Was Judas a hero and most trusted disciple, or a traitor?

What an amazingly vague statement. "Accept almost all?" "see the path to spiritual understanding in different ways?"

My point is that it ultimately doesn't matter whether they are factual, fables, or some mixture; because what really matters is the spiritual messages and the truth of those. Just as with the boy who cried wolf story, it doesn't ultimately matter whether the story corresponds with factual historical events or whether it was just made up to convey the message that liars aren't believed when they try to tell the truth, because either way the message is true.

If I ever venture unto my cobwebby (New word:)) bookshelves - I'll furnish other verses - Don't hold breath.

Most people see Judas as a traitor in the myth of the crucifixion.

Most are unaware of the meaning of the sop that Jesus gave to Judas at the last supper.

How Did Judas meet his ends, please Dave?

Greatest I am says "Was Judas a good man doing Jesus’ will or was he a traitor?"

Jesus was a wicked person who fulfilled the will of God.

God throughout the whole old Testament used wicked Heathens to fulfill His will. Even Pharaoh was a wicked person who God used, so that His Glory shall be revealed. What does Greatest I am think of Pharaoh, that he too was a good man because he fulfilled the Will of God? Pilate fulfilled the Will of God also, by crucifying the Messiah, is Pilate Heaven bound? lol.

He appears to be speaking as if he were GreatestIam - so he meant it to be that way. At least, that is how I read it.

Remember, no sin is forgiven because of the good works/deeds of the sinner but because of forgiveness through Christ. So even if you deemed it a good deed to crucify Christ in order that the world be saved from sin, it would still not redeem Judas to have helped Christ to be crucified. Only through Christ can Judas be forgiven/saved, and who knows, maybe there was reconciliation between them in afterlife; only God can know.

Suicide by Cop is a likely scenario but I don’t think it’s the whole explanation.

One theory is that while he had to propagate his message as a man, he of course had a mastery of Asimov's 'Psycho-history' way beyond Harry Seldon's fictional one.

If he hadn’t died as he did, we probably wouldn’t be talking about him.

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For someone that pretends not to take the Bible seriously, stating it a myth - you sure give a lot of time and thought to it.

I have to. given the harm Christianity does to gays and women, not to mention having otherwise semi-moral people adoring a genocidal satanic god.

The Golden Rule forces me to try to save those immoral Christians.

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One can only conclude that the Bible must have great significance in your life (whether good significance, or bad significance).

It is important as I learned much of my morals from it.

That is why I fight your interpretations. I chose the good as scriptures tell me to while you chose the evil while calling it good.

I hope you learn how to read your bible some day.

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Add to such the many times you've deliberately misinterpreted the Bible for the negative (given Christians do the same to the positive)...I can only conclude whatever your experience was, it was pretty bad. Hence the great significance you put on it (constantly posting about what the Bible says), the perspective you attach to to it (ie. your views), and the condescension that you seem to exude towards other posters.

Judas is indispensable to the story...to the myth, if you will.

Without Judas...there is no story.