I have sat down and thought for a while, why so much hate for "Judas"?? ....what?....because he betrayed Jesus? sold him??...but was it not a Prophecy?..was he not fulfilling a Prophecy??...doesn't that mean he was remote controlled??....did he not set the ball rolling for Christianity??...that guy should be given a medal & made a Saint by Christians, instead of all the hate ...i just don't get it!...I see no body hating "Peter" ...why is that??

Even me. Have always thought about this several times. The Bible said even though heaven and earth passed, none of his words will go without coming to pass.
Even though judas didn't betray Jesus, another disciple will do it so that the word of God can come to pass.
So I don't understand why people blame him

dabosuker:
I have sat down and thought for a while, why so much hate for "Judas"?? ....what?....because he betrayed Jesus? sold him??...but was it not a Prophecy?..was he not fulfilling a Prophecy??...doesn't that mean he was remote controlled??....did he not set the ball rolling for Christianity??...that guy should be given a medal & made a Saint by Christians, instead of all the hate ...i just don't get it!...I see no body hating "Peter" ...why is that??

No sire! The actions of Peter and indeed all the Apostles at the time of arrest shows they were all potential betrayers and all had equal opportunity to repent! Peter even denied Jesus with oaths and curses; a notch higher than Judas.
In fact his plans to betray (not kill) Jesus was openly declared yet he did not repent. From his action when he saw that Jesus would be killed, you can tell that all he had in mind was to make quick profit (he had been indulging his covetousness all along) and back out while Jesus, like John will be sent to dungeon; but when he discovered that his benefactors had more sinister motives, he could not bear it.

All the same, Peter repented but Judas killed himself! His was a case of one with attitude defect. After His Resurrection, Jesus went after Peter and the rest who went back to fishing; Judas had killed himself already. Whose fault?

Scholar8200:
No sire! The actions of Peter and indeed all the Apostles at the time of arrest shows they were all potential betrayers and all had equal opportunity to repent! Peter even denied Jesus with oaths and curses; a notch higher than Judas.
In fact his plans to betray (not kill) Jesus was openly declared yet he did not repent. From his action when he saw that Jesus would be killed, you can tell that all he had in mind was to make quick profit (he had been indulging his covetousness all along) and back out while Jesus, like John will be sent to dungeon; but when he discovered that his benefactors had more sinister motives, he could not bear it.

All the same, Peter repented but Judas killed himself! His was a case of one with attitude defect. After His Resurrection, Jesus went after Peter and the rest who went back to fishing; Judas had killed himself already. Whose fault?

but even if Judas did not go ahead with it, Jesus would still have died..right??...so why then do people look upon him like he killed Jesus?...& i do not agree with you that Peter's case was worse than Judas's

Hmmm.........an eye opener. Here to read comment tho.

dabosuker:


but even if Judas did not go ahead with it, Jesus would still have died..right??...so why then do people look upon him like he killed Jesus?...& i do not agree with you that Peter's case was worse than Judas's

That's the mistake, even the Acts of the Apostle never said Judas killed Jesus; from his actions, you can deduct that he did not hate Jesus per se; he was pushed by his covetousness to betray the Lord perhaps thinking the worst that will be done was to incarcerate Him like they did to John the baptist.

Scholar8200:
That's the mistake, even the Acts of the Apostle never said Judas killed Jesus; from his actions, you can deduct that he did not hate Jesus per se; he was pushed by his covetousness to betray the Lord perhaps thinking the worst that will be done was to incarcerate Him like they did to John the baptist.

Well , Judas should start getting some credit then, he set the ball rolling for what Christians enjoy today

dabosuker:


Well , Judas should start getting some credit then, he set the ball rolling for what Christians enjoy today

there is really nothing pastors can gain from the judas story. it already serves it's purpose as creating another "enemy" against jesus.

besides, christians are not known to apply to critical thinking to anything concerning their religion