Title: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: curiosityandthecat on March 18, 2010, 12:38:36 AM
Post by: curiosityandthecat on March 18, 2010, 12:38:36 AM
Would you do it?
Title: Re: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: skwurll on March 18, 2010, 01:03:39 AM
Post by: skwurll on March 18, 2010, 01:03:39 AM
I'm not old enough to move out yet. (I'm 15) My parents are heavily christian and don't know I'm atheist. They make me go to church every sunday for 2 hours. 
The only reason I haven't told them I don't believe in their god is because they would most likely kick me out of the house. I'm waiting until I can support myself before I tell them anything.
So of course I'd listen to a sermon for $5, I stopped paying attention when I was eight.
The only reason I haven't told them I don't believe in their god is because they would most likely kick me out of the house. I'm waiting until I can support myself before I tell them anything.
So of course I'd listen to a sermon for $5, I stopped paying attention when I was eight.
Title: Re: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: Ihateyoumike on March 18, 2010, 02:15:37 AM
Post by: Ihateyoumike on March 18, 2010, 02:15:37 AM
Hell yeah I would. Then I'd take the five bucks and donate it to Whitney.
Title: Re: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: elliebean on March 18, 2010, 02:23:43 AM
Post by: elliebean on March 18, 2010, 02:23:43 AM
Hell, I'd read all day every day for $5 an hour. Sermons would be harder to sit through, but I made it through 2-3 a week at least an hour and a half to two hours long for 15 years.... for nothing! I'd find a way to get through it; maybe take notes and blog about it, that would be fun. 
Title: Re: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: LoneMateria on March 18, 2010, 02:42:47 AM
Post by: LoneMateria on March 18, 2010, 02:42:47 AM
Quote from: "elliebean"Hell, I'd read all day every day for $5 an hour. Sermons would be harder to sit through, but I made it through 2-3 a week at least an hour and a half to two hours long for 15 years.... for nothing! I'd find a way to get through it; maybe take notes and blog about it, that would be fun. :P
Title: Re: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: Whitney on March 18, 2010, 02:57:25 AM
Post by: Whitney on March 18, 2010, 02:57:25 AM
I voted that my time is worth more than that. I'd do it for like 25 an hour; my rates increase by a factor of how much I don't want to do something 
Title: Re: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: ClicheGuevara on March 18, 2010, 05:52:59 AM
Post by: ClicheGuevara on March 18, 2010, 05:52:59 AM
Why not? I love a good story and there's nothing more fire and brimstone then the old testament!
Title: Re: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: Tom62 on March 18, 2010, 06:00:35 AM
Post by: Tom62 on March 18, 2010, 06:00:35 AM
My hourly (inter-company) rate is 65 Euro, so for that half hour Bible reading I'll have to charge approx. $45.
Title: Re: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: kelltrill on March 18, 2010, 08:50:46 AM
Post by: kelltrill on March 18, 2010, 08:50:46 AM
The Bible's an interesting read. So yea, five bucks is five bucks. Although if I look at it from a Rand perspective and not a Dollar one I would definitely have to increase my rate a bit, otherwise I can't even get a cooldrink.
Title: Re: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: joeactor on March 18, 2010, 02:38:07 PM
Post by: joeactor on March 18, 2010, 02:38:07 PM
Quote from: "skwurll"I'm not old enough to move out yet. (I'm 15) My parents are heavily christian and don't know I'm atheist. They make me go to church every sunday for 2 hours.
The only reason I haven't told them I don't believe in their god is because they would most likely kick me out of the house. I'm waiting until I can support myself before I tell them anything.
So of course I'd listen to a sermon for $5, I stopped paying attention when I was eight.
Man, that sucks... Hang in there...
So, $5 for 30 minutes?
Nope.
Maybe $500 (plus studio time).
Talk to my agent,
JoeActor
Title: Re: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: elliebean on March 18, 2010, 03:35:01 PM
Post by: elliebean on March 18, 2010, 03:35:01 PM
The way I look at it, I wasn't going to make that five dollars in that 30 minutes anyway, so why not? I'm not that busy and it's better than minimum wage.
