I was on a crowded train one day with my ex-girlfriend talking about the Gospel of Judas they had recently discovered. I was wondering who they believe wrote it, and a man, infamous around Boston, wearing a big sign that says "Repent or die!" on it, politely infomed me that it was written by Satan. Is he correct? Should I alert the archaeologists and scholars about this discovery?
2006-09-12 16:50:26 · 15 answers · asked by mpaone12 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
That guy in Boston? With the orange vest? And the pictures (crudly drawn) of flames? I love that guy.
The Gospel of Judas was sritten the same way any other gospel was: after a generation or so when Jesus' disciples figured out he wasn't returning soon, what the communitites could remember was written down. One tradition was probably a Judas tradition, and this was passed down orally until it was preserved in writing.
It wasn't written by Satan. It was written by people who tried to remember Jesus in a particular way.
2006-09-12 16:52:32 · answer #1 · answered by David W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If Judas wrote a "Gospel", it certainly isn't canon. There are only four legitimate gospel (or eye witness account) books in the Christian Greek Scriptures, and none of them were written by Judas Iscariot. If Judas Iscariot did in fact write a gospel account, it was left out of the scriptures for a reason. Remember that Judas began to manifest unscrupulous traits long before he betrayed his master. Do you recall that he would steal from the poor? Not someone that would be approved by God to give testimony to the three year ministry of his son. Written by Satan? Perhaps inspired by Satan. Or perhaps it was an impersonator. The latter is the most probable.
Make no mistake. Through the centuries, many have discredited the Bible and brought reproach to the name of Christ. Not because there's anything wrong with the Bible, but because of their ignorant and bigoted actions in the name of religion. But the word of God never incited people to do such things. Christians were taught to not be partial, not to take up arms against our fellow man, not take or even desire what is not ours. The golden rule of the Christian is to treat others as you would want to be treated.
Judas Iscariot did not represent any of what is best in a Christian. He was greedy, dishonest, self-righteous, and hypocritical. The other Apostles were imperfect, but never wicked.
2006-09-12 17:03:11 · answer #2 · answered by aghostprofilebeingempty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 4 Gospels of Mathew Mark Luke and John have been written between 50-70 advert. John replaced right into an instantaneous witness, Mark replaced into an in depth significant other to Peter and the e book is consistent together with his eyewitness testimony, Mathew is an eye fixed witness testimony of an apostle and Luke replaced into an in depth buddy of Pauls. The e book of Judas seems over 200 years later, disagrees with eyewitness testimony, the gospels which believe one yet another on maximum bases, and replaced into admittedly no longer even written with the help of Judas with the help of the Gnostics theirselves. so thus far as Im in touch it ought to besides have been written with the help of female Gaga
2016-11-07 05:24:15 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a side to every story and each side should be taken with a grain of salt, but if the bible is real then I would think that it too was written by the devil, it promotes bigotry and sets men at opposition with them selves. If I were the devil, I would have had my hand in the bible, how could you not know what problems it would cause. It has inadvertently cause the burning of so called witches, the killing of great scientist for being heretics, the Spanish Inquisitions, the crusades. It would be the perfect tool for a creature like the devil, for the fact is that far more crime and child abuse has been committed in the name of God, Jesus, and Mohamed than has ever been committed in the name of Satan. Many people don't like that statement, but few can argue with it. Think about it, if the devil exists then he can manipulate men to do these things in the name of their own religion, with people never seeing that it is actually him that they are praying too. Was that not his intent in the first place?
2006-09-12 17:02:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nope. No need to alert the archaeologists just yet. :) Although old "Repent Or Die" probably thinks that Satan wrote all the Gnostic gospels.
2006-09-12 16:53:09 · answer #5 · answered by thaliax 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did Satan write the Gospel of Judas?
He or his did.><>
2006-09-12 16:55:47 · answer #6 · answered by CEM 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many gospels that are not included in the Bible. If they are not in the Bible extremists think they must have been written by Satan. We have no way to prove or disprove who wrote what. That is where faith comes into the picture.
2006-09-12 16:59:01 · answer #7 · answered by wowwhatwasthat 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
people kill me..they believe the craziest things anyone can imagine like this so called new gospel...if it was around when Judas lived that would be one thing..another thing that kills me is these so called written scriptures and texts that just appear out of no where..they say "OH the followers hid them, because it went against their believes" I say BULL people back then were no different than they are now...people don't bury their secrets they DESTROY THEM...think about it... if you don't want someone finding out something you don't hide documents that can be discovered later and blow your cover you BURN them..how people fall for these "NEW DISCOVERIES" blows me away
2006-09-12 17:29:37 · answer #8 · answered by candi_k7 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, judas write the gospel of satan
2006-09-12 16:54:57 · answer #9 · answered by Voltage Transformer 33kV 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of stuff comes up like this now and again. Don't let is shake your faith, keep on trucking with what we do know.
2006-09-12 16:53:48 · answer #10 · answered by chris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