text: My point is that if the fate of Judas is an issue, read the book. Its about, not by, Judas. It is not meant to be canon. The quesiton is, of course, whether the betrayal or the suicide had him better off not born and whether this was a saying of Jesus or put into his mouth for dramatic effect and to condemn his lack of faith in the forgiveness of the Lord by taking his own life. How does this square with the modern Church's view that depressives who suicide are not automatically damned?