“Judas betrays Jesus for thirty pieces of silver. No one in the Gospel ever judges of punishes him for this. Even Jesus, who is shown to know Judas will betray him, simply tells him "That thou doest, do quickly". But ultimately Judas sees he has done wrong and condemns himself. He goes to the chief priests and elders to return the silver, saying "I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood", then hangs himself. The price of 'sin' is not that you will be sent to hell by a divine judge or that karmic forces will ensure you're paid back. The price of being bad is that you have to live with being the person who did wrong.”
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Julian Baggini,
The Godless Gospel
