tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post8429180398431875952..comments2024-03-28T11:28:51.868-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Traitor Week #2: Judas Iscariot—"Do quickly what you're going to do"Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-50967863445143579892019-07-20T08:48:46.359-05:002019-07-20T08:48:46.359-05:00Tom, I'm sure you know that Anatole France dur...Tom, I'm sure you know that Anatole France during a tour of Lourdes with all the crutches, walkers, wheelchairs and other implements abandoned by erstwhile cripples hanging from the walls, queried, "What no wooden legs?"<br />johntatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-69082446479057618342018-07-18T16:46:10.225-05:002018-07-18T16:46:10.225-05:00Sorry, I neglected to identify the author: Anatole...Sorry, I neglected to identify the author: Anatole France.<br /><br /><br />TE Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-39616098992264931022018-07-18T13:48:16.930-05:002018-07-18T13:48:16.930-05:00Do not try to make sense out of the bible. By chap...Do not try to make sense out of the bible. By chapter two of Genesis we learn that Woman was an after thought in the creation story. If Adam had been happy living with the animals he named in the garden, Eve wouldn't have entered the stage. How could any woman believe this story unless she assumed it was just the imaginings of a bronze age man ignorant of science? Neil, your dumpster fire theory survives Occam's razor but I think there is something about Atlantic City and the failed casinos, unpaid contractors and Russian oligarchs overpaying for Trump properties that will be his downfall. Perhaps it will entail state charges that cannot be pardoned by his successor. We can only hope.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613528527379198505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-73399946358860735852018-07-18T08:57:18.360-05:002018-07-18T08:57:18.360-05:00Bulgatov is not the only author to render a sympat...Bulgatov is not the only author to render a sympathetic portrait of Pontius Pilate. In a short story titled "the Procurator of Judea," he has Pilate Pilate, now retired to his estates in Sicily, recounting to an old friend, the difficulties he encountered trying to rule Palestine. He had tried to rule "mildly," but the Jewish priests were always after him to put someone to death for religious apostasies he didn't really understand. There were so many, he didn't really recall the trial and execution of one called Jesus.<br /><br />TomTomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-88066999263891974942018-07-17T17:34:16.488-05:002018-07-17T17:34:16.488-05:00I don't know who's worse: Trump or the Re...I don't know who's worse: Trump or the Repulican slugs in congresss who will huff and puff and show sufficient outrage for 20 minutes and then go back to licking Trump's whatever. If they don't, the Trump base will vote them out of their cushy jobs doing absolutely nothing, and heaven forbid, they may have to find actual jobs. I'm sick of the fucking lot of them. Shari P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02844720465680592417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-35593786887707878462018-07-17T17:07:58.165-05:002018-07-17T17:07:58.165-05:00Jesus knows the future, so is Judas at fault? In S...Jesus knows the future, so is Judas at fault? In Superstar, Jesus tells Pilate, who tells him he holds his life in his hands: "You have nothing in your hands. Any power you have comes to you from far beyond. Everything is fixed, and you can't change it." In the gospels, his predictions concerning Judas, Peter, and others suggest this inevitable process, not an ongoing chain of events.<br /><br />Is it free will when God has placed the participants where they'll perform the needed tasks?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541828632284556589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-89670249647770140282018-07-17T16:42:40.448-05:002018-07-17T16:42:40.448-05:00I wake up each day and wonder what creepy ol' ...I wake up each day and wonder what creepy ol' Donald Trump has done while I was sleeping. I just get a little angry about all of it.<br /><br />You, my friend, so eloquently analyze his actions. You skewer him so accurately. You are probably angry, too. But it doesn't really taint your words like my anger colors mine.<br /><br />I can't wait to see what you will publish tomorrow.Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02265121591041114100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-14612112657499360732018-07-17T16:33:29.464-05:002018-07-17T16:33:29.464-05:00Unfortunately Trump's failings are, as you say...Unfortunately Trump's failings are, as you say, excused by his followers because of supposed "Christian" compassion for the sinner. Funny how that compassion isn't for the poor. The very poor that their "savior" commanded them to take care of. <br />When confronted with a wealthy man who wanted to follow him, Christ commanded that he give his all of his wealth and possessions to the poor. When told it was an impossibility, Christ said "and that is why you cannot follow me". Such it is with the "eye of a needle" parable.<br />"It is easier for a Camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a wealthy man to enter the kingdom of Heaven." Not to mention "How you treat the least among you is also how you treat me."<br />This is clearly a command to take care of the least fortunate. <br />Like Bill Maher, Religion is so full of hypocrisy as to make me shudder in revulsion. However, I do understand its place in society and its importance in shaping civilization so I don't demean it among its followers or their practice in private - but abhor it as a basis of any one law or system of beliefs where government is concerned. <br />Boy, did i get off track.<br />Um, ya Fuck Trump and his psychological need for being liked by the already powerfulPaul Fedrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384556977324071639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-36448720361084446332018-07-17T15:04:33.127-05:002018-07-17T15:04:33.127-05:00Judas's name is synonymous with traitor; to be...Judas's name is synonymous with traitor; to be a Judas is understood, even in modern times. I'll bet no one you've ever met is named Judas. (There are quite a few Damiens, pop culture notwithstanding). Judas, as one of the Disciples, goes mostly unmentioned in the Bible until his betrayal of Jesus. It was the role he was destined to play. But, yes, he acted of his own free will.Kat R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13142466689643127500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-83077777141339129252018-07-17T10:05:17.493-05:002018-07-17T10:05:17.493-05:00"If Jesus informs you that you will betray hi..."If Jesus informs you that you will betray him, and tells you to hurry up and do it, are you really responsible for your act?"<br /><br />This gets into the whole interesting (or tiresome, YMMV) question of God's knowledge vs. man's will. As the omniscient son of God, Jesus knew what would be done to him, and by whom. But Judas' act was nonetheless the result of his free will, even though the act and its consequences were foreseen.<br /><br />There's no denying that Judas plays a central role in the Christian mythos. In "The Deputy," a Vatican priest, in mortified frustration at Pius XII's refusal to explicitly denounce the Holocaust, considers assassinating him and blaming the Nazis. He compares his role to that of Judas: "He <i>knew</i> he would be damned for all eternity. His sacrifice was greater than the Lord's."Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-10562877064591827522018-07-17T09:50:36.845-05:002018-07-17T09:50:36.845-05:00No doubts here....No doubts here....Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01841022739864511731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-68593027312683493272018-07-17T08:25:09.953-05:002018-07-17T08:25:09.953-05:00I think the spoiled child-president is capable of ...I think the spoiled child-president is capable of veering off-script, but only if the GOP controlled Congress slaps his fat face. Trump is guilty of treasonous acts and a compliant Congress is guilty of complicity. Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-51616909128337141362018-07-17T00:59:06.467-05:002018-07-17T00:59:06.467-05:00"Trump fell in love with Putin because he ado..."Trump fell in love with Putin because he adores anybody who likes him. The welfare of the country never crossed his mind."<br /><br />That's it in a nutshell. <br /><br />The pathology is the script. He is incapable of doing anything but following the script of the pathology. Dennis Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03936110563379328219noreply@blogger.com