*Stand Up For Judas* - (Leon Rosselson)
Chorus: So stand up, stand up for Judas and the cause that Judas served It was Jesus who betrayed the poor with his word The Romans were the masters when Jesus walked the land In Judea and in Galilee they ruled with an iron hand And the poor were sick with hunger and the rich were clothed in splendour And the rebels whipped and crucified hung rotting as a warning And Jesus knew the answer Said, Give to Caesar what is Caesar's, said, Love your enemies But Judas was a Zealot and he wanted to be free Resist, he said, The Romans' tyranny Jesus was a conjuror, miracles were his game And he fed the hungry thousands and they glorified his name He cured the lame and the lepers, he calmed the wind and the weather And the wretched flocked to touch him so their troubles would be taken And Jesus knew the answer All you who labour, all you who suffer only believe in me But Judas sought a world where no one starved or begged for bread The poor are always with us, Jesus said Now Jesus brought division where none had been before Not the slaves against their masters but the poor against the poor Set son to rise up against father, and brother to fight against brother For he that is not with me is against me, was his teaching Said Jesus, I am the answer You unbelievers shall burn forever, shall die in your sins Not sheep and goats, said Judas, But together we may dare Shake off the chains of misery we share Jesus stood upon the mountain with a distance in his eyes I am the way, the life, he cried, The light that never dies So renounce all earthly treasures and pray to your heavenly father And he pacified the hopeless with the hope of life eternal Said Jesus, I am the answer And you who hunger only remember your reward's in Heaven So Jesus preached the other world but Judas wanted this And he betrayed his master with a kiss By sword and gun and crucifix Christ's gospel has been spread And 2.000 cruel years have shown the way that Jesus led The heretics burned and tortured, and the butchering, bloody crusaders The bombs and rockets sanctified that rain down death from heaven They followed Jesus, they knew the answer All non-believers must be believers or else be broken So put no trust in Saviours, Judas said, For everyone Must be to his or her own self - a sun (as sung by Roy Bailey) On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 8:12 PM, Shane Mage <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Apr 5, 2013, at 2:39 PM, Robert Naiman wrote that title > > I object in the strongest terms to the use of that vile antisemitic meme > "Judas." Judas according to the Gospel account was the faithful agent of > Jesus in everything he did. "Betrayal" was the libel put out by the > Paulines to brand the Jewish people with the murder of their invented "God." > (See "Judas Iscariot and the Myth of Jewish Evil" by Hyam Maccoby) > > > > Shane Mage > > > This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it > always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire, > kindling in measures and going out in measures. > > Herakleitos of Ephesos > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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