Article December 11, 2006 Issue

THE OTHER SIDE of Judas

BY NATE TALBOT

The following appeared as an editorial commentary in the December 7, 1992, Sentinel.

MENTION THE NAME JUDAS and people all are likely to think of one word: betrayal. What an awful legacy for an individual to have left—to be remembered for nearly two thousand years by hundreds of millions of people as a betrayer! The name Judas seems universally to call forth condemnation.

But there's another side to the story, and it's one that shouldn't be lost sight of. This side calls for our compassion.