{"id":15074,"date":"2012-07-08T06:36:25","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T12:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=15074"},"modified":"2016-09-30T17:06:27","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T21:06:27","slug":"woman-tries-to-sell-soul-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2012\/07\/woman-tries-to-sell-soul-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman tries to sell soul on eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>It sounds like something from The Onion, but no, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/lori-n-is-offering-to-sell-her-soul-on-ebay-2012-7%20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">it\u2019s true: <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>People can sell their souls on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/blackboard\/ebay\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">eBay<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>A New Mexico woman named Lori is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/CERTIFICATE-OF-AUTHENTICITY-FOR-SLIGHTLY-USED-SOUL-\/180921301712?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&amp;hash=item2a1fbffad0\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">doing just tha<\/a>t, and bidding has already jumped from\u00a0$100 to $405 in just a day.<\/p>\n<p>Describing it as a \u201cslightly used soul,\u201d Lori is offering buyers a \u201cCarfax\u201d so they can see the black and white marks her soul has accumulated over the years.\u00a0Religious bidders can save Lori\u2019s soul through conversion or prayer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ebay eventually pulled the listing, but not before the woman involved got a ton of publicity. \u00a0A TV report is below.<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EkhpC8TDThE\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EkhpC8TDThE<\/a>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It sounds like something from The Onion, but no, it\u2019s true: People can sell their souls on\u00a0eBay? 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