Comments on: I Sold My Soul on the School Bus

By: Ron Gold

Ron Gold — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 00:01:03 +0000

Amazing, Wendy, you’re right; I had forgotten about that part of the Simpsons completely! That’s funny how you were also motivated by the episode.

But like I said, that Simpsons episode really did have a big influence on me, and pogs were really big at the time. And yes, the small profit I made selling my soul did go towards pogs. Of course, I didn’t want any stupid Alf pogs, the ones I wanted had cool 8-balls and skulls and stuff.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 19:24:47 +0000

“Also, I must have been influenced by the episode of The Simpsons where Bart sells his soul. But mostly, it was a way to get some badly needed pog money.”

That’s what Milhouse did after buying Bart’s soul! Resold it for pog money. Remember Alf? He’s back! In pog form!

I think I tried to sell my soul once too, around the same age, because of the same episode… No such luck.

It’s definitely okay to sell one’s “soul”. It’s no different than scamming believers with “psychic (cold) readings”… It’s slimy as hell, but if somebody’s gonna be that gullible, they’re fair game. Rubes!

By: Ron Gold

Ron Gold — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 18:37:52 +0000

It looks like there is no concensus on if it’s ethical or not. Maybe I’ll try a compromise, and try to sell my soul again some day, but give the money to charity.

By: Thought Walks

Thought Walks — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 13:13:10 +0000

I’m not quite sure what I believe overall (agnostic I guess then), but I’m pretty convinced that if we have souls then we can’t sell them in the way we sell goods etc. I don’t think you can just give it to someone and walk off in the other direction leaving them with 2 souls (if they had one in the first place). I think a soul is very much a part of who we are in this world – so if we were to “sell” it to someone, that would basically be submitting to become their slave and do whatever they wanted us to do. I don’t think soul & body can be separated this side of death.
But then, what do I know? Not much…

By: Vincent

Vincent — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:48:39 +0000

You could quit-claim deed it though.
That is a transaction whereby you sell “all my interest” in something, whether you ultimately are found to have any interest at all.

By: efrique

efrique — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:31:16 +0000

I don’t believe there’s a soul, which would make it just as unethical to attempt to sell it as it would be to sell anything else which I don’t actually possess.

So, because I don’t believe there’s a soul, I would not sell it anymore than I’d sell magic cancer-curing pixie dust from my kid’s sandpit.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:00:08 +0000

I have absolutely no qualms about selling my soul. I believe people can have consciences, but I don’t believe in souls. If someone is silly enough to actually pay me money to give them absolutely nothing, I would do it in a heartbeat. And, it’s one of those things that I can sell over and over and over again, provided no one finds out I’ve sold it already. I win in every way!

By: Santiago

Santiago — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:59:12 +0000

One of my cousins “bought” the soul of a friend for a laugh (both are/were theists). My cousin then proceeded to rub this in his friend’s face every time something bad happened to him, “you failed your test because you sold your soul dude”, “you lost that money because God is angry at you” etc. Eventually, my cousin starting telling his friend, after ribbing him about his “heresy”, that he could buy his soul back, at a higher price than what he originally sold it for, of course. His friend eventually relented and bought his soul back, and my cousin made a tidy profit.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:13:04 +0000

Can I sell the remainder of my soul while retaining a life estate?

Next time someone asks me if I’ve been saved I think I’ll just say “No, but if you want to buy my soul and send it to heaven you can have it for $1,000.”

Honestly, soul selling is another of those things that makes no sense in Christianity. If you can sell your soul to Satan, why can’t you sell it to Michael the Archangel?
You sell your soul to Satan, then no matter what kind of life you lead you go to Hell, so if you sell your soul the an angel, no matter what life you lead you go to Heaven, right?

Churches should stop trying to proselytize and just start buying souls.

By: gribblethemunchkin

gribblethemunchkin — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:03:01 +0000

Since the whole concept seems silly for me, and since money can be exchanged of rgoods and services that i desire, if i found someone who was willing to give me cash for my soul, i’d happily sell it. In fact if i found multiple such persons, i’d happily sell it multiple times.

If the sum of money was truly huge i’d probably ask for some kind of contract to cover me legally. But if someone approached me and offered me £10 for my soul, i’d jump at the chance.