Does the book change your religeous beliefs?

[aolayide]

This book did not change my belief and my faith is intact. Judas felt guilty for betraying Jesus and he committed suicide because his guilt was eating at him. He did not sacrifice himself. However, Jesus sacrificed himself for the world. The death of Judas and Jesus are far apart and cannot be compared.

[Quickstudy]

Religious beliefs and traditions are ingrained in people lives. No, it did not change my religious beliefs.
However, it did cause me to reevaluate my assumptions and beliefs about Judas. Clearly Jesus and Judas sacrifices are extremely far apart. Still yet, the sacrifice of Judas, I believe is the greatest display of remorse. He could have choosen, to drink, run and hide, or any number of other things to stay alive and drown out the guilt.
He choose the ultimate way to show his remorse, he gave his life.
There are not many criminals that are so remorseful that they end thier own life.

[Bluebird03]

No, it does not alter or shake my faith or religious beliefs at all. I have a curious nature and an open mind and enjoy hearing both sides.

[Manali_DC]

The book just made for a mildly interesting read and tried to offer up an alternate view to a well-known event. I do not think it could change or shake anyone's religious beliefs.

[Ferdinand_Otieno]

The book just made for a mildly interesting read and tried to offer up an alternate view to a well-known event. I do not think it could change or shake anyone's religious beliefs.

I disagree on it not changing people's beliefs, but I agree that most people will not change their religious beliefs.

[Bluecobia]

No . This book does not change my beliefs at all.

[A G Darr]

No, this book does does change my religious beliefs. I can possibly entertain the idea that Judas was not actually a betrayer, but even if I did completely believe, that would not technically change my faith.

I'm non-denominational Christian. The base of my beliefs is there is one God who loves humanity. He sent Jesus to humanity to teach us and help guide us. If Jesus was not crucified, that does not lessen God's gift to humanity. Whether or not Judas betrayed Jesus does not effect those beliefs in any way.

[Ferdinand_Otieno]

No . This book does not change my beliefs at all.

Nor should it

[Ferdinand_Otieno]

No, this book does does change my religious beliefs. I can possibly entertain the idea that Judas was not actually a betrayer, but even if I did completely believe, that would not technically change my faith.

I'm non-denominational Christian. The base of my beliefs is there is one God who loves humanity. He sent Jesus to humanity to teach us and help guide us. If Jesus was not crucified, that does not lessen God's gift to humanity. Whether or not Judas betrayed Jesus does not effect those beliefs in any way.

Jesus mentoned one would betray him, not one would complete the ultimate sacrifice towards mysticism

[Ferdinand_Otieno]

This book did not change my belief and my faith is intact. Judas felt guilty for betraying Jesus and he committed suicide because his guilt was eating at him. He did not sacrifice himself. However, Jesus sacrificed himself for the world. The death of Judas and Jesus are far apart and cannot be compared.

I completely agree with you and I doubt this will be the only book trying to change that part of Christian history.

[Kibet Hillary]

No, it doesn't. I felt that the author supported his points poorly to begin with; the texts he presented seemed to be twisted or warped to fit with the point that he tried to make. Although I don't doubt that he himself believes the claims he advances, I didn't see the resounding "proof" that he does in his interpretation of the supplementary texts, especially since he relied so heavily on taking passages that made sense in literal form and making them into strained, slightly nonsensical metaphors in order to promote his views.

This is something that happens more often than not. Deductive reasoning can justify anything and thus may not always be reliable.

[Kibet Hillary]

My faith has not been hindered in any way by the writing of this book, I actually respect the author for trying out a different path in his book.

This is great. The author indeed did a good work expressing his opinion on Judas. What I am not sure is his intention in writing the book.

[brown09]

It doesn't shake my belief system in any way. I left Christianity years ago and haven't looked back, and the book didn't really change anything.

[evraealtana]

It doesn't shake my belief system in any way. I left Christianity years ago and haven't looked back, and the book didn't really change anything.

Agreed. I had the same experiences, and felt the same way. I thought the book was interesting, though, in its own way, even if I didn't necessarily believe in it.

[angiejack456]

I believe it would take much more than this book to alter anyone's religious beliefs. Christianity prevails because it offers hope for this life and salvation for the next. I am not sure what this book offers it's belivevers.