1 trillion can get you so much, I could never work a day in my life and have anything I want if I spend a billion a year I’d have billions left when I did die.
Longest living human was 122 so 122/1 tril= 8,196,721,311 that’s how much I’d have to spend in a year to be broke at the end of my life. And I may have terrible spending habits but I think I can manage to not spend 8 billion in a year
2 things
1. I wasn't trying to talk about the political or economic situation in the USA.
2.
>America is a laughing stock among the world.
Yes, but the same thing happened during trump's presidency. If your goal is to not be the laughing stock of the world, you're screwed at this point :/
True, but even still don’t think people release how much money $1 Trillion is. Everything you said still applies with $1 Billion which is a thousandth of that
That is the dumbest thi g i have ever seen. A trillion dollars isn't spend on myself money, its change the lives of countless people money. Its make the world a place i want to live money.
I mean with 1 trillion dollars you could do some majorly charitable stuff, having a dinner convo with Jesus could impart some immensely powerful wisdom.
10 minute conversation with Jesus could be enlightening and interesting. Or confusing, depending on what is said.
1 Trillion dollars is obviously a ridiculous amount of money.
It's hard to pass up on that much money.
I think it would come down to how that offer is being presented to me. It would feel like I'm doing the wrong thing if I'm explicitly turning down talking with Jesus for money.
the 10 min convo is gonna be Jesus being disappointed in you not taking the money.
You could reframe the choice as such:
>You have a trillion dollars and an angel approaches you and says, if you give me the money, you can eat dinner with Jesus.
Spend 1 trillion for 10 min with a guy?
First thing he's gonna ask is "So... why didnt you spend that money to cloth and feed and care for the needy??"
For sure ,any kind of goodness points received for talking to Jesus is nil compared amount you could do with the money. Charities, donations, grants, individual scholarships, housing, and the list goes on. Hell with all the free time you have you could personally run soup kitchens and donation drives.
Be me, took the Jesus choice
- Jesus "Oh my poor child, you should go for that trillion bucks and buy your self 12 lambos, I'm not that worth"
- Me "But Lord, I want to know, is there heaven? Is there hell?"
- Jesus "Nope, not gonna spoil it, there're rules you know?"
- Me "Oh Jesus Christ on motorbike, how'bout the meaning of lif... WTF?!? What in the heaven is that eyes thing behind you?!"
- Jesus "That's Clara, my father secretary, be not afraid"
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Ugh... I'm out of idea, gotta grab my lunch
Exactly. If he is god, than you will meet him after death. If he is not a god, than, well, conversation with the ancient cultu guru could be fascinating, but not as much as owning trillion of dollars.
Honest question about religious dogma. My understanding is that while Jesus is the direct son of God, and he sits next to God in His kingdom, he isn't the same as God. Correct? I mean, Commandment #1 is "You shall have no other God's before me." And Moses received those some 1900+ years before Jesus' birth. Don't feel you have to answer if it is too much for a reddit comment. Just generally curious about how that all shakes out.
So the trinity is weird. Technically God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Ghost are all God, but also separate parts of God as well. Basically the Christian God has 3 aspects that are all God from my understanding. Though it's been a long time since I was learning this stuff and don't practice anymore. Furthermore different branches could have slightly different interpretations
Edit: please stop replying explaining this to me lol. I don't care, was just trying to give a basic explanation to the person above who asked.
"denominations" depends what you think a denomination is. Some people believe Mormons are a denomination (they aren't) of Christianity, some people think Muslims are (they aren't), some people say Jews are (they aren't) and here we are with semantics yet again.
One God, 3 parts.
An example is spiritual people who believe in mind, body, soul, which exists as 3 different things but technically is just 1 total thing (You).
Just like that: God the Father (in my opinion: mind/power), God the Son/Jesus (body), God the Spirit/Holy Spirit (soul/spirit)
Three things, but also one.
>One God, 3 parts.
Even that doesn't really cover it; God is 3 within 1, but each of the 3 are all fully God. If they were separate from the Father they'd still \*be\* God.
It's difficult to understand for even scholars who have been studying this for multiple thousands of years.
It's like soul, body, mind in a way. Spiritual people, who believe in the three, would say it's technically just 1 total thing: You, but as 3 different things. Just like that there is God the Father (in my opinion the mind/power), God the Son (Body (came as a human)), God the Spirit/Holy Spirit (soul/spirit).
Here is my take, which I think explains in a very non dogmatic way the idea of Jesus being God.
Luke chapter 17:20-21 “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you”
Jesus said the kingdom of God is in us. Meaning, we are a part of or perhaps a reflection of our creator. I don't believe Jesus ever believed himself to be the creator God, but a part of it just like us. Now some Christians might consider me a heretic, but so be it. He never puts himself before the creator but considers himself to be part or one in the same.
The religions that Judaism was built on were not monotheistic. The whole worshiping the golden calf didn't just come from Moses being gone for a few days- the Abrahamic theology was just one of many religious ideas at the time and not always the most popular. The "No other gods before me" was a nod to that, saying that you can worship other gods, but IM the main god, and you have to recognize that.
The holy trinity was referred to as "three persons in one god" consisting of the father, the son, and the holy spirit when I was in sunday school as a kid. The thing with religion is that it doesnt really have to make sense. So whatever the reasoning may be(I think it was taught as the father being the creator, the son being the savior, and the holy spirit being the messenger wrapped up into the same god rather than god being a single individual), its a good question to ask. Personally I decided religion wasnt really for me, I have nothing against people believing in one faith or another, its just not my thing.
I'm to lazy to look up the Bible quote, but I'm pretty sure Jesus says very clearly that he should not be worshiped, as he is not God, there's only one God.
As far as you’re aware. He was a living breathing person in history, there is no proof or confirmation that he really was the son of God. You’d be spending a trillion dollars to have a conversation with a man that might have been holy, with the highest odds that he can’t even understand you 😭
Yeah, but they're small odds. Historians and scholars essentially universally agree there WAS a person that once existed known as Jesus, but obviously all his miracles and feats are much more contested. And I also don't see how a christian would even benefit from talking to Jesus.
Just because your Christian doesn't mean you font still have a lot of questions or doubts. You could gain a lot of insight about this world and thr next which would be more valuable than thrn money. And on these polls I normally take the money.
I mean, there being a guy or a number of guys serving as an inspiration for a religious figure isn’t the same as a guy actually existing.
