re: Why is Judas vilified?

He created Angels though

So, he created an angel who he would continually rage war against. This is like the US arming the Chinese with nuclear weapons before going to war for centuries.

But if that father can see time in a different manner, and he knows how the child will ultimately turn out, do you think that father would think twice about conceiving the child?

Ie Hitler's parents

Only Hitler's parents didn't know he would proceed to eradicate Jews.

Maybe he shouldn't be vilified. People have wondered what exactly his role was--could Jesus have been that hard to find? I've heard the theory that Judas likely did more than locate Jesus. That he gave testimony that Jesus was calling himself Messiah. Which is what Jesus was killed for.

There is also an interesting theory I've heard. It goes like this: Judas was a zealot (Jew who advocated armed resistance to any authority in Israel) and his name Iscariot doesn't mean "from the city" as is normally translated, but instead is an indication he was a Sicarii. Note the similarity in the words. Sicarii were noted for assassinating with daggers. Recall Simon the Zealot is an apostle, so it's not outlandish.

So the theory is, Judas wanted Jesus arrested by the Temple authorities Bc he thought that would galvanize and spark the uprising he desired against Rome. When Caiphas instead turned Jesus over to Rome, Judas was the one betrayed. Judas hanged himself, but he did it right in front of Caiphas' family tomb--essentially desecrating the tomb. And Caiphas' family tomb has been located and it fits the description of where Judas hanged himself.

It's not predestination.

God exists outside of time and space. The moment the universe began to the moment it ended is seen not as a chronological time lapse but all at once constantly by God. He's a divine being. Jesus was as well.

It's not that Judas was predetermined or preselected to betray Jesus it's that Jesus could see the entirety of the past and the future.

Judas made his own decisions. Just as we all make ours.

But we cannot comprehend the ability to stand outside time and see it as a cyclical event and not a linear movement.

A fair comparison is if you tried to explain depth to a being that existed in a 2d world. You might be able to explain the concept so that he understands the basic principles behind it, but because all he has ever known and his entire world exists in 2d, he won't be able to comprehend to actual meaning of depth.

Why did God harden the heart of Pharoah then? Seems like free will has limits. Nebechunezzer ate grass because God gave him a mental illness.

Nebechunezzer was the steed of the chosen one.

I'm done with you.

Haha