Saturday, 01 May 2010

• The Price Isn't Right

  I want to be there when Jesus gives Daniel a Bible Study on his own book.    There are a few things I'd like cleared up, but mostly I just want to see Daniel's face as he understands the things he wrote in the context of the real end of the world.  I want to be there, and I want certain others to be there so they can say, "Yeah! I was there when that happened!"  How cool would that be?

  

  Recently (last month), a computer game retailer modified its online contract to include the "immortal soul" clause in which customers grant the company the right to claim their soul.  (Click here for the link.)

  "By placing an order via this website on the first day of the fourth month of the year 2010 Anno Domini, you agree to grant Us a non transferable option to claim, for now and for ever more, your immortal soul. Should We wish to exercise this option, you agree to surrender your immortal soul, and any claim you may have on it, within 5 (five) working days of receiving written notification from gamesation.co.uk or one of its duly authorised minions."

  They also include that "we reserve the right to serve such notice in 6 (six) foot high letters of fire, however we can accept no liability for any loss or damage caused by such an act. If you a) do not believe you have an immortal soul, b) have already given it to another party, or c) do not wish to grant Us such a license, please click the link below to nullify this sub-clause and proceed with your transaction."

  Matthew 16:26: "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"

  What is it, really, that we are giving up on a day-to-day basis?  Sometimes, as in the case of online contracts, these exchanges are made in small-print deals.  In any case, there is a pricetag on some decisions that, if we knew of it, we would never fork over that 'yes.' 

   

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