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Re: Contract for Sale of Soul

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Post by robbedpeter » Fri, Nov 05, 2021, 11:17 PM UTC

curiousllama wrote: post #19

clejack wrote: post #14

The most amazing thing about this to me is that as conceptually interesting as this contract is at a high level, and given that I started off interested in the document, about half way through my eyes were glazing over ;and I gave up. I have to wonder how lawyers do their job. I've read chapters of academic text for my own knowledge, but somehow this legal writing style crushes me every time.

Practice and context. Read nonsense everyday, and you'll get good at it. Assign meaning to the nonsense, and it'll be more palatable. How do we all just tap away at these buttons-with-letters all day?

I've always wanted to build an app announced "Button!" every time I clicked a button or key throughout the day. Might be good for context, or just the lolz.

Re: Contract for Sale of Soul

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Post by couchand » Fri, Nov 05, 2021, 11:33 PM UTC

clejack wrote: post #14

The most amazing thing about this to me is that as conceptually interesting as this contract is at a high level, and given that I started off interested in the document, about half way through my eyes were glazing over ;and I gave up. I have to wonder how lawyers do their job. I've read chapters of academic text for my own knowledge, but somehow this legal writing style crushes me every time.

Think of legal writing as an incredibly wordy programming language and it will make a lot more sense. Lawyers aren't reading this for fun, their brains are decoding how the computer (i.e. judges) will interpret it.

Re: Contract for Sale of Soul

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Post by rsyring » Fri, Nov 05, 2021, 11:51 PM UTC

It would be interesting to see the stats on acceptance of this contract if it was used as the terms & conditions of some popular website or the clickwrap agreement on a popular software package.

Re: Contract for Sale of Soul

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Post by throwawaygh » Fri, Nov 05, 2021, 11:54 PM UTC

andrewfromx wrote: post #8

mattnewton wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I clicked through, skimmed a video, and I am missing your point. What is your takeaway from this channel / hopeful takeaway for me?

i said hours. You really have to watch a lot of content before your logical brain will let you believe, wait, omg, maybe i don't want to really sell my soul.

> You really have to watch a lot of content before your logical brain will let you believe...

I can't tell if this is a joke/troll or you're suggesting that religious belief requires brain-washing.

Re: Contract for Sale of Soul

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Post by op00to » Fri, Nov 05, 2021, 11:54 PM UTC

seph-reed wrote: post #9

andrewfromx wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i said hours. You really have to watch a lot of content before your logical brain will let you believe, wait, omg, maybe i don't want to really sell my soul.

> You really have to watch a lot of content before your logical brain will let you believe Textbook indoctrination

And if you don’t yet believe, just watch a little more.

Re: Contract for Sale of Soul

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Post by throwawaygh » Fri, Nov 05, 2021, 11:56 PM UTC

oh_sigh wrote: post #20

andrewfromx wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i said hours. You really have to watch a lot of content before your logical brain will let you believe, wait, omg, maybe i don't want to really sell my soul.

Is it ok if I sold my soul 20 years ago to fraudulently sell my soul some more?

Not according this this contract (SECTION IV.B).

However, this contract does AFAIK leave open the possibility that you have more than one soul; in that case, you could sell your other souls. Just not the one you already sold. I think.

Re: Contract for Sale of Soul

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Post by TheJoeMan » Sat, Nov 06, 2021, 12:01 AM UTC

teeray wrote: post #2

I’m surprised there’s no binding arbitration clause in here

You could say they’re pretty soul sucking

Re: Contract for Sale of Soul

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Post by emodendroket » Sat, Nov 06, 2021, 12:02 AM UTC

clejack wrote: post #14

The most amazing thing about this to me is that as conceptually interesting as this contract is at a high level, and given that I started off interested in the document, about half way through my eyes were glazing over ;and I gave up. I have to wonder how lawyers do their job. I've read chapters of academic text for my own knowledge, but somehow this legal writing style crushes me every time.

I recently bought a house in California and at some point a few hundred pages in I started to wonder about the wisdom of my insistence on reading everything. But it's straightforward enough to understand if you can tolerate the boredom.

Re: Contract for Sale of Soul

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Post by skissane » Sat, Nov 06, 2021, 12:15 AM UTC

andrewfromx wrote: post #5

before some smart atheist goes ahead and signs this as "a joke" with a friend and collects the $10, just spend a few hours on this youtube channel first https://www.youtube.com/c/FoolishFishBooks/videos and try, try to be agonist vs atheist just this one time.

I believe in God and the immortality of the soul. But telling people to watch hours of some random YouTube channel is not going to convince anyone. Please, stop embarrassing yourself (and those of us who happen to share some of your beliefs) with incompetent apologetics

Re: Contract for Sale of Soul

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Post by moeris » Sat, Nov 06, 2021, 12:44 AM UTC

> Seller warrants that to the best of their knowledge, no existing claims or liens exist on the transferred Soul and agrees that any prior commitments that are in their power to dissolve are formally dissolved by the formation and signing of this agreement.

Does this mean that Christians would be bound to being baptized prior to selling their soul?