Recently discovered New Testament fragments discussed.

From my perspective, this is interesting, and no more ridiculous than the straight doctrines/beliefs of everyday Christianity. 

The only difference is these things are introduced to people who are in their adulthood and who've been told the OTHER stories they think are true and believable since they were babies.  Think of it...a god creates a world and puts two people in a garden with a talking snake and a magic tree. 

Supposedly this god first creates a man and calls him Adam but Adam is lonely.  So god...well, I'll let you read the story...

Really...he was hoping an animal would be a suitable helper.  I'm surprised he didn't settle for a dog, or a cat, right Catman 猫的主人?

The people are tempted by the talking snake and end up eating the fruit of the magic tree and viola, they go from being "good" (and god saw that they were very good) to knowing good from evil, whatever that means.

Of course they begin the pass the buck. The man blames the woman who blames the snake.  God apparently settles it by punishing everyone.

so they were cast from the garden to toil and slave and bear children in severe pain.

Well, then there's lots more remarkable stories and they slid along for thousands of years sacrificing tens of thousands of sheep, goats and cattle and probably some cats and dogs, in hopes that would please god...because, you know, the priesthood loves them some pit barbecue and god loves the smell of burning flesh in the morning.  Well, after flooding the earth and raining fire and brimestone, etc, god is fed up with things and decide he's got to become his son so he can live on earth among humans and eventually sacrifice himself to himself seemingly to appease himself because he's so angry at sin.  Sin must be punished, so he punishes himself.  So, Jesus dies on the cross...sacrifices him self by dying, but then...not really...he pops back up and makes some appearances...pep rallies, really, then ascends back into heaven to sit on the right hand of God the father.  So once god became both himself and his son, the separation holds and somehow they'll both judge humans after they die and those who are judged as not having been redeemed get to be punished with something that seems really painful/uncomfortable, and that after it's too late to actually do anything about it.  Yet the story in Judas is touted as ridiculous.