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PsychedeliQ:
The Christian Easter festivities have hurriedly come and gone, but one name has remarkably stayed stuck on the lips of a large portion of Christians. As often the case every year, this mysterious name continues to grow even more popular than the celebrated occasion.


Judas Iscariot: A name notoriously synonymous with greed, betrayal and treason. A name heavily loathed by children, despised by adults and provides every preacher with a great point of reference to knock a sermon into shape, and get a sober audience nodding along. A name famous for the romantic public display of affection, which led to the vulnerable timely death of the guiltless Son of God.


A lot of Christians, continue to blackmail Judas Iscariot as the enemy, denying him of his rightful heroic street credibility!


The death and resurrection of Jesus as understood from the Bible, was already predestined to happen with a disciple of Jesus, setting the process into motion. Someone among the twelve disciples, had to do the dirty work! It was unfortunate, but quite heroic for Judas to be singled out by his heavenly recruiters to fit the job description.


The mountainous role played by Judas Iscariot in delivering his master into the hands of his captors (as widely condemned), laid the foundation in giving the Gospel a worldwide facelift, through the death and resurrection of Christ. If Judas hadn't done it, someone else would have stepped in on the job, and will just like Judas, suffer a posthumous tarnished reputation!

How else was Jesus meant to be captured? Any of you blackmailers got an idea?


Why doesn't the name 'Judas' align with contemporary birth names for male children?


Judas Iscariot, had his personal flaws like every other Christian did and currently do.


Paul (while as Saul) slaughtered an outrageous number of Christians. David, likewise his promiscuous son Solomon, was a man LovePeddler! Thomas, was recorded as a doubter and a man of great deficiency in faith. Peter, consciously denied Jesus three consecutive times (as was part of his destiny), and many others.


Christians forgave these men of despicable character and continued over the years to christen their kids after them, but just wouldn't do the same for a remorseful Judas Iscariot, who went as far as taking his own life in remorse for a crime he was already predestined to commit!


Aren't we as Christians, in a way possibly unknown to us, bias and plainly sentimental?


Judas Iscariot, deserves a lot more respect from the Christian community. As a matter of fact, in solidarity to this great heroic biblical figure, one of my boys will bear 'Judas' as a middle name when he arrives in the nearest future!

Twitter: @princewill_nimi

Judas is a modern version of Lucifer bleeping off Eve.They are both Curses to humans.

The death of Jesus was prophesied by the prophets but there was no time it was prophesied that Some would have to betray him to die.
If Judas didnt betray Him he would have died all the same. Judas only made himself part of tge killing because of greed.

Other ppl you mentioned repented but Judas never did. He felt sober though but he spoilt the whole show by killing himself. Probably if he didnt commit suicide the gospel would have been a little different. Like per adventure

"And when Judas became sober and came to his senses of the gravity of what he did. He went under a Fig tree and wept sore. He knelt down and looked towards heaven and Said Oh Lord forgive me for I gave myself over to satan to be used against you and at the spot the Lord appeared and touched him on the shoulder and said Judas Judas your sins are forgiven"

May be something like that would have been part of the gospel we read today. But he fumbled by killing himself without proper repentance.

May I tell you something he has condemned himself already.

zionmade:
Bros i love ur passion in naming ur boy Judas. Its not a bad name though.
But Judas Jesus' disciple was stealing from d purse of Jesus which made him available for use by d devil.
Jesus didn't die because someone betrayed him. Even if no one betrayed him, at d appointed time, he could have still died.

I think you missed the part where the OP says it was predestined for Judas to act in the way he did. I think your grudge should be with the director/scriptwriter of the movie not the actor.

FearFactor1:
in as much as Judah was instrumental in the dead of Christ, all he has to do was repent of his ways. Instead he went ahead to take his life.

Suicide in its own is a sin, so there was no saving his soul.

Isn't the suicide part of what god had predestined?

PsychedeliQ:
The Christian Easter festivities have hurriedly come and gone, but one name has remarkably stayed stuck on the lips of a large portion of Christians. As often the case every year, this mysterious name continues to grow even more popular than the celebrated occasion.


