Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith for September 14, 2019
September 13, 2019
September 15, 2019
Transcript:
And Judas failed to deposit that 30 pieces of silver, which at a 1% compound interest rate would be worth 13.2 billion pieces of silver! Right... But the point of the story is- History's greatest monster! Economists are no longer allowed on The Bible Talk.
Ida No over 5 years ago
“And don’t get me started on the free distribution of bread and fish! Or the undermining of the wine market…!”
gnome over 5 years ago
The beginnings of prosperity theology
Olddog1 over 5 years ago
And they were used to buy a cemetery for free burial for the poor. The horror.
ArtyD2 Premium Member over 5 years ago
Blessed are the cheese makers
Kaputnik over 5 years ago
Okay, did anyone actually stick that into the compound interest formula to see if that’s correct?
And come to think of it, how much silver is in a “piece”? Silver is an element, so would a molecule count? Although betraying someone for thirty molecules of silver really is setting the bar pretty low.
Teto85 Premium Member over 5 years ago
I don’t understand all the Judas hate. If Jesus had not been betrayed the he would not have been crucified or risen from the dead and the fairy tale basis of the religion would be even shakier.
CougarAllen over 5 years ago
I think inflation has averaged more than 1% over that time, so even after compounding interest it would actually be worth less now than it was then. He was paid in the Roman silver denarius which after 2,000 years of inflation is now the copper-plated zinc cent.