Title: Re: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: G-Roll on March 18, 2010, 08:31:56 PM
Post by: G-Roll on March 18, 2010, 08:31:56 PM
ill read just about anything for $1. do i get 5 bucks per every 30 minutes? alas.... only in a dream world would i be paid to read fiction.
Title: Re: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: curiosityandthecat on March 19, 2010, 01:00:17 AM
Post by: curiosityandthecat on March 19, 2010, 01:00:17 AM
Quote from: "G-Roll"ill read just about anything for $1. do i get 5 bucks per every 30 minutes? alas.... only in a dream world would i be paid to read fiction.Fiverr.com. Offer to read fiction for X minutes for $5 and write a synopsis. Voila, your dream comes true. :cool:
Title: Re: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: Tanker on March 19, 2010, 02:02:25 AM
Post by: Tanker on March 19, 2010, 02:02:25 AM
Quote from: "G-Roll"ill read just about anything for $1. do i get 5 bucks per every 30 minutes? alas.... only in a dream world would i be paid to read fiction.
Well you would be getting paid to read fiction.
Title: Re: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: G-Roll on March 19, 2010, 03:56:03 AM
Post by: G-Roll on March 19, 2010, 03:56:03 AM
Quote from: "Tanker"exactly what i said.Quote from: "G-Roll"ill read just about anything for $1. do i get 5 bucks per every 30 minutes? alas.... only in a dream world would i be paid to read fiction.
Well you would be getting paid to read fiction.
Quote from: "curiosityandthecat"no way!? that sounds to good to be true... hmm. i sound like a cheesy tv commercial.Quote from: "G-Roll"ill read just about anything for $1. do i get 5 bucks per every 30 minutes? alas.... only in a dream world would i be paid to read fiction.Fiverr.com. Offer to read fiction for X minutes for $5 and write a synopsis. Voila, your dream comes true. :cool:
Title: Re: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: April on March 22, 2010, 03:51:36 AM
Post by: April on March 22, 2010, 03:51:36 AM
Sure, there are some good stories in there.
Title: Re: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: Jmersh on April 03, 2010, 05:05:40 PM
Post by: Jmersh on April 03, 2010, 05:05:40 PM
As I make 26.00 per hour, no if it cuts into my work. On my free time I read fictional works anyway, so then it wouldn't be a problem.
Title: Re: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: Squid on April 03, 2010, 08:23:01 PM
Post by: Squid on April 03, 2010, 08:23:01 PM
Considering I've done it for free before and for a longer period of time - hey, five bucks.
Title: Re: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: strikemedown on April 04, 2010, 02:00:10 AM
Post by: strikemedown on April 04, 2010, 02:00:10 AM
I would do it for $20 per half hour - an extra $10 if I wore my glasses - think of all those suckers who do it for free
Title: Re: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: mama_ape on April 04, 2010, 05:16:37 AM
Post by: mama_ape on April 04, 2010, 05:16:37 AM
I'd do it for five bucks...as long as I got to pick what parts none of that "Eesaw begat pablo who begat Huey, Duey, and Luey..."
Title: Re: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: McQ on April 04, 2010, 05:23:33 AM
Post by: McQ on April 04, 2010, 05:23:33 AM
I already read it for free, so why not take the five bucks? I've read through it a few times now, twice as part of an intensive study, each of which had me reading it through in a year and doing group study. I actually still like reading it. Some great stories in there!
Title: Re: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: Heretical Rants on April 08, 2010, 12:28:12 AM
Post by: Heretical Rants on April 08, 2010, 12:28:12 AM
Give me the Japanese version, and it's a deal.
The Spanish version would be OK, too, if it used sufficiently archaic language. I need to brush up on my medieval Spanish, anyway.
Reading the English version would just be a waste of time, and I could make more money doing something else.
The Spanish version would be OK, too, if it used sufficiently archaic language. I need to brush up on my medieval Spanish, anyway.
Reading the English version would just be a waste of time, and I could make more money doing something else.
Title: Re: $5 to Read the Bible for 30 Minutes
Post by: hvargas on April 08, 2010, 12:34:38 AM
Post by: hvargas on April 08, 2010, 12:34:38 AM
NO, I will not give any religious sermon or bible any of my time.