Judas Iscariot: A name notoriously synonymous with greed, betrayal and treason. A name heavily loathed by children, despised by adults and provides every preacher with a great point of reference to knock a sermon into shape, and get a sober audience nodding along. A name famous for the romantic public display of affection, which led to the vulnerable timely death of the guiltless Son of God.


A lot of Christians, continue to blackmail Judas Iscariot as the enemy, denying him of his rightful heroic street credibility!


The death and resurrection of Jesus as understood from the Bible, was already predestined to happen with a disciple of Jesus, setting the process into motion. Someone among the twelve disciples, had to do the dirty work! It was unfortunate, but quite heroic for Judas to be singled out by his heavenly recruiters to fit the job description.


The mountainous role played by Judas Iscariot in delivering his master into the hands of his captors (as widely condemned), laid the foundation in giving the Gospel a worldwide facelift, through the death and resurrection of Christ. If Judas hadn't done it, someone else would have stepped in on the job, and will just like Judas, suffer a posthumous tarnished reputation!

How else was Jesus meant to be captured? Any of you blackmailers got an idea?


Why doesn't the name 'Judas' align with contemporary birth names for male children?


Judas Iscariot, had his personal flaws like every other Christian did and currently do.


Paul (while as Saul) slaughtered an outrageous number of Christians. David, likewise his promiscuous son Solomon, was a man LovePeddler! Thomas, was recorded as a doubter and a man of great deficiency in faith. Peter, consciously denied Jesus three consecutive times (as was part of his destiny), and many others.


Christians forgave these men of despicable character and continued over the years to christen their kids after them, but just wouldn't do the same for a remorseful Judas Iscariot, who went as far as taking his own life in remorse for a crime he was already predestined to commit!


Aren't we as Christians, in a way possibly unknown to us, bias and plainly sentimental?


Judas Iscariot, deserves a lot more respect from the Christian community. As a matter of fact, in solidarity to this great heroic biblical figure, one of my boys will bear 'Judas' as a middle name when he arrives in the nearest future!

Twitter: @princewill_nimi

I'm impressed by your high sense of reasoning... keep the good work

Jdougha:
Okay so from your post, you are saying Judas was a hero for what exactly, you do remember there were 12 disciple why didn't the pharisees go to any of the 11,it was because they saw a trait in him, AM SURE YOU KNOW JUDAS WAS TERMED THE SON OF PERDITION by the master himself and Jesus knew exactly who was gon betray him,,, so if you wanna go on calling Judas a hero,Good for you, pray you don't end up where he is.

You started strongly but ended emotional.
Nobody is saying whether Judas is a hero or not here, people are only trying to draw attention to the fact that he was used to fulfil a divine mandate.

You said the Pharisees could have gone to any of the other Eleven, if they did, the same fate would have befallen them, giving our judgemental nature.

What about those that nailed him to the cross? The ones that pierced his side? The ones that battered him? What about the Pharisees themselves?
My brother, we were all irredeemable sinners until Christ died to save us all, so it could have been anybody.

Lastly, the part where you said you pray I don't end up where Judas is, I beg to know if you know where Judas is? If you do, was it revealed to you? Or he stood before you in judgement?

Good day n happy Sunday

Liamm:
This guy is high on some stuff. You want to name one of your boys judas? I wish you a betrayal-free son.
I think the names we bear have a way of influencing our character. I'd rather name my son Jesus. Naming him judas is like taking a gamble which I know may affect him. Imagine introducing your son to a friend. You be like "meet my son, judas". Your son would hate you for life mate

is judas iscariot d only 1st person name judas, or d last even when christ died?

ngolokante:
So why don't you just leave? Believe me if I were to be a Christian and I feel that "they insult the church and Christianity" on any forum, mehn I'd leave... No matter the news, gist, gossip or whatever on that forumn I will leave or better still I'd set up an alternative to it for like minds... I used to follow on Facebook, but when whoever it is that administers that page started promoting homosexuality and Islamophobia, mehn I dropped the bloody page... It's your phone, your data, your time, you don't like what's been said, you leave... If you can't beat them, and you know your convictions won't allow you join them, then you leave them alone

I hope you can say that the South East and South South leave una too.

Chiedu4Trump:
I hope you can say that the South East and South South leave una too.

