Gospel truth?

Have you read about the Gospel of Judas? Fascinating stuff, and I have no real opinion on its authenticity, but what is clear once again is that the New Testament is in fact a highly selective compilation of writings designed to promote a certain image of the life of Jesus which the Church wished to disseminate. It perhaps comes as a bit of a surprise - shock even- to those who take the New Testament as being the last word on the subject, to realise that there is much other material which was simply left out because it didn't fit the picture which the Church wished to put forward. So spin isn't new, you see.