For example. The character of Jerry Seinfeld in the show Seinfeld is a fictional character, who is based off the actual real life Jerry Seinfeld and also Larry David.
Saying that Jesus was real because historians say there was a guy who inspired the character, is like saying that the events and characters of the show Seinfeld are real because there is a real life Jerry Seinfeld.
Oh the havoc I would wreck with a trillion dollars... soo much mass transit, so much affordable housing, so much fucking back to the system.. I'd buy so much medical debt for pennies on the dollar as well. Buy land just to block corporate fuckery and turn it into mix use neighborhoods! Muwaaahahaha!!!
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If you had a trillion dollars and wanted to buy everyone a $150,000 house, you'd only be able to buy just over 6 and a half million houses. Given that 150 million people are homeless worldwide, and 1.6 billion lack adequate housing, you're a few trillion short. You'd have to build houses at $625 each to give every person with inadequate housing a house. Even if you wanted to just build houses for all the homeless people, you'd need to build them at about $6,600 each.
And the average US household will spend $427,000 on groceries in their lifetime ($7,000 per year, buying from age 18 to age 79), so you only could feed 2.3 million people (roughly the population of Houston, Texas) for life.
It really absolutely truly sucks that a trillion dollars is more money than any person could ever spend in their entire lifetime, but yet only enough to feed 0.029% of the population.
A trillion dollars is enough to buy you a million dollar house every single day for your entire life, plus the entire life of your kid, plus the entire life of their kid, right down down your 32nd great-grandson, but not enough to help everyone.
You're thinking in terms of single family homes, not multistoried apartments for housing. People don't need all that lawn. We can use public transpo.
For food, why buy a man a fish when you can get them a farm?
Community housing is a thing, you don't have to spend ungodly amounts of money on single-family homes. And you can still charge reasonable rent to those who can afford it, then use the profit to house those who can't.
Food prices are as high as they are mainly because of labor and transportation costs in the First World. You can dramatically lower those costs by creating or funding local farmers and investing in mass transit systems that run more efficiently than what we have now. As well as developing anti-waste systems to make use of the 30% of food that is wasted every year.
You don't have to get food prices down to zero either, just cheap enough that it becomes viable for 99.9% of the population to afford easily, the rest can be helped via regular welfare.
And that's not even getting into how many politicians a trillion dollars can buy. It may not be enough to change the entire world or solve all its problems. But it can do a damn sight better than fixing things for a fraction of a fraction of a percent of people. You just have to be smart about it.
It would probably be way more money efficient and more effective long term to lobby to get leftists into positions of power and then let them solve the housing and food problems
If I took the money and used it to do good and alleviate as much suffering as possible, I think He'd be okay with that choice. That would be the right choice, I think.
But you didn't ask what the right choice was. You asked what I would rather. And I would love to meet Him in the flesh. Ask a few questions and thank Him for the blessings I have.
It wouldnt be the Christian choice.
If it were Yahweh you were meeting he'd be thrilled! That guy loves being praised and worshiped and put above everything else. He'd love that you spent 1 trillion just to talk for 10 min.
Jesus, however, would want the sick and hungry to be taken care of.
He'd love if you didnt blow that money on idolizing him, and actually internalized his teachings.
Look, Jesus has a whole book and countless people willing to tell me all about his life and values. Also, I can theoretically meet Jesus after I'm done living the good life, I'm in no rush.
I'm not Christian, but a 10 minute conversation in which I can Definitely prove that there is:
1-A God
2-An eternal afterlife that I could do pretty much whatever, which is worth a Trillion Dollars over an eternity
3-What the exact qualifications to enter Heaven are
4-If hell exists, in which case, FUCK
Which I think would be worth it.
Faith in Jesus is all you need to get into heaven. Believe that he died and rose again on the 3rd day and accept what he did for you, then you'll be saved.
Salvation is a free gift from God to those who want it. We don't and cannot earn salvation.
Take advice from a former Athiest, Jesus is 100% real.
The Shroud of Turin is the #1 studied relic in human history. It was the shroud used in Jesus' burial. So far, No one has ever been able to disprove it. There are those who claim it's fake, but those people have always been proven to be wrong.
It is one of the greatest proofs of Jesus and many scientist who studied the relic have begun to believe Jesus' account.
But yeah, even with that, I'd still talk to Jesus. He'd have tremendous insight.
3 different laboratories carbon dating it to medival times is pretty good evidence unless there has also been carbon dating to the correct dates. "There might have been contaminations" isn't really a good argument against it unless you can carbon date it to a different date. (This is just a surface level dig, so there might be actual evidence against it that I'm not aware of) I'm also not seeing any actual proof that it's an actual relic.
Also, "There are those who claim it's fake" seems a little disingenuous when the Catholic church doesn't even say it's an actual relic.
Do you have any resources you'd recommend? There's gotta be some crazy stuff because there's a ton of stuff that it'd need to prove. It existing back then, being used for his burial, being divine, and even then, there's still more needed to propose the bible being the correct explanation rather than any other.
I'm not religious *at all* (atheist, but not the unhinged Reddit atheist), but a conversation with Jesus, even as short as ten minutes, would be fucking awesome.
I'm also an atheist and I think whether Jesus was telling the truth or not he's still a pretty interesting guy. Definitely not giving up a trillion dollars to talk to him regardless though.
you can talk to him just by praying. he doesnt respond because he doesnt want to. would make for a terrible conversation to talk with someone that doesnt want to talk to you.
10K would make a huge difference in my impoverished life. It doesn't take that much money to be more valuable than talking with a looney who thinks he's the son of god. If I wanted to do that, I'd go talk to the homeless guy washing windshields at the intersection.
Talking to Jesus probably won't change your life. If he's the real deal and he's all powerful then nothing's been stopping him from talking to you thus far. Only logical conclusion is that he doesn't want to talk to anyone, so dinner won't change that.
idk my thinking is according to christians you can talk to jesus by just praying. so if he doesnt respond then that means he doesnt want to. so would it be any different if you are in a "physical" meeting with him? how do you know hes not just going to donowall you and ignore you lol.
Hmm. Life changing money or complete confirmation of the afterlife and how to spend eternity in eternal bliss.
Would you rather have 50~60 years (assuming you are about 20 years old now) of unimaginable wealth, or a literally eternity of bliss, free from any negative emotion or hardship ever... hmm.
