The "Gospel" of Judas

[Darksage]

Yeah I know that it's been around for ages now, but I finally got around to obtaining and reading a translated copy of it. It's claimed to be a secret revelation of events that took place during Jesus' lifetime and secret conversations between Judas and Jesus.

I attached a PDF of it.

So. Thoughts on it's place in Christianity?

[bakafish007]

i was wondering: is it actually authenticated?

[Darksage]

i was wondering: is it actually authenticated?
No it hasn't. I don't think it's real, myself.

[bakafish007]

why would you think that? because it contradicts everything that defines christian belief? the first official bible was the one that had stuff accepted by the rulers of rome. who's to say that this was one of the parts that was rejected because of what it insinuated?

[Darksage]

why would you think that? because it contradicts everything that defines christian belief? the first official bible was the one that had stuff accepted by the rulers of rome. who's to say that this was one of the parts that was rejected because of what it insinuated?
Because the Gospel writers were Jewish, monotheistic. this guy is talking about multiple Gods.

[LegendGenesis]

well, this thing's a protestant bible to begin with, so there's no real certainty as to how credible it is. Either way, scholars have pretty much agreed for a long time that there is a fifth bible out there somewhere, but they usually just call it "X" or something like that

[Darksage]

There are actually around 13 Gospels, but only 4 were put into the Bible

[bakafish007]

as far as i know there are four holy books of the old religion: the torah, the old testament, the new testament, and the qu'uran. with the advent of each religion, there are new pieces filled in the cosmic puzzle. it's humans who decide what is put out to the masses