Was Judas really a "bad guy"?

People always consider Judas a traitor since he betrayed Christ and sold him to the Romans to be crucified. But wasn't God's whole plan to have Jesus crucified in order for human kind to be forgiven for their sins? So if Judas hadn't betrayed Jesus what would have happened? I feel that Judas was only forfilling his part in God's whole plan.

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canusernamebemyusername · M

Jesus is the one that betrayed Judas by outing him and putting a price on his head in saying he would be the betrayer. Thus setting up a self fulfilling prophecy wherein Judas in anger at being betrayed betrayed Jesus then.

QueenOfZaun · 26-30, F

It's all perspective. To the Romans, Christianity was an evil pagan cult. Judas probably thought he was doing a righteous public service. It just so happened that the guy he got killed became worshipped.

chrisCA · M

@QueenOfZaun I don't think the Romans were concerned about other religions. They ruled a vast empire of different cultures. The Jewish religious leaders were would have been more concerned about Christianity.

QueenOfZaun · 26-30, F

@chrisCA The Romans murdered Jesus and outlawed Christianity. You should read what Roman scholars of that time had to say about Christianity. It’s not kind.

Pikachu

That's always been my take on it.
No Judas, no crucifixion, no salvation.

In fact in ( i think) the gnostic gospels there's the gospel of Judas wherein we learn that Judas was following Jesus' orders so that Jesus could fulfill his mission.

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cloud83 · 36-40, M

i dont belive in god any any of that stuff but to put it the judas thing into modern context, if a man was on death row for killing someone ( as in jesus was planned to be sacrified by god) and the parent of the murdered person (judas) managed to kill that person before he was executed that that person (judas) would get punished for murder

1pebbles · 56-60, F

How true

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