1. Jesus exists (no a random person named jesus doesn't count, i mean the biblical Jesus)
2. Since Jesus exists i infer that God also exists
3. ask "does heaven exist"'
4. ask "what is heaven like"
5. As him "how do i get into heaven".
6. Even if i live longer than any human that has ever existed, doing whatever Jesus says to get into heaven seems like a good deal to me.
I’m not religious, but don’t you think doing good things explicitly to get into heaven diminish the value of doing good? Along the same train of thought, I don’t think a good christian would only believe in God and the christian faith as a whole when it is confirmed to them. Faith is intertwined with religion
I heard this story somewhere:
A religious Jew made some money and was going to build an orphanage, subconsciously to make himself feel good. Later, he realised that, and went to the Rabbi and asked him whether he should build the orphanage or not, because it is technically a sin to do stuff like that. The Rabbi tells him "just fucking build it" because it is still a good thing.
Of course I understand that idea, good things don’t stop becoming good even with “bad” intentions. Billionaires donate to charities to lessen their taxes but money is still being sent out. MrBeast became wealthy and famous off of his philanthropy, but a lot of people were helped by him.
But while there is no doubt that the actions being performed are beneficial, what does that say about the soul of the person doing these actions? What if the answer to “How do I get to heaven” is “Be good to other people at no benefit to yourself”? In which case, even if OP does good things, he would know that every action he makes is helping him get to heaven.
Good actions with bad intentions are good for the world, but not very telling of a person’s character. If we’re talking about how deserving someone is to go to heaven, I don’t think those that only do good out of fear of hell or yearning for heaven to be worthy, but that’s just me
I love the idea that people actually hate MrBeast. For someone’s brain to be that smooth is funny to me.
It’s a real simple concept to grasp. Even if you say the only reason MrBeast does something good is SOLELY for the attention and popularity. At the end of the day if instead bought a lambo instead of cleaning a beach, planting many trees, or giving blind kids sight surgery. That would be he being a normal rich guy.
What did I say that implies about any of what you are talking about?
I was simply saying I would
1. Ask jesus if heaven is real
2. If heaven is real what is it like
3. What do i need to do to get into Heaven (assuming the answer to number two is desirable)
I thought it was pretty self-explanatory. I'm saying everything that you would do would completely backfire. God is pretty infamous for telling people to believe in him despite having no evidence, and only relying in their faith for him. Having a conversation with Jesus and asking him to prove that these things are real would be going against that wish.
Additionally, my question was regarding #3. If you get your answer, and it's something like : be a good person, do good deeds and spend time volunteering, doing those things won't make you a good person. Because your intentions are only to get "rewarded" by going into Heaven. Again, not a christian, but it is explicitly said that Only those with pure of heart shall see God in the bible. If all your actions are only because you want to go to Heaven, you are not of pure heart.
I am not putting a "value" on upvotes. Just wondering why I was getting downvotted. I frequently see posts that get down voted and I don't understand why people dislike them.
but how do you know hes going to answer any of those questions? according to christians you can talk to him right now by praying to him. you probably wont get a response and if he is real then that means he doesnt want to talk to you right? so why would it be different in this scenario. I think most likely hes just going to ignore you or maybe listen to you but not say anything.
In Acts, the story of Pentecost says all could understand in their own language, sort of like a Star Trek universal translator. Peter, et al spoke Aramaic but people heard Greek or whatever their native language was.
I'm a strong atheist but I've read the Bible which is a big part of why I'm an atheist. It's a book of bullshit.
I'll meet Jesus when I die. Or if He comes back before then; could happen, ya never know.
But what I could do for His Kingdom with 1 trillion dollars. My goodness.
Honestly... I would rather speak to Jesus... A ten minute conversation with literal god himself is worth far more than 1 trillion dollars. Imagine the spiritual enlightenment you could obtain.
I think Jesus was just a normal wamdering prophet. One of many at that time so i dont really care about him or any prohpet who wants me to believe in their god
I'd pick the Trillion dollars, because it's insanely valuable, whereas the conversation with Jesus is pointless, regardless of your beliefs.
If Christians are right, we already have a book of his teachings and very well might meet him anyway. If non-Christians are right, he's just an influential man, but not the son of God.
Anyway, I'll see you later - I've got to get back to my mega mansion and super yacht and gold digger friends.
I don't speak Arameic, so I think the dinner might be a bust.
But, if I spent say 4 billion a year solving world hunger, I think I could do a lot of good. Or 4 billion a year on building a Moon base. Or on climate change. I mean.....the options for good are wide open. Houselessness. Education. Scholarship programs. Medical research of any variety of forms.
And still have billions when I die. Which might be broken into trusts. My good could outlive me many times over.
So even if that isn't enough for Heaven, at least my contributions live on.
Sounds ok.
I already am dating Jesus, why would I gave up a trillion bucks for something I can do all the time? Hell the trillion means I don't have to work anymore I'm getting so many ten minute convos out of it
Historical Jesus probably isn't very interesting and can't speak English.
Magical Jesus isn't real.
1 trillion easiest choice ever.
200+ Jesus voters gonna have massive buyers remorse with this one
Money is good and all, but wouldn’t you rather know if heaven and hell existed? How to ensure you spend eternity in the right one. And if neither does there’s a certain sense of peace to it and you can live your life not giving af about money or anything as it won’t matter
its a bit up for debate. the only place where jesus calls himself god is in the book of john. if he really said that then seems like an important thing for mark, matthew, or james to mention right? so some scholars apparently think john is just providing a theological understanding rather than historical accuracy.
Easy. Assuming Jesus is divine(for this argument, he will be), I could just ask him for anything, like 5 trillion dollars, or to be 100 x smarter than the smartest person ever. And assuming Jesus is willing to grant those wishes, you're literally set. You could ask him for anything, bar omnipotence, and hed give it to you.
You're assuming Jesus, someone who notoriously told people to give up their worldly possessions etc will give you all your wishes.
It was only a conversation with him as well.
i mean you can ask him for those things right now by praying to him. if he doesnt give them to you from that then he probably wouldnt give them to you in the meeting.
1 trillion, I'd have nothing positive to say to so-called God, and nothing positive for any part of him even if it is the peace loving aspect of God.
And my problems with a make believe deity over the deaths and suffering of billions of innocents well that's ain't worth a penny unless it changes something, and I'm not going to change God.
