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Cartoonist

(7,569 posts) Sun Jun 2, 2019, 04:12 PM Jun 2019

Who needed Judas? [View all]

What was his crime again? He fingered Jesus? As if Jesus was in hiding, or nobody knew who he was.

Wasn't he last seen standing on a Mount, or handing out fishes and loaves? Who picked up the tab at the Last Supper? I'll bet even the waiter knew who he was.

It was all just a bit of drama. Something a bad novelist would add to a work of fiction that needed a little intrigue. A hole in the plot.

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Who needed Judas? [View all] Cartoonist Jun 2019 OP

If Jesus wasn't a criminal to begin with, what did he have to worry about? Major Nikon Jun 2019 #1

There is a school of thought that the original movement consisted of different levels, from Karadeniz Jun 2019 #4

Betrays a much simpler explanation Major Nikon Jun 2019 #6

Actually there was a Gnostic sect, the Cainites, that revered Judas. Anon-C Jun 2019 #2

Just another part of the fairy tale. Ferrets are Cool Jun 2019 #3

Judas got 30 pieces of silver, but just once, for selling Christ. keithbvadu2 Jun 2019 #5

without Judas there is no Christ story.... uriel1972 Jun 2019 #7

How do you figure? Cartoonist Jun 2019 #8

Well, it's story-telling, isn't it? MineralMan Jun 2019 #9

No judas, prophecy can't be fulfilled, and the whole Jesus narrative would have had to be AtheistCrusader Jun 2019 #13

If that's true, why do so many argue he is in hell? Cuthbert Allgood Jun 2019 #11

Sunt Leones Act_of_Reparation Jun 2019 #10

Another illustration of God being a dick edhopper Jun 2019 #12