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   From: chumley702@chartermi.net   
      
   "Joseph H"  wrote in message   
   news:1144575599.465026.58100@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...   
   > New book out, Gospel of Judas, claims he was really star of the show.   
   > Story goes,  Jesus wanted to be martyred to complete his mission but   
   > nobody could be bothered so he asked Judas to spread the bad word. It   
   > worked.   
   >   
   > So why was Judas vilified? It's easy: the bunch of sychophants and   
   > toadies that surround any martyr would be so furious to see Judas   
   > favoured that they'd ruin him forever. Rings true. Isn't that the way   
   > the world works? Anybody who tries anything good is vilified by   
   > sycophants and toadies, antibodies who attack anything vital and   
   > positive.   
   >   
   > How did we evolve at all? How did we ever colonise our planet and come   
   > as close as we have to knowing the nature of existence? Backwards, I'd   
   > say: arse projected outwards into a sea of Global Smallness. Isn't it   
   > time we countered this Global Smallness? Isn't it time we finally stood   
   > up for what is positive and enduring and life-enhancing and blew away   
   > the antibodies who dog our every move?   
   >   
   > Joseph H   
   >   
      
   This idea about Judas' role is not new.  Kazantzakis portayed him in just   
   this way in "The Last Temptation of Christ".   
      
   Scott   
      
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