Judas Got A Bum Rap

[Judge Smails]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p><font size="2"><a href="http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-04-06T205457Z_01_N06316777_RTRUKOC_0_UK-RELIGION-JUDAS.xml" target="_self">Real nice of Jesus to leave Judas holding the bag</a></font></p><p><font size="2">Judas Iscariot, vilified as Christ's betrayer, acted at Jesus' request in turning him over to the authorities who crucified him, according to a 1,700-year-old copy of the &quot;Gospel of Judas&quot; unveiled on Thursday.</font></p><p align="center"><font size="2">*****</font></p><p><font size="2">&quot;He's the good guy in this portrayal,&quot; said Bart Ehrman, a religion professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. &quot;He's the only apostle who understands Jesus.&quot;</font></p>

[TheQuestion]

I hear Marv Levy just completed a book entitled &quot;The History Of The Super Bowl.&quot;&nbsp; In it he claims his Buffalo Bills were 4-0 in Super Bowl competition.<br />

[FezPaul]

Reuters UK also found some documents showing how France single-handedly defeated the Nazis.

[PapaBear]

I've always felt that Judas was meant to betray Christ. Otherwise, there'd be no Christianity. I'm I remember correctly, The Last Temptation of Christ took the same stance. To the point even, of having a scene where Christ explains to Judas why he must do it.

[Judge Smails]

<p><strong>QUOTE:&nbsp; </strong>&quot;The idea in this gospel is that Jesus, like all of us, is a trapped spirit, who is trapped in a material body,&quot; Ehrman said. &quot;And salvation comes when we escape the materiality of our existence, and Judas is the one who makes it possible for him to escape by allowing for his body to be killed.&quot;</p><p><img src="http://www.geocities.com/transmetal_dedcat/others/jedijesus.jpg" border="0" /></p><p>If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine. <br /></p>

[Plethora]

<p>PapaBear, I saw the movie recently and that was indeed in there... Overall, I was underwhelmed with the movie.&nbsp; I recall the hubbub when it came out, but it really seemed somehow tame.&nbsp; Perhaps because of the passage of time?&nbsp; Dunno.<br /></p><p>And, yes, no doubt about it... how could Judas have ever been blamed for a key requirement in the fundamental story of Christianity?&nbsp; Always found lots of free will issues looming around many of the stories.&nbsp; Didn't Yahweh <em>make</em> pharoah obstinent, so that the plagues <em>had</em> to happen... sure seems like a set-up.</p><p>I cite a <a href="http://www.thebricktestament.com/exodus/the_sixth_plague/ex09_12.html" target="_blank">specifc section</a> of <a href="http://www.thebricktestament.com/" target="_blank">The Brick Testament</a>.&nbsp; You'll thank me later.&nbsp; Go visit it for a good old fashioned grin.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

[Recyclerz]

<p>If Judas had had himself one of these</p><p><img height="200" src="http://images.ibsys.com/2005/0926/5022146.jpg" width="220" border="0" /></p><p>history might have turned out very differently.</p>

[EliSnow]

<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Ding, ding, ding - you picked a show topic!!!!</font>

[Judge Smails]

<strong>EliSnow</strong> wrote:<br /><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="3">Ding, ding, ding - you picked a show topic!!!!</font> <p>Wow, that's two in two weeks.&nbsp; I need to get on the payroll.</p>

[bobrobot]

<strong><font size="1">Judas Got A Bum Rap</font></strong> <strong><font color="#000099">Is that gay code for a spanking???</font></strong><p><img title="Max Ernst, The Virgin Spanking the Christ Child before Three Witnesses, 1926" height="571" alt="Max Ernst, The Virgin Spanking the Christ Child before Three Witnesses, 1926" src="http://pulp.bluecircus.net/archives/Max_Ernst_The_Virgin_Spanking_the_Christ_Child_bef ore_Three_Witnesses_Andre_Breton_Paul_Eluard_and_t he_Painter.sized.jpg" width="400" border="0" /></p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by bobogolem on 4-7-06 @ 12:02 PM</span>

[FUNKMAN]

<p><strong><font size="1">Judas Got A Bum Rap</font></strong> </p><p><img height="749" src="http://photo.net/photo/pcd1341/bum-42.4.jpg" width="459" border="0" /></p>

[badorties]

<p>&nbsp;</p><p>they're a host of apocryphal gospels that, if included, would've changed the focus and perspective of christianinty ... i love the history of the bible and the politics involved</p><p>there was a book released last year that focused on the gospel of thomas that had a much more 'eastern' view of christ and slightly mystical (i heard an NPR interview that was quite interesting)</p>

[Judge Smails]

<strong>&nbsp;</strong>&quot;The idea in this gospel is that Jesus, like all of us, is a trapped spirit, who is trapped in a material body,&quot; Ehrman said. &quot;And salvation comes when we escape the materiality of our existence, and Judas is the one who makes it possible for him to escape by allowing for his body to be killed.&quot; <p>Is it just me, or does this sound like assisted suicide to anyone?</p>

[furie]

actually, i find this fascinating. i'm not religious, but i always like the underdog .

[Bulldogcakes]

Obviously, Judas' agent hired a PR firm to rehabilitate his image. <br />