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Jiang extends the same paradox to hell's three great betrayers, arguing that Judas, Brutus, and Cassius were crucial to the Christian imperial story and therefore seem both necessary and damned.
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Judas
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At the center of hell, Jiang says Lucifer chews Judas, Brutus, and Cassius; Judas makes sense as betrayer of Jesus, while Brutus and Cassius create a paradox Jiang will explain.
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The placement of Brutus and Cassius beside Judas creates a paradox because it would imply Julius Caesar is divine, yet Caesar remains in limbo.
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"Yes? Sometimes I think this is a little bit funny that it's almost like a father whose son is really good at table tennis,..."
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"...these are the worst offenders in human history. And they are Judas Iscariot. They are Brutus and Cassius. Brutus and Cassius, of course, are..."
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"...three individuals who betrayed God. He's, he is biting, chewing on Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus. That makes sense. The other people don't actually..."
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"But basically, the king of God, sorry, the king of hell is before us."
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"...head are butting three people. Okay? The first is, of course, Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus. And again, this makes perfect sense. But you..."
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"...logic, you would think, okay. Well, if Jesus was betrayed by Judas Iscariot, and Jesus is God, and Brutus and Cassius betrayed Julius Caesar,..."
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"...does not carry weapons when he comes only the lance that Judas tilted, this he couches so he twists the paunch of Florence. From..."
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"...the highest king avenged the wounds from which the blood that judas sold had flowed"
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"...this when worthy titus eventual wounds from which the blood that judas sold had flowed do you guys know what year this is do..."
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"But gently, on the deep that swallows up both Lucifer and Judas, he placed us, nor did he so bent over stay there long...."
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"...soul up there who has to suffer most, my master said, Judas Iscariot. His head inside, he jerks his legs without. Of those two..."
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"...through all the rings of hell to draw spirit back from Judas's circle. That is the deepest and the darkest place, the farthest from..."
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