These new Jews were even more different from the average German, and the fact that they introduced cholera into the country in 1892 didn't help matters. In other words, these Jews were not hated. because of their actual religious beliefs and actions, but because of the Germans' refusal to accept diversity. This lends itself to the broader debate between racial anti-Semitism and religious anti-Semitism. Given that the term "anti-Semitism" was coined by a "secular anti-Semite", Wilhelm Marr, it is reasonable to conclude that the rational side of anti-Semitism was perhaps a more important factor than the irrational side. Due to the growing popularity of Darwinism and other similar scientific theories, people began to believe in the superiority of the Aryan race. The shift to scientific anti-Semitism made the assimilation of Jews even more difficult; they could be as German as they tried, but would still be treated differently because of their ancestry. The Jews couldn't win one way or another because they were told to become more like everyone else and when they became upstanding members of German society, they were unhappy about it. Ultimately, Jews were not hated for what they believed or did, but simply because they were Jews. Anti-Semitism was just a symbol of right-wing ideology and a code word for everything hated by conservative Germans, from socialism to liberalism to "hatred of humanity." ».