Biblical OTP!!!

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nhw  points out that daegaer has some good stuff! about the Gospel of Judas.
From the National Geographic article:

As told in the New Testament Gospels, Judas betrayed Jesus for "30 pieces of silver," identifying him with a kiss in front of Roman soldiers. Later the guilt-ridden Judas returns the bribe and commits suicide, according to the Bible.
The Gospel of Judas, however, gives a very different account.
The text begins by announcing that it is the "secret account of the revelation that Jesus spoke in conversation with Judas Iscariot during a week, three days before he celebrated Passover."
It goes on to describe Judas as Jesus' closest friend, someone who understands Christ's true message and is singled out for special status among Jesus' disciples.
In the key passage Jesus tells Judas, "'you will exceed all of them. For you will sacrifice the man that clothes me.'"
Kasser, the translation-project leader, offers an interpretation: "Jesus says it is necessary for someone to free him finally from his human body, and he prefers that this liberation be done by a friend rather than by an enemy."So he asks Judas, who is his friend, to sell him out, to betray him. It's treason to the general public, but between Jesus and Judas it's not treachery." The newfound account challenges one of the most firmly rooted beliefs in Christian tradition.

But my favorite part? "Scholars say the text not only offers an alternative view of the relationship between Jesus and Judas but also illustrates the diversity of opinion in the early Christian church."
Seriously, betray somebody with a kiss and the slash just writes itself. It is a good thing I'm going to hell anyway. Anyway, Matthew 26:49 amakes me happy:

And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him.

Oddly enough, the Skeptic's Annotated Bible is the easiest to browse through. It doesn't have search, but the links are very user friendly.

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There have been semi-sci-fi stories around that theme for a while, and I think old William Blake wuld have approved.

Thanks for the link, btw. I have a friend who's made abbreviated versions of the Bible, the Qu'ran and Luther's sayings, picking out the most juicy parts. They're in the process of being translated. http://www.hedning.no/varer/boker/glb/index.html if you have a friendly translator from Norwegian (or Swedish) on hand.