Hahaha... First of all why must you IPOBians always attach South South to your misplaced and misguided priorities... Can't you stake your claims without being parasitic?... Secondly I am in the South East for some weeks now, Enugu to be precise, and I don't see all these IKPOB brouhaha I see on Nairaland anywhere in Enugu... The other day I even saw a giant poster of PMB and PYO somewhere along Government Road and I was like wow... I have been mistaken all along, IKPOB is actually more alive on the pages of the Internet than on the ground... And you my friend doesn't really know what you want... One moment you were religious accusing someone who gave you an avenue to express your opinions of religious bias, next moment you have jumped to tribalism... Why must you look for something to give substance to your IKPOB ideology... Anyways I shouldn't be surprised you are mixing the 2,in your world, I am sure you think all Igbos are Christians

user6164:
Isn't the suicide part of what god had predestined?

No. That was his choice.

PsychedeliQ:
The Christian Easter festivities have hurriedly come and gone, but one name has remarkably stayed stuck on the lips of a large portion of Christians. As often the case every year, this mysterious name continues to grow even more popular than the celebrated occasion.


Judas Iscariot: A name notoriously synonymous with greed, betrayal and treason. A name heavily loathed by children, despised by adults and provides every preacher with a great point of reference to knock a sermon into shape, and get a sober audience nodding along. A name famous for the romantic public display of affection, which led to the vulnerable timely death of the guiltless Son of God.


A lot of Christians, continue to blackmail Judas Iscariot as the enemy, denying him of his rightful heroic street credibility!


The death and resurrection of Jesus as understood from the Bible, was already predestined to happen with a disciple of Jesus, setting the process into motion. Someone among the twelve disciples, had to do the dirty work! It was unfortunate, but quite heroic for Judas to be singled out by his heavenly recruiters to fit the job description.


The mountainous role played by Judas Iscariot in delivering his master into the hands of his captors (as widely condemned), laid the foundation in giving the Gospel a worldwide facelift, through the death and resurrection of Christ. If Judas hadn't done it, someone else would have stepped in on the job, and will just like Judas, suffer a posthumous tarnished reputation!

How else was Jesus meant to be captured? Any of you blackmailers got an idea?


Why doesn't the name 'Judas' align with contemporary birth names for male children?


Judas Iscariot, had his personal flaws like every other Christian did and currently do.


Paul (while as Saul) slaughtered an outrageous number of Christians. David, likewise his promiscuous son Solomon, was a man LovePeddler! Thomas, was recorded as a doubter and a man of great deficiency in faith. Peter, consciously denied Jesus three consecutive times (as was part of his destiny), and many others.


Christians forgave these men of despicable character and continued over the years to christen their kids after them, but just wouldn't do the same for a remorseful Judas Iscariot, who went as far as taking his own life in remorse for a crime he was already predestined to commit!


Aren't we as Christians, in a way possibly unknown to us, bias and plainly sentimental?


Judas Iscariot, deserves a lot more respect from the Christian community. As a matter of fact, in solidarity to this great heroic biblical figure, one of my boys will bear 'Judas' as a middle name when he arrives in the nearest future!

Twitter: @princewill_nimi

Very nice write up.
Permit me to copy.

ReubenE:
You started strongly but ended emotional.
Nobody is saying whether Judas is a hero or not here, people are only trying to draw attention to the fact that he was used to fulfil a divine mandate.

You said the Pharisees could have gone to any of the other Eleven, if they did, the same fate would have befallen them, giving our judgemental nature.

What about those that nailed him to the cross? The ones that pierced his side? The ones that battered him? What about the Pharisees themselves?
My brother, we were all irredeemable sinners until Christ died to save us all, so it could have been anybody.

Lastly, the part where you said you pray I don't end up where Judas is, I beg to know if you know where Judas is? If you do, was it revealed to you? Or he stood before you in judgement?

Good day n happy Sunday

.. He was used to fulfill a divine mandate yes, but also were the pharissees, would you rather be chosen to fulfill a wrong divine mandate... So was Paul, Peter and the rest of the Apostle used too.. So I still don't get your point, and to answer your question on if I know where judas is, I do and that's because I read my bible.. He was termed the Son of Perdition..