If you're really my best friend...
Apr. 8th, 2006 12:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pasitheaSwiped this article from Ashy.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12186080/from/RS.1/
This does make Judas sudden 'betrayal' make more sense, though I still like my own personal theory that they had a gay love affair going on and had a lover's spat.
On the other hand, Jesus did seem like a pretty depressive sort of guy and this kind of makes sense. He's afraid he won't get into Heaven if he kills himself, so he asks his friend to set things in motion which will end his life.
No wonder the church wouldn't like this story. It makes him so human, doesn't it? Mortal, afraid, uncertain. I think I could almost identify with this guy. He's the sort of person who'd probably be one of my friends. It's far easier to believe than all this 'son of God' nonsense.
Since I've made a lot of disparaging posts about religion lately, I suppose I should state for the record that, yes, I do believe Jesus probably existed, and he was probably an extraordinarily nice guy and would have been interesting to talk to. But he was just a man.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12186080/from/RS.1/
This does make Judas sudden 'betrayal' make more sense, though I still like my own personal theory that they had a gay love affair going on and had a lover's spat.
On the other hand, Jesus did seem like a pretty depressive sort of guy and this kind of makes sense. He's afraid he won't get into Heaven if he kills himself, so he asks his friend to set things in motion which will end his life.
No wonder the church wouldn't like this story. It makes him so human, doesn't it? Mortal, afraid, uncertain. I think I could almost identify with this guy. He's the sort of person who'd probably be one of my friends. It's far easier to believe than all this 'son of God' nonsense.
Since I've made a lot of disparaging posts about religion lately, I suppose I should state for the record that, yes, I do believe Jesus probably existed, and he was probably an extraordinarily nice guy and would have been interesting to talk to. But he was just a man.