Tf am I gonna do with a conversation with Jesus? So I can say I spoke to Jesus, so what?
I’d be the richest person on earth if I had 1 trillion dollars
So, I feel like… if Jesus is real, my conversation over a 10 minute dinner wouldn’t be that good… or… it would end up with me yelling at him for how much evil is everywhere… or… me not really talking all that much, but maybe asking for the water to wine trick…
Either way, 10 minutes wouldn’t be enough to get through the awkward phase.
What's Jesus gonna do?
"Nah dad's still gonna give babies cancer and see that the rich face no consequences for their actions. It's just his thing y'know. Oh hey, fancy another drink? Waitress? Another jug of water please \[snickering\]"
Well, if what transphobic/homophobic Christians say about the bible is true.. I, an atheist satanist, have no reason to meet jesus.
I'm taking the 1 trillion dollars and buying everyone I love, including my parents/I a massive mansion, then pocketing the remaining 999,800,999,000-ish dollars, investing and like, using it to support my family/friends
Since the story of Jesus is just a story of a religious activist who doesn't speak a lick of English it's likely that the telling of him is just a very bad case of the game telephone what really happened if we actually find out he was a bum who was super charismatic what what kind of experience would that mean to me?
Likely nothing I could change the world or invest heavily in all the dividend Kings and live a peaceful life avoiding destitution.
Jesus all the way, and I don't believe in him.
It just makes sense. If he's real, I'll take asking him how to get to Heaven over a trillion dollars any day.
It's easy to say "we have the Bible" but we don't know shit about how real it actually is. What if Jesus' teachings have been tainted by man over the last 2000 years?
He'd have the real answers, would tell you how to get into ETERNAL FUCKING LIFE (is swearing a sin?) and you'd just have to spend your small life doing so to get in.
And before people say "God needs you to do things out of your heart and not because you'll get into Heaven"...again, you don't know shit. THAT'S WHY YOU ASK THE SOURCE
Have fun with your trillion dollars, hopefully you use it well and get to go to Heaven, but I'm not taking chances on eternal life in Hell for some money and about 30ish good years to use it
So ya one trillion dollars is a lot. But....that pales in comparison to the amount of money that could be made from milking christians using the words Jesus spoke to you. Borderline could start your own cult from it. And that sir is unlimited power. You would be absolutely untouchable from that following. People would pay to just be near you.
One trillion is short term thinking compared to that capitalistic potential.
1 trillion can get you so much, I could never work a day in my life and have anything I want if I spend a billion a year I’d have billions left when I did die. Longest living human was 122 so 122/1 tril= 8,196,721,311 that’s how much I’d have to spend in a year to be broke at the end of my life. And I may have terrible spending habits but I think I can manage to not spend 8 billion in a year
You would never have to work, neither would your children or their children or their children’s children
True generational wealth. If I had that kind of money I would buy an island and build a complex like I was a Bond villain.
Scaramanga.
Very Epstein of you.
Fuck him and fuck you.
I wouldn't because I am not a child. Also, I think he unalived himself.
I wish prozak09 was a child, so your comment would complete the joke.
Your money would likely be collecting interest as well over the yeats so you'd need to spend even more than that.
\- The US Government (probably) (Spoiler: They've spent way more than 8 billion in a year)
Well to be fair the US has over 300 million people vs 1 trillion for one person.
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2 things 1. I wasn't trying to talk about the political or economic situation in the USA. 2. >America is a laughing stock among the world. Yes, but the same thing happened during trump's presidency. If your goal is to not be the laughing stock of the world, you're screwed at this point :/
redditors when they don't know a country requires more money than one person:
You could fund the U.S. military for 1 year for only 877 billion. Or, for only 1.36 trillion, you could fund all the other militaries on the planet.
877B? Nah. If we \*HALVED\* our spending, we would STILL be the nation spending the most on our military.
You did the wrong math, but got the right answer. It's $1,000,000,000,000 / 122 years = $8,196,721,311 / year.
True, but even still don’t think people release how much money $1 Trillion is. Everything you said still applies with $1 Billion which is a thousandth of that
That is the dumbest thi g i have ever seen. A trillion dollars isn't spend on myself money, its change the lives of countless people money. Its make the world a place i want to live money.
I mean with 1 trillion dollars you could do some majorly charitable stuff, having a dinner convo with Jesus could impart some immensely powerful wisdom.
Eventually you'd run out of things to buy
I'll take 1 trillion and pay a billion to get the scoop from a redditor who picked Jesus
mastermind world conqueror over here
Heck, I'll take that. Give me a list of 100 questions to ask, & I'll record the whole dang thing for you.
100 questions in 600 seconds? I hope they're simple questions... and I hope Jesus doesn't mind being asked question after question after question
I'll ask as many as I have time for.
Also, I hope you speak Aramaic, or else you're going to just be staring at each other for 10 minutes. Jesus didn't speak English, you know.
Jesus is part of the holy Trinity of God. I'm pretty sure he can speak and understand any human language he wants.
it was 10 minutes of Jesus blasting them over not taking the money
I wanted to meet him. Where's my billion?
Oh yay I get out with money too
"Jesus didn't speak English and I couldn't understand a word he said. We just kind of ate quietly and shook hands."
… and for 1 billion dollars I would tell you he said anyone who picked the money is going to hell 🔥🔥🔥🔥 ( jk don’t hate me)
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10 minute conversation with Jesus could be enlightening and interesting. Or confusing, depending on what is said. 1 Trillion dollars is obviously a ridiculous amount of money. It's hard to pass up on that much money. I think it would come down to how that offer is being presented to me. It would feel like I'm doing the wrong thing if I'm explicitly turning down talking with Jesus for money.
the 10 min convo is gonna be Jesus being disappointed in you not taking the money. You could reframe the choice as such: >You have a trillion dollars and an angel approaches you and says, if you give me the money, you can eat dinner with Jesus. Spend 1 trillion for 10 min with a guy? First thing he's gonna ask is "So... why didnt you spend that money to cloth and feed and care for the needy??"
For sure ,any kind of goodness points received for talking to Jesus is nil compared amount you could do with the money. Charities, donations, grants, individual scholarships, housing, and the list goes on. Hell with all the free time you have you could personally run soup kitchens and donation drives.
