Selling your soul: Would you?

[Aptus]

Sure, any takers?

When we are done with this transaction I have a bridge and a limited edition Eiffel Tower for sale as well.

 

[KINGBeerZ]

haven't we learnt anything from The Simpsons, selling your soul is not a good idea, EVEN FOR DINOSAUR SPONGES

 

[somonels]

Sure I would, I can't exactly stop anyone from messing with it anyway, might as well make a quick profit, how much do they go for these days?

If souls turned out to be real, I wouldn't sell mine for anything in the world.
Whatever I sold it for would be temporary anyways.

Unless I already knew that I was going to hell anyways of course.

Souls are kinda-not-exactly-in-a-way-possibly real, sainece says so.
Let's take a moment of silence to acknowlodge how much of a better entity science is over religion.

 

[Whateveralot]

I don't believe in "selling your soul", but rather in giving in to the obtained powers.

Like full-infamous Cole McGrath. His powers make him rise above his humanity to become something with unimaginaly compassion and mercy for anything unfamilliar. I would be that person. Especially with powers like Cole.

He, basically, "sold his soul" to the powers themselves, not to some entity that gives you the powers.

 

[likalaruku]

Lol, selling my soul for awesome powers would be like buying the restoration of integrity-based narrowband TV broadcasting with a blank check; buying something you can't have & paying with something that doesn't exist.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

Could one of my super powers be immortality? Cos if so, yes. I would sell the shit out of it. Actually, on my interpretation of Hell, I'd see it more as a drug and hooker bender than a place of punishment.

The Devil is all for that shit, you think he'd be rewarding you for your horribleness.

But, since we're talking classical Judeo-Christian Hell, ehhhhhhh, I don't know. Guess I'd have to know the full extent of my punishments to make a choice.

What do you do when the Sun red giants and engulfs the Earth in flames? Just because you can't die doesn't mean you can't feel pain and/or be seriously injured.

You could probably swim through space looking for a new planet but I imagine it be incredibly painful and cold.

Enjoy the ride until then! Maybe by then humanity would have colonized another planet! (An immortal can dream, can't she?)

Well considering that Edward Cullen guy was alive for 200 years and the only thing he sought fit to do was graduate high school a bunch of times....

No. No hopes and dreams for immortals. Only high school

 

[Heronblade]

If someone offers me a deal concerning my soul, either they're batshit crazy and can't offer me anything anyways, or is legitimate, but untrustworthy to the point that I may not even get what I ask for.

So, no

 

[Realitycrash]

Could one of my super powers be immortality? Cos if so, yes. I would sell the shit out of it. Actually, on my interpretation of Hell, I'd see it more as a drug and hooker bender than a place of punishment.

The Devil is all for that shit, you think he'd be rewarding you for your horribleness.

But, since we're talking classical Judeo-Christian Hell, ehhhhhhh, I don't know. Guess I'd have to know the full extent of my punishments to make a choice.

What do you do when the Sun red giants and engulfs the Earth in flames? Just because you can't die doesn't mean you can't feel pain and/or be seriously injured.

You could probably swim through space looking for a new planet but I imagine it be incredibly painful and cold.

Enjoy the ride until then! Maybe by then humanity would have colonized another planet! (An immortal can dream, can't she?)

Well considering that Edward Cullen guy was alive for 200 years and the only thing he sought fit to do was graduate high school a bunch of times....

No. No hopes and dreams for immortals. Only high school

The fact that you possess such knowledge of Twilight is a warrant for execution, Citizen.

 

[him over there]

I'd sell my soul, for a guaranteed spot in heaven. Or maybe I'd sell my sole for super powers.
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[Thunderous Cacophony]

Would I? Psh, already did. Some guy was buying people's souls for Tzeentch one night at my local Games Workshop, and my soul was definitely worth the 5? he gave me for it.

You gave your eternal essence to the Changer of Ways, a figure notorious for constructing intricate plans that screw over everyone but him, for 5 pounds? Did you at least get a pair of iridescent wings?

 

[Commissar Sae]

Assuming the judeo-christian god is real, he's a bit of a prick, so I'm pretty sure I would volunteer to work for down below unless the other side somehow proves it's not full of equally psychotic zealots. The old testament god is not someone I would want to work with so I can kind of understand the angelic rebellion. As long as the harm to others is mitigated I'm in.

