Probably more accurate than the real Homeland Security briefings.

Recently, the Gospel of Judas has been getting more publicity than a Paris Hilton video. Overall, the author’s of the Gospel of Judas recast the image we know of “the traitor” into one of Jesus’ favored apostles.

But I never understood why Judas was considered a traitor, with or without the information in the Gospel of Judas.

Here is what I’m curious about:
If Jesus went back to Jerusalem knowing he was going to die, then wasn’t Judas just fulfilling divine will? Why would that be considered to be bad?

If the basis of Christianity is that the death and resurrection of Jesus is what cleansed all sins, then couldn’t one say Judas did a good thing?

And, if Jesus was so feared by the Roman’s, then why did they have to pay Judas to identify Jesus?

I went to a private, Christian high school. When I would bring up questions like that, I’d often hear, “it’s not our place to question.” Personally, I took that as, “I don’t know, so stop pointing out that much of this doesn’t make sense.”