25 Apr '14 09:29>
Originally posted by moonbusJudas was a hero, and should be considered a hero.
"..someone who deliberately provokes police into killing them usually by some type of confrontation. Didn't Jesus do something quite similar ? He supposedly knew that he was going to be killed and played right along. That is suicide from my perspective."
Jesus used the Romans as a tool to work God's will. He also used Judas. It was all part of a grandly o ...[text shortened]... -miraculously gotten himself down off the cross, too; but that wouldn't have fulfilled the Plan.
He was the one making prophecy work. Without him, or if he chickened out, there wouldn't be any crucifiction, Jesus would survive.
Judas was a hero!