Apostle Creed

The professor asked which contemporaneous follower of Jesus wrote this:

"Being with Jesus is the most wonderful feeling in the world. All your defenses melt and the claws of the world drop from your heart. You lose that perpetual feeling of needing to explain. He knows. He understands. What a relief!

"You keep thinking it's too good to be true but the feeling never proves false. He is the embodiment of the land of milk and honey, forever nurturing. His presence is the center of the world. Hearts gravitate towards the shining love as if answering a long yearned for call. Nagging doubts run like roaches from his light.

"Even in his absence I am content having the knowledge he is somewhere on this earth. This feeling of trust he weaves brings forth a hope never before known. Thank the dear Lord we have been given this gift! You can see the dawning of a consciousness that we can live with each other not just at each other. It's the beginning of a new era and if things keep going the way they are (and I don't know why they wouldn't!) the whole world will be turned upside down.

"It's hard to think of what Mankind has done to deserve this. The Roman yoke is the nightmare of all nightmares. What a glorious moment it will be when the Roman overlords see the wisdom of the New Way and lay down their weapons evermore. Peace is like a flower. It cannot be mandated, it can only be allowed to grow. Yes, if we are to have a future, our friend and guide Jesus must be preserved at all costs."

The class called out the usual suspects in reply to the professor, going through the entire list of New Testament characters. But no one got it right. Only Andy, the class malcontent who sat in the back, had not offered a suggestion.

"Andy, would you care to hazard a guess."

"I know who it is: Judas Iscariot."

The class gasped and some even shot Andy an angry look of betrayal. "You are correct. Tell us how you know this, Andy. Is it because everyone else has been guessed?"

"No, it's because whoever wrote that was co-dependent, he doesn't do his own thinking. And co-dependents will betray you in the end every time. Believe me, I know - I've done it."