Hey guys, it’s that time again. One of my readers (who happens to be one of my favorite people in the world) sent me this article for Controversy Friday. She said it disturbed her and I’d have to agree…it’s pretty crazy. You can click here if you want to try and find the original article, but I copied and pasted it in here just in case the link doesn’t work anymore.
Local woman sells soul on eBay
7/6/2008 10:39 PM
By: Heidi ZhouCarrie Crain said she’s not sure on the return policy of her soul.
DRIPPING SPRINGS — Carrie Crain’s soul is for sale on eBay and the starting bid is $1,000.“Whoever bids on my soul, they need to take it seriously,” she said. “I hope I transfer all my good, positive energy to them, and they will do great things. That’s what I hope … transfer my creativity to them,” she said.
That creativity is what got 33-year-old Crain to this point. She’s working on a screenplay about a woman who sells her soul on eBay, too.
“I decided to really get into the heroine’s mind. I had to do it,” Crain said.
Crain calls it research, but her husband, Garry, calls it a little nuts.
“I don’t know if she wrote a murder we’d get the gun out and shoot somebody, which of course would never happen,” he said.
Garry is used to his wife’s originality and he’ll help her with the technical stuff.
“Transferring title may be difficult,” he said.
Crain has that and plenty of other difficult questions to answer, like will she get a new soul? Is there a warranty? And what’s her return policy? Those inquiries sit in her e-mail box.
Soul for sale
eBay has officially seen it all. Carrie Crain recently placed her soul up for auction.
Despite the talk, no one has yet put down a bid.
“Maybe they’re waiting until the last minute,” Crain said.
Bidding for Crain’s soul ends Wednesday. The winning bidder will receive Crain’s soul inside a Magic 8 Ball she’s had since fifth grade. They’ll also get a certificate of spiritual authenticity.
Crap. What do you guys make of this? Is she crazy? Is she messing with something that she has no business getting into? Is it even possible to do this?
Would anyone even buy it?!
Discuss.
Has this woman never seen the Simpsons?
You don’t sell your soul, you simply trade it.
For a donut.
Then you crawfish on the devil and don’t eat it all.
Uneducated people!
Apparently, she doesn’t know about a big guy I like to call, “Jesus”. Sad, sad, sad.
I think if you’re willing to “give up your soul” and open yourself up to possibly “receiving a new one” you are risking a strong openness for the devil to attack. I’m not sure that demon possession would happen, but I would put nothing past the enemy to try and invade someone who is “open.”
I would say this lady is nuts, but I think she honestly believes that her soul will inhabit the magic 8 ball… I wonder how she thinks that ceremony will go? Does she honestly believe that at any moment she can willingly release her soul out of her body? If she in actually genuine, I wonder if God would “honor” her desire to release her soul, and therefore end her earthly life. Now there’s a question.
she is treading on very very dangerous ground…i kind of chuckled at the whole thing until the Magic 8 ball part then got that sick feeling…she is playing with some serious fire…
Does she have ownership of her soul? When God created her life he granted her at least the use of her soul, but does she own it?
If she doesn’t own it she’s “only” guilty of fraud – selling something she has no right to sell.
So… all I know is nature abhors a vacuum. Let’s say that you’re not religious, not even spiritual, but you rely upon logic and reason. Scientifically, nothing can be void, empty… so, if you “sell your soul” you are leaving a hole and it will get filled with something, right?