholic. Kyle appears to have mixed feelings toward Judaism, and there is conflicting evidence as to the religiosity of his family - for example, while they dress similarly to many religious Jews (Gerald, for example, always wears a yarmulke), they apparently do not keep the Sabbath or follow very strict sexual lives (Sheila Stone, mother of Matt Stone, was herself a secular Sephardic Jew). Cartman regularly makes derogatory remarks about the Jewish people, often directly in Kyle's presence specifically to aggravate him. It was also mentioned in ' An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig'. Hankey, the Christmas Poo', despite having been mentioned briefly in the second The Spirit of Christmas short (which pre-dates the television series), and in ' Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride'. Kyle is of the Jewish faith, but this detail is not officially revealed until ' Mr.

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