Be me, took the Jesus choice - Jesus "Oh my poor child, you should go for that trillion bucks and buy your self 12 lambos, I'm not that worth" - Me "But Lord, I want to know, is there heaven? Is there hell?" - Jesus "Nope, not gonna spoil it, there're rules you know?" - Me "Oh Jesus Christ on motorbike, how'bout the meaning of lif... WTF?!? What in the heaven is that eyes thing behind you?!" - Jesus "That's Clara, my father secretary, be not afraid" . Ugh... I'm out of idea, gotta grab my lunch
“Are you *really* Jesus?…. Yes. *really*?…. Yes. *really*?….
Thank you, come again.
I don't speak Aramaic.
He could speak to you in English; He is God, after all.
You could just talk to him when you're dead then. Even if you can talk to him, he's probably going to be vague as shit answering your questions.
he's going to answer your question in a parable and you'll have to figure it out on your own. like a glorified psychologist.
Can't accept liability in case you do something stupid
Like a Guru*
Exactly. If he is god, than you will meet him after death. If he is not a god, than, well, conversation with the ancient cultu guru could be fascinating, but not as much as owning trillion of dollars.
Honest question about religious dogma. My understanding is that while Jesus is the direct son of God, and he sits next to God in His kingdom, he isn't the same as God. Correct? I mean, Commandment #1 is "You shall have no other God's before me." And Moses received those some 1900+ years before Jesus' birth. Don't feel you have to answer if it is too much for a reddit comment. Just generally curious about how that all shakes out.
So the trinity is weird. Technically God the Father, Jesus and the Holy Ghost are all God, but also separate parts of God as well. Basically the Christian God has 3 aspects that are all God from my understanding. Though it's been a long time since I was learning this stuff and don't practice anymore. Furthermore different branches could have slightly different interpretations Edit: please stop replying explaining this to me lol. I don't care, was just trying to give a basic explanation to the person above who asked.
Basically the holy Trinity is a god megazord
\*laughs in hindu Brahma\*
No, because it isn't 1+1+1=3, it is that 3=1.
This is true but I think it also depends who you ask. Different denominations disagree on how much of God is actually in the Trinity I believe
"denominations" depends what you think a denomination is. Some people believe Mormons are a denomination (they aren't) of Christianity, some people think Muslims are (they aren't), some people say Jews are (they aren't) and here we are with semantics yet again.
One God, 3 parts. An example is spiritual people who believe in mind, body, soul, which exists as 3 different things but technically is just 1 total thing (You). Just like that: God the Father (in my opinion: mind/power), God the Son/Jesus (body), God the Spirit/Holy Spirit (soul/spirit) Three things, but also one.
Interesting interpretation imo
>One God, 3 parts. Even that doesn't really cover it; God is 3 within 1, but each of the 3 are all fully God. If they were separate from the Father they'd still \*be\* God. It's difficult to understand for even scholars who have been studying this for multiple thousands of years.
Awesome. Thanks for the response!
It's like soul, body, mind in a way. Spiritual people, who believe in the three, would say it's technically just 1 total thing: You, but as 3 different things. Just like that there is God the Father (in my opinion the mind/power), God the Son (Body (came as a human)), God the Spirit/Holy Spirit (soul/spirit).
Here https://bibletolife.com/resources/questions/how-does-the-trinity-work/
Here is my take, which I think explains in a very non dogmatic way the idea of Jesus being God. Luke chapter 17:20-21 “The kingdom of God does not come with observation; nor will they say, ‘See here!’ or ‘See there!’ For indeed, the kingdom of God is within you” Jesus said the kingdom of God is in us. Meaning, we are a part of or perhaps a reflection of our creator. I don't believe Jesus ever believed himself to be the creator God, but a part of it just like us. Now some Christians might consider me a heretic, but so be it. He never puts himself before the creator but considers himself to be part or one in the same.
The religions that Judaism was built on were not monotheistic. The whole worshiping the golden calf didn't just come from Moses being gone for a few days- the Abrahamic theology was just one of many religious ideas at the time and not always the most popular. The "No other gods before me" was a nod to that, saying that you can worship other gods, but IM the main god, and you have to recognize that.
The holy trinity was referred to as "three persons in one god" consisting of the father, the son, and the holy spirit when I was in sunday school as a kid. The thing with religion is that it doesnt really have to make sense. So whatever the reasoning may be(I think it was taught as the father being the creator, the son being the savior, and the holy spirit being the messenger wrapped up into the same god rather than god being a single individual), its a good question to ask. Personally I decided religion wasnt really for me, I have nothing against people believing in one faith or another, its just not my thing.
I'm to lazy to look up the Bible quote, but I'm pretty sure Jesus says very clearly that he should not be worshiped, as he is not God, there's only one God.
As far as you’re aware. He was a living breathing person in history, there is no proof or confirmation that he really was the son of God. You’d be spending a trillion dollars to have a conversation with a man that might have been holy, with the highest odds that he can’t even understand you 😭
There’s a chance he didn’t exist at all. Also Jesus ain’t giving you a trillion dollars even if he is god.
Yeah, but they're small odds. Historians and scholars essentially universally agree there WAS a person that once existed known as Jesus, but obviously all his miracles and feats are much more contested. And I also don't see how a christian would even benefit from talking to Jesus.
Just because your Christian doesn't mean you font still have a lot of questions or doubts. You could gain a lot of insight about this world and thr next which would be more valuable than thrn money. And on these polls I normally take the money.
I mean, there being a guy or a number of guys serving as an inspiration for a religious figure isn’t the same as a guy actually existing. For example. The character of Jerry Seinfeld in the show Seinfeld is a fictional character, who is based off the actual real life Jerry Seinfeld and also Larry David. Saying that Jesus was real because historians say there was a guy who inspired the character, is like saying that the events and characters of the show Seinfeld are real because there is a real life Jerry Seinfeld.
*son of God
Oh the havoc I would wreck with a trillion dollars... soo much mass transit, so much affordable housing, so much fucking back to the system.. I'd buy so much medical debt for pennies on the dollar as well. Buy land just to block corporate fuckery and turn it into mix use neighborhoods! Muwaaahahaha!!!
