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Can one\u2019s soul be sold? Well, those who cheat are often accused of that. But here is a guy \u2013 Indian Jain \u2013 who put his soul up for sale on Ebay. And got a bidder. For $504. Rather cheap soul huh!!? This was his modus operandi<\/a> of this soul-seller (rhymes with soul-searcher?)<\/p>\n

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I offered to go to a church or temple or mosque saying that I\u2019ve really never been to any of those places outside my own Jain faith, and I really am curious about what it\u2019s like.<\/p>\n

The auction I put up on eBay said, \u201dI am an atheist. You can bid on where I go to church or a temple or a mosque, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n

It came down to Christians bidding that I go to a particular church and atheists bidding that I don\u2019t go to church.<\/p>\n

I work with a college atheist group called the Secular Student Alliance. I didn\u2019t want to be put in the position where a Christian with, say, $1 million has the opportunity to win this auction. So [I said] that the money will be donated to the secular group I work with.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Can one’s soul be sold? Well, those who cheat are often accused of that. But here is a guy – Indian Jain – who put his soul up for sale on Ebay. And got a bidder. For $504. Rather cheap soul huh!!? This was his modus operandi<\/a> of this soul-seller (rhymes with soul-searcher?)<\/p>\n

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I offered to go to a church or temple or mosque saying that I’ve really never been to any of those places outside my own Jain faith, and I really am curious about what it’s like.<\/p>\n

The auction I put up on eBay said, \u201dI am an atheist. You can bid on where I go to church or a temple or a mosque, etc.\u201d<\/p>\n

It came down to Christians bidding that I go to a particular church and atheists bidding that I don’t go to church.<\/p>\n

I work with a college atheist group called the Secular Student Alliance. I didn’t want to be put in the position where a Christian with, say, $1 million has the opportunity to win this auction. So [I said] that the money will be donated to the secular group I work with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1517,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-religion"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Guy who sold his soul on ebay!<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Can one's soul be sold? Well, those who cheat are often accused of that. But here is a guy - Indian Jain - who put his soul up for sale on Ebay. And got a bidder. For $504. Rather cheap soul huh!!? This was his modus operandi of this soul-seller (rhymes with soul-searcher?) 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