Roe v. Wade, Jesus v. Judas
Because of President Bush's choice to replace Sandra Day O'Connor with John Roberts on SCOTUS, there has been lots of debate lately over the the case of Roe v. Wade. Many are afraid it will be overturned, and we will return to the earlier situation of back-alley abortions and women dying because of it. Many others are eager to see it overturned. Clearly, it is one of those virulent issues that divides our country.
Anyway, while I was reading this thread on the topic, I saw an almost-totally-unrelated post giving a funny logical deduction regarding the story and sacrifice of Jesus:
1. Christ had to die for our sins so we can all be saved
2. Judas was the instrument that sent him to the cross
3. Judas burns in Hell forever
4. Therefore Judas Iscariot is truly paying the eternal price for our sins.
I was cracking up, because I'd never thought about it that way before. How come they don't teach it that way in Sunday school?
posted by ctindel @ 4:30 AM
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2 Comments:
People's reactions to Judas (and to Pontis Pilate) in the New Testament story are often quite-fascinating. I, for one, found the take on Judas in the musical "Jesus Christ, Superstar" to be very thought-provoking: the idea that Judas may well have been doing what he thought was the right thing to protect Jesus and his followers and to put the brakes on Jesus' claims to be more than just an ordinary man...
I haven't seen that musical yet. I meant to go see it when it was in Denver last month, but never made the time.
If he thought Jesus was just an ordinary man, he didn't do a very good job protecting him. Protection doesn't mean "Flogging followed a crucifixion".
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