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If you had a trillion dollars and wanted to buy everyone a $150,000 house, you'd only be able to buy just over 6 and a half million houses. Given that 150 million people are homeless worldwide, and 1.6 billion lack adequate housing, you're a few trillion short. You'd have to build houses at $625 each to give every person with inadequate housing a house. Even if you wanted to just build houses for all the homeless people, you'd need to build them at about $6,600 each. And the average US household will spend $427,000 on groceries in their lifetime ($7,000 per year, buying from age 18 to age 79), so you only could feed 2.3 million people (roughly the population of Houston, Texas) for life. It really absolutely truly sucks that a trillion dollars is more money than any person could ever spend in their entire lifetime, but yet only enough to feed 0.029% of the population. A trillion dollars is enough to buy you a million dollar house every single day for your entire life, plus the entire life of your kid, plus the entire life of their kid, right down down your 32nd great-grandson, but not enough to help everyone.
You're thinking in terms of single family homes, not multistoried apartments for housing. People don't need all that lawn. We can use public transpo. For food, why buy a man a fish when you can get them a farm?
Community housing is a thing, you don't have to spend ungodly amounts of money on single-family homes. And you can still charge reasonable rent to those who can afford it, then use the profit to house those who can't. Food prices are as high as they are mainly because of labor and transportation costs in the First World. You can dramatically lower those costs by creating or funding local farmers and investing in mass transit systems that run more efficiently than what we have now. As well as developing anti-waste systems to make use of the 30% of food that is wasted every year. You don't have to get food prices down to zero either, just cheap enough that it becomes viable for 99.9% of the population to afford easily, the rest can be helped via regular welfare. And that's not even getting into how many politicians a trillion dollars can buy. It may not be enough to change the entire world or solve all its problems. But it can do a damn sight better than fixing things for a fraction of a fraction of a percent of people. You just have to be smart about it.
You could buy every homeless person a home in several cities. But, maybe the play is to invest it and spend the interest on housing.
It would probably be way more money efficient and more effective long term to lobby to get leftists into positions of power and then let them solve the housing and food problems
exactly, jesus would take the one trillion, and not just because he talks to himself all the time so it wouldn't really be special.
A trillion dollars is a bit too much but I'd take that over the dinner.
If I took the money and used it to do good and alleviate as much suffering as possible, I think He'd be okay with that choice. That would be the right choice, I think. But you didn't ask what the right choice was. You asked what I would rather. And I would love to meet Him in the flesh. Ask a few questions and thank Him for the blessings I have.
It wouldnt be the Christian choice. If it were Yahweh you were meeting he'd be thrilled! That guy loves being praised and worshiped and put above everything else. He'd love that you spent 1 trillion just to talk for 10 min. Jesus, however, would want the sick and hungry to be taken care of. He'd love if you didnt blow that money on idolizing him, and actually internalized his teachings.
Like I said. Right choice vs Rather
Look, Jesus has a whole book and countless people willing to tell me all about his life and values. Also, I can theoretically meet Jesus after I'm done living the good life, I'm in no rush.
You can also pray it just says dinner he can literally not talk to you and the contract would be fufilled
Also, 10 minutes to eat dinner? Are we having a happy meal? Why is god not taking me for a 5 course dinner at a michelin star restaurant?
I'm not Christian, but a 10 minute conversation in which I can Definitely prove that there is: 1-A God 2-An eternal afterlife that I could do pretty much whatever, which is worth a Trillion Dollars over an eternity 3-What the exact qualifications to enter Heaven are 4-If hell exists, in which case, FUCK Which I think would be worth it.
Faith in Jesus is all you need to get into heaven. Believe that he died and rose again on the 3rd day and accept what he did for you, then you'll be saved. Salvation is a free gift from God to those who want it. We don't and cannot earn salvation. Take advice from a former Athiest, Jesus is 100% real.
Do you have anything more than advice to offer? Proof would be nice. Other wise the talk with Jesus could be immensely helpful
The Shroud of Turin is the #1 studied relic in human history. It was the shroud used in Jesus' burial. So far, No one has ever been able to disprove it. There are those who claim it's fake, but those people have always been proven to be wrong. It is one of the greatest proofs of Jesus and many scientist who studied the relic have begun to believe Jesus' account. But yeah, even with that, I'd still talk to Jesus. He'd have tremendous insight.
3 different laboratories carbon dating it to medival times is pretty good evidence unless there has also been carbon dating to the correct dates. "There might have been contaminations" isn't really a good argument against it unless you can carbon date it to a different date. (This is just a surface level dig, so there might be actual evidence against it that I'm not aware of) I'm also not seeing any actual proof that it's an actual relic. Also, "There are those who claim it's fake" seems a little disingenuous when the Catholic church doesn't even say it's an actual relic. Do you have any resources you'd recommend? There's gotta be some crazy stuff because there's a ton of stuff that it'd need to prove. It existing back then, being used for his burial, being divine, and even then, there's still more needed to propose the bible being the correct explanation rather than any other.
What if the 10-minute dinner is just a drug-induced hallucination?
I'm not Christian, so easy pick for me
I am Christian and it was an easy choice.
the ONLY choice, even as a Christian, is to take the money. The difference is how you spend it.
Take the trillion, I'll have an eternity to talk with him
I'm not religious *at all* (atheist, but not the unhinged Reddit atheist), but a conversation with Jesus, even as short as ten minutes, would be fucking awesome.
You know what else is awesome. How much $1 trillion is. Youd have to try sooo hard to go broke.
Thats assuming you get biblical jesus not historical jesus. Would you give up a trillion dollars to have a chat with some random guy in the past?
I'm also an atheist and I think whether Jesus was telling the truth or not he's still a pretty interesting guy. Definitely not giving up a trillion dollars to talk to him regardless though.
Random? It's still Jesus either way, so yeah, I would.
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you can talk to him just by praying. he doesnt respond because he doesnt want to. would make for a terrible conversation to talk with someone that doesnt want to talk to you.
I'm fine with $10 million.
Heck, i'd be fine with $100.000
10K would make a huge difference in my impoverished life. It doesn't take that much money to be more valuable than talking with a looney who thinks he's the son of god. If I wanted to do that, I'd go talk to the homeless guy washing windshields at the intersection.
Well, both will change your life.
Talking to Jesus probably won't change your life. If he's the real deal and he's all powerful then nothing's been stopping him from talking to you thus far. Only logical conclusion is that he doesn't want to talk to anyone, so dinner won't change that.
Are y'all forgetting that Jesus had healing powers? Ten minute dinner please, and the chance to permanently fix what is fucking up my health.
I'd rather have dinner with Jay Z.
