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MineralMan

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9. Well, it's story-telling, isn't it?

Reply to Cartoonist (Reply #8)

Mon Jun 3, 2019, 08:10 AM

Jun 2019

Judas is Jesus's Nemesis. His supposed betrayal is a key element in the overall story. The whole thing is a a story, finely honed, that evokes an emotional response in its audience.

The entire Bible comes from the ancient oral story-telling tradition. Over centuries the art of telling a story to trigger action or establish beliefs developed through experience in what moved the audience.

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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