JUST FUN. MODS DO NOT LOSE YOUR HEADS.
I am reading Leviticus (No, I am not religious, but seek enlightenment.. I was reading up on the Liberty bell, it has a partial quote from Leviticus 25:10, so I started reading.. Knowledge is power)
WE ARE SAVED.
Leviticus, Chapter 27. line 2 onwards .
50 shekels for a man, puts you in good standings. Age 20-65
30 shekels for a woman. Age 20-65
if you want in early, 20 for males 5-20, 10 for females 5-20
from new born to 5, it 5 for a male, 3 for a female
No worries of you are late, above 65. It is 15 for a male and 10 for a female.. just in case that if your parents were lazy, no worries. Take your chances on not dying, wait until 65. It is a risk though, early death and you are finished.
I could not see if yearly, but it seems no.. A one time membership fee. There is no mention of a family plan.
if you cannot pay, you can pay by animal (say a horse or a cow). There are a solid dozen or so other conditions.. I would suggest you read them if you think you fall into a different category.
As of this morning, a New Israeli Shekel is 37 cents Canadian.. so a Middle aged man, owes $18.37. Since it is charity, the first $200 gets you ~20% back.. So you pay ~$15.. TELL ME THAT IS NOT A DEAL?????? women have to pay ~$9.. Pay early, and you can be as little as 90 cents.
One tiny problem: I cannot be sure, just how strict the silver shekel rule is!
11, 14 or 17 grams was a typical weight of an old silver shekel. So for a middle aged male like myself = 50 x 11 to 50 x 17 = 550 grams to 850 grams. No I am not cheating God on this.. so, we use the higher value.. Ain't no need to spend an eternity in purgatory.. That's a long time.
As of this morning $1.24/ gram is the price of silver. At 850 grams. I am in for $1054. Taxes deduction ~ 50%.. So I am in for $527... STILL NOT BAD.
You know for all of you who knock religion (MORE JOKING... DO NOT GO APESHIT), anywhere for as little as $15 to as high as $527 dollars and you are set.
Act early and you are down to next to nothing.
Again minor issue.. If it is a silver shekel.. and if they hold to the silver shekel of roughly 1350 BCE.. We are in a whole lot of trouble. Good luck in finding 50 of those. And if you do, they are considered antiquities and you will serve a long time in jail for handling one.
If anyone has a Rabbi friend, or a Priest up to date on his old testament. An Imam who knows. Let us know just which interpretation is okay.