The church says no. The heart says maybe. And the story—the story says only this: Without Judas, there is no empty tomb.
“What you are going to do, do quickly,” Jesus said. (John 13:27)
Judas is not our opposite. He is our mirror. He is the part of us that knows the right thing and does the other thing. He is the disciple who walked three years with God and still chose thirty pieces. He is the friend who kisses and kills in the same motion.