 

[Mr. GameBrain]

If a soul exists, I think I might sell it for some confidence and better looks.
(not enough to change who I really am though. I value that alot, just enough to help me get over some personal problems)

I think my life would be a little better, and I would be a little happier.
I'd rather have a happy mortal life, where it has any real significance than a "great" eternal life.

 

[Twilight_guy]

No. The devil is, well the devil, and chances are that if you sell your soul he's going to be the ultimate dick and wind up screwing you anyways. Faust can have his deal, I think its a bad move.

Depends on your interpretation of the devil... Also it plain wouldn't make sense for him to fuck you over for teh Lulz. If he completes his end of the bargain he gets what he wants PLUS spreading the word to the other mortals that he doesn't fuck people over thus increasing the amount of people willing to sell their souls.

If you say no for any reason at all it's because you fear what the fucker is going to make you do when you die.

The devil is the personification of evil. I'm not sure in which interpretation he isn't out to screw you in some way. He's not really a nice guy.

Also, another reason you might say no is because you fear God more then the devil. Selling your soul to the antithesis of God is not a good way to get on his good side.

 

[DudeistBelieve]

No. The devil is, well the devil, and chances are that if you sell your soul he's going to be the ultimate dick and wind up screwing you anyways. Faust can have his deal, I think its a bad move.

Depends on your interpretation of the devil... Also it plain wouldn't make sense for him to fuck you over for teh Lulz. If he completes his end of the bargain he gets what he wants PLUS spreading the word to the other mortals that he doesn't fuck people over thus increasing the amount of people willing to sell their souls.

If you say no for any reason at all it's because you fear what the fucker is going to make you do when you die.

The devil is the personification of evil. I'm not sure in which interpretation he isn't out to screw you in some way. He's not really a nice guy.

Also, another reason you might say no is because you fear God more then the devil. Selling your soul to the antithesis of God is not a good way to get on his good side.

I don't know, do the good guys go to an innocent man and talk him into killing his only son only to wait until the last possible second to shout out "WAIT!!! ...Dude! You we're seriously going to kill him weren't you? You sick fuck.... No no, don't try to explain yourself, You've proven you'll do anything I command you to.... still dude, that's fucked up. I mean I don't mean to tell y'all your business but I was your kid I'd seriously consider moving out. Just sayin."

 

[Soviet Steve]

If we assume souls exist and that the afterlife isn't just a fantasy induced by the brain being affected by oxygen deprivation and releasing all of the hormones and chemicals it has stored then it would seem illogical to surrender ones soul to someone else for an advantage in this world as the end of time is a long time off compared to the timespan in which mortals have to play in.

 

[Thespian]

Edit: Yes, for clarity, let's assume that by "soul" I mean "traditional Judeo-Christian personal soul".

So, our "Soul" is a bartering chip that uses emotional blackmail to force people into a religion?

No, but seriously, I don't know what a soul is in those terms. Do you mean we need a soul to get into heaven? Or does it also contain our whole personality? Or is it our conscience and the only way we tell right from wrong? Or all of the above?

If I need it to get into Heaven but it does nothing else, I'd sell it. See, I always pictured myself rejecting heaven on moral terms because it's basically the most immorally disgusting and tyrannical concept I've ever heard. But I doubt I'd have the willpower to reject eternal paradise and choose suffering. So if I lose my soul, then hey, problem solved.

However, if it encapsulated my personality and/or conscience then I'll be holding onto it.

 

[bartholen_v1legacy]

Would I? Psh, already did. Some guy was buying people's souls for Tzeentch one night at my local Games Workshop, and my soul was definitely worth the 5? he gave me for it.

You gave your eternal essence to the Changer of Ways, a figure notorious for constructing intricate plans that screw over everyone but him, for 5 pounds? Did you at least get a pair of iridescent wings?

Weell no, not yet at least.

But the candy I bought with the money was good!

 

[Latinidiot]

It would cost ALOT. But I would do it. Actually, I would try to find some sort of loop hole where I trade the souls of others. I would say something along the lines of "You know, one soul is well and good. But what if I told you I could get you TEN souls?"

I hear you can get an awful lot of souls in Tortuga.

OT I wouldn't, no. If I have a soul, then I'll probably need it. If I don't it would simply be unfair to fuck over a crazy person.