Would you make a deal with the devil to restore your health?

[kitkatz]

Some days when it is all bad, I wonder what kind of deal I could make.

Other days when it is not so bad, I still wonder about the deal I could make.

Good days, I pray for my sanity.

[RichardMEL]

This seems an appropriate thread to add this little story...

Yesterday while I was on the machine one of the sweet PSA's came in and wanted to invite whoever into a syndicate for the big lotto draw here last night ($15 million). So a bunch of us signed on, and I opted in to share with a few of the staff... anyway when she came back with the tickets we all saw it was draw number, wait for it, 666!!!! LMAO!! 

We didn't win anything! LOL

that deal sure didn't work out! 

[Bajanne]

Seems to me you couldn't have a "normal life" if you had some kind of soul destroying deal with the devil (as I understand it) so the whole idea doesn't seem to hold water.

In a way this is the same sort of argument as going for an illegal transplant in a 3rd world country.. like seeking a "quick fix" but at what cost?

no thanks. I want to do things the "right" way.

What he said.

[twirl]

maybe I made a deal with the devil in another life and dialysis is my hell
only I do not believe in reincarnation 

[paddbear0000]

This seems an appropriate thread to add this little story...

Yesterday while I was on the machine one of the sweet PSA's came in and wanted to invite whoever into a syndicate for the big lotto draw here last night ($15 million). So a bunch of us signed on, and I opted in to share with a few of the staff... anyway when she came back with the tickets we all saw it was draw number, wait for it, 666!!!! LMAO!! 

We didn't win anything! LOL

that deal sure didn't work out! 

Hehe. The security code on one of my credit cards is 666!      

[petey]

In a way this is the same sort of argument as going for an illegal transplant in a 3rd world country.. like seeking a "quick fix" but at what cost?

Call us crazy, but Marvin and I looked into this, too.

[RichardMEL]

Petey I would never call you (or anyone else) crazy who looked into that sort of thing. It is my personal morals that really mean I could not do something like that because I feel it would be using my comparative wealth to take advantage of someone else's desperation due to poverty - added to that that more often than not the people who get the majority of the money from such procedures are the middlemen and the actual donor can often wind up with very little. Is some money REALLY worth your health? Not to my way of thinking but that's just me. Everyone is different and I'm NOT going to tell someone off for considering it or even doing it. I'd personally hope they wound up OK and medical conditions/treatment was good and all that. I don't think it's right to make a judgement call on others in this sort of situation because everyone's different.. and who knows maybe if I have to wait another 5 or 10 years I might get desperate enough to consider it myself.

btw paddbear is buying dinner for everyone now that we know her CC code!!! 

[joyfulmother]

Well, I am certainly glad to see so many no answers!  No, I would not make any sort of deal with the devil - he is only out to destroy us anyway.  I choose to live my life for God and trust that He loves us so much!

[Chris]

What if you brought an equally qulified lawyer for the fine print and alter anything of the deal?   

Saw this on a show where the characters start reading the contract in front of the devil since their lawyer wasn't with and started making changes in the fine print. Devil ends up walking away saying "You guy's are good"