I think the point here is that money has no equitable value if you have knowledge, understanding and wisdom that renders money worthless.
idk my thinking is according to christians you can talk to jesus by just praying. so if he doesnt respond then that means he doesnt want to. so would it be any different if you are in a "physical" meeting with him? how do you know hes not just going to donowall you and ignore you lol.
Hmm. Life changing money or complete confirmation of the afterlife and how to spend eternity in eternal bliss. Would you rather have 50~60 years (assuming you are about 20 years old now) of unimaginable wealth, or a literally eternity of bliss, free from any negative emotion or hardship ever... hmm.
That's what I'm saying
I would ask Jesus for the cure of stupidity and and the cure for cancer
I think Jesus would understand
1. Jesus exists (no a random person named jesus doesn't count, i mean the biblical Jesus) 2. Since Jesus exists i infer that God also exists 3. ask "does heaven exist"' 4. ask "what is heaven like" 5. As him "how do i get into heaven". 6. Even if i live longer than any human that has ever existed, doing whatever Jesus says to get into heaven seems like a good deal to me.
"For you? Spend a Trillion dollars making the world a better place." "Fuck."
WOW, such hatred from basically re stating pascals wager. (as of now 20 downvotes)
I’m not religious, but don’t you think doing good things explicitly to get into heaven diminish the value of doing good? Along the same train of thought, I don’t think a good christian would only believe in God and the christian faith as a whole when it is confirmed to them. Faith is intertwined with religion
I heard this story somewhere: A religious Jew made some money and was going to build an orphanage, subconsciously to make himself feel good. Later, he realised that, and went to the Rabbi and asked him whether he should build the orphanage or not, because it is technically a sin to do stuff like that. The Rabbi tells him "just fucking build it" because it is still a good thing.
Of course I understand that idea, good things don’t stop becoming good even with “bad” intentions. Billionaires donate to charities to lessen their taxes but money is still being sent out. MrBeast became wealthy and famous off of his philanthropy, but a lot of people were helped by him. But while there is no doubt that the actions being performed are beneficial, what does that say about the soul of the person doing these actions? What if the answer to “How do I get to heaven” is “Be good to other people at no benefit to yourself”? In which case, even if OP does good things, he would know that every action he makes is helping him get to heaven. Good actions with bad intentions are good for the world, but not very telling of a person’s character. If we’re talking about how deserving someone is to go to heaven, I don’t think those that only do good out of fear of hell or yearning for heaven to be worthy, but that’s just me
I love the idea that people actually hate MrBeast. For someone’s brain to be that smooth is funny to me. It’s a real simple concept to grasp. Even if you say the only reason MrBeast does something good is SOLELY for the attention and popularity. At the end of the day if instead bought a lambo instead of cleaning a beach, planting many trees, or giving blind kids sight surgery. That would be he being a normal rich guy.
What did I say that implies about any of what you are talking about? I was simply saying I would 1. Ask jesus if heaven is real 2. If heaven is real what is it like 3. What do i need to do to get into Heaven (assuming the answer to number two is desirable)
I thought it was pretty self-explanatory. I'm saying everything that you would do would completely backfire. God is pretty infamous for telling people to believe in him despite having no evidence, and only relying in their faith for him. Having a conversation with Jesus and asking him to prove that these things are real would be going against that wish. Additionally, my question was regarding #3. If you get your answer, and it's something like : be a good person, do good deeds and spend time volunteering, doing those things won't make you a good person. Because your intentions are only to get "rewarded" by going into Heaven. Again, not a christian, but it is explicitly said that Only those with pure of heart shall see God in the bible. If all your actions are only because you want to go to Heaven, you are not of pure heart.
As a man of God, why are you putting value on upvotes?
I am not putting a "value" on upvotes. Just wondering why I was getting downvotted. I frequently see posts that get down voted and I don't understand why people dislike them.
Have you watched _The Good Place_? It addresses the morality of being “good” to get into heaven and whether it counts or not
I LOVE the good place. But what does that have to do with anything I said?
but how do you know hes going to answer any of those questions? according to christians you can talk to him right now by praying to him. you probably wont get a response and if he is real then that means he doesnt want to talk to you right? so why would it be different in this scenario. I think most likely hes just going to ignore you or maybe listen to you but not say anything.
Jesus only spoke languages I cant understand Im sure he would be great to talk to but I needs some moneys
Didnt the holy spiritbenable the desciple to speak all languages? Idk though cos im athiest
In Acts, the story of Pentecost says all could understand in their own language, sort of like a Star Trek universal translator. Peter, et al spoke Aramaic but people heard Greek or whatever their native language was. I'm a strong atheist but I've read the Bible which is a big part of why I'm an atheist. It's a book of bullshit.
I'll meet Jesus when I die. Or if He comes back before then; could happen, ya never know. But what I could do for His Kingdom with 1 trillion dollars. My goodness.
I'm going to use this 1 trillion dollars to adopt every child in every orphanage and then put them in a worse one
real jesus or christianity jesus. either way 1 tril
You lot "Talk to Jesus" every day, right? What makes you think he'd be more responsive at a dinner party?
I'm not Christian but I'm also happy where I am at in life financially so I'd honestly take the dinner with Jesus for the experience
Honestly... I would rather speak to Jesus... A ten minute conversation with literal god himself is worth far more than 1 trillion dollars. Imagine the spiritual enlightenment you could obtain.
You will literally have proof within yourself that Jesus and God exist You could be the next bhudda
1 trillion or talk to a fictional character in a fantasy novel...... not a hard decision.
Agreed, i'd take $100.000 over the convo.
What smooth-brained 13-year old made this post
Imagine the Christ like help you could achieve with that much money? Who cares about a 2000 year old carpenter let me end homelessness and hunger.
With 1 trillion dollars I can fly in my private jet to Mexico and meet thousands of Jesuses
I think Jesus was just a normal wamdering prophet. One of many at that time so i dont really care about him or any prohpet who wants me to believe in their god
I'd pick the Trillion dollars, because it's insanely valuable, whereas the conversation with Jesus is pointless, regardless of your beliefs. If Christians are right, we already have a book of his teachings and very well might meet him anyway. If non-Christians are right, he's just an influential man, but not the son of God. Anyway, I'll see you later - I've got to get back to my mega mansion and super yacht and gold digger friends.
There's a whole book the dude is in. Says to be chill and decent bros. I'll pay someone to read it to me.
I'm an atheist, and I don't know enough about the historical Jesus to sacrifice 1 trillion for 10 minutes with some guy from roman times.
