Glad to see we can all be amicable.
Being this is my first post in this forum, I'll lay it on the table. I tried everything else. Atheism, Scientology...I even read all the recycled Nietzche that Anton LaVey regurgitated. When I came to the end of ME is when I found HIM...Jesus, if there's any question. Do I need a crutch? Not anymore. Anyone who calls it a crutch should first correct their own limping.
As for the Gospel of Judas...Cainites, Korahites, and Edomites have always been quick on the draw to lionize those the Bible has denounced as traitors and forfeiters. I see this "Gospel" as nothing more than "more of the same." A speculative take, perhaps, but a valid speculation.
In the end, "archaeology is the quest for fact, not truth." There is more historical evidence, Biblical and extra-Biblical, for the life, death, and subsequent uproar over a widespread belief in His resurrection than there is on the life of Julius Caesar. Again with speculation, is it any wonder that those who would (and do) fear His impact seek to discredit what IS documented by the historical likes of Josephus, Pliny the Younger, and St. Luke (described by some as one of the most meticulous historians)?
Gentlemen (and ladies, if there are any reading), don't assume veracity just to appease conscience or attack what you claim to so "thoroughly" understand. Be as unbiased in your analysis as you insist we Christians should be.