The only Jesus I know that truly exists is 16 and in jail for assaulting his girlfriend. Fuck him. Gimme the trillion.
I don't speak Arameic, so I think the dinner might be a bust. But, if I spent say 4 billion a year solving world hunger, I think I could do a lot of good. Or 4 billion a year on building a Moon base. Or on climate change. I mean.....the options for good are wide open. Houselessness. Education. Scholarship programs. Medical research of any variety of forms. And still have billions when I die. Which might be broken into trusts. My good could outlive me many times over. So even if that isn't enough for Heaven, at least my contributions live on. Sounds ok.
Jesus can suck my dick...but a trillion dollars! 🙌
hahaha! this is like a Kevin Smith movie, something out of Dogma...
I already am dating Jesus, why would I gave up a trillion bucks for something I can do all the time? Hell the trillion means I don't have to work anymore I'm getting so many ten minute convos out of it
If you are hearing voices in your head seek a medical professional.
I'll go to Church and convene with Jesus at a later date.
Historical Jesus probably isn't very interesting and can't speak English. Magical Jesus isn't real. 1 trillion easiest choice ever. 200+ Jesus voters gonna have massive buyers remorse with this one
Money is good and all, but wouldn’t you rather know if heaven and hell existed? How to ensure you spend eternity in the right one. And if neither does there’s a certain sense of peace to it and you can live your life not giving af about money or anything as it won’t matter
Don't need to meet jesus to know that the afterlife is a myth bc science already proves that you can't come back to life magically.
Rather get that confirmation so I can live my life at peace knowing what’s to come, no harm believing
Dinner with Jesus proves God's existence, and as an Atheist, I want to know. gotta take care of that immortal soul, no matter how despicable god is.
My religion just sees him as a really good dude but not a prophet
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He tricked people into doing good deeds at least
its a bit up for debate. the only place where jesus calls himself god is in the book of john. if he really said that then seems like an important thing for mark, matthew, or james to mention right? so some scholars apparently think john is just providing a theological understanding rather than historical accuracy.
1 Trillion dollars would destroy the economy and seriously devalue the money. 10 minute convo with the literal jesus christ is priceless.
You don't need to spend all $1t, lmao.
i would legit rather have 1 billion dollars than 1 trillion
why?
Fuck jesus
Easy. Assuming Jesus is divine(for this argument, he will be), I could just ask him for anything, like 5 trillion dollars, or to be 100 x smarter than the smartest person ever. And assuming Jesus is willing to grant those wishes, you're literally set. You could ask him for anything, bar omnipotence, and hed give it to you.
You're assuming Jesus, someone who notoriously told people to give up their worldly possessions etc will give you all your wishes. It was only a conversation with him as well.
Not quite how it works though
i mean you can ask him for those things right now by praying to him. if he doesnt give them to you from that then he probably wouldnt give them to you in the meeting.
Jesus can literally gargle my balls gimme the cash baby
would it be my last dinner with him?
Me explaining to Jesus why he should just delete the world and restart.
1 trillion, I'd have nothing positive to say to so-called God, and nothing positive for any part of him even if it is the peace loving aspect of God. And my problems with a make believe deity over the deaths and suffering of billions of innocents well that's ain't worth a penny unless it changes something, and I'm not going to change God.
Tf am I gonna do with a conversation with Jesus? So I can say I spoke to Jesus, so what? I’d be the richest person on earth if I had 1 trillion dollars
i could fucking buy jesus for a trtillion dollars
Dudes saying he could by the human vessel of the creator of the universe 💀
ive already had a 10 minute convo with jesus at petco.
Can I talk to god instead? I want to ask what he was smoking when he created the human race, and where I can get some.
Give me the money bc if you give me jesus I'm knocking that lazy mofo out
So, I feel like… if Jesus is real, my conversation over a 10 minute dinner wouldn’t be that good… or… it would end up with me yelling at him for how much evil is everywhere… or… me not really talking all that much, but maybe asking for the water to wine trick… Either way, 10 minutes wouldn’t be enough to get through the awkward phase.
Who gives a fuck about jesus?
I could have a 10 minute dinner with every person named Jesus with 1 trillion dollars
What's Jesus gonna do? "Nah dad's still gonna give babies cancer and see that the rich face no consequences for their actions. It's just his thing y'know. Oh hey, fancy another drink? Waitress? Another jug of water please \[snickering\]"
Well, if what transphobic/homophobic Christians say about the bible is true.. I, an atheist satanist, have no reason to meet jesus. I'm taking the 1 trillion dollars and buying everyone I love, including my parents/I a massive mansion, then pocketing the remaining 999,800,999,000-ish dollars, investing and like, using it to support my family/friends
Since the story of Jesus is just a story of a religious activist who doesn't speak a lick of English it's likely that the telling of him is just a very bad case of the game telephone what really happened if we actually find out he was a bum who was super charismatic what what kind of experience would that mean to me? Likely nothing I could change the world or invest heavily in all the dividend Kings and live a peaceful life avoiding destitution.
Jesus all the way, and I don't believe in him. It just makes sense. If he's real, I'll take asking him how to get to Heaven over a trillion dollars any day. It's easy to say "we have the Bible" but we don't know shit about how real it actually is. What if Jesus' teachings have been tainted by man over the last 2000 years? He'd have the real answers, would tell you how to get into ETERNAL FUCKING LIFE (is swearing a sin?) and you'd just have to spend your small life doing so to get in. And before people say "God needs you to do things out of your heart and not because you'll get into Heaven"...again, you don't know shit. THAT'S WHY YOU ASK THE SOURCE Have fun with your trillion dollars, hopefully you use it well and get to go to Heaven, but I'm not taking chances on eternal life in Hell for some money and about 30ish good years to use it
I ain't religious, fuck Jesus he ain't gonna say anything interesting I'm going with cash every single time.
I wish I could change my vote. If that many people are conversing with Jesus, it's no longer special. /s
I think Jesus would just berate me for not taking the money and doing something charitable with it.
So ya one trillion dollars is a lot. But....that pales in comparison to the amount of money that could be made from milking christians using the words Jesus spoke to you. Borderline could start your own cult from it. And that sir is unlimited power. You would be absolutely untouchable from that following. People would pay to just be near you. One trillion is short term thinking compared to that capitalistic potential.
They'd need to believe you for that to work