According to TST spokesperson Lucien Greaves, attendees for the event had to go through the following process:
1) Show up at the location stated on the e-ticket.
2) Go through a security checkpoint there.
3) Sign a contract transferring their souls to Satan.
4) Get the real location for the event, which was miles away.
It worked. The event went off without a hitch.
Here is a link to the actual soul transferring agreement.
Okay you have to admit that is pretty damn inventive.
It also makes one wonder just how many people self identified as non-religious would be willing to sign a contract like this. After all superstitions run deep.
As an atheist, I don't think I could have fulfilled the requirements for step #3. It implies a belief in the 'opposite' of the invisible sky-god. To go even further, Satan is a fallen 'angel' from the same invisible 'sky'.
ReplyDeleteToo bad that the counter to the invisible sky-god implies membership in yet another invisible belief system.
I would be satisfied just to get rid of all religious idolatry except in its proper places: a CHURCH.
No- it ALL should go in the trash and burn....
DeleteI've tried to sell my soul to the devil countless times and he's never been interested. Bastard.
ReplyDeleteHe's cheap and loves a bargain.
DeleteTry doubling your worth, then giving him 25% off.
All I can think of is Bart Simpson selling his soul to Milhouse and Lisa buying it back for him.
ReplyDeletePerhaps SWWNBN will be attending as an officiant.
ReplyDeleteThe two children remind me of this image:
ReplyDeletehttp://farm4.staticflickr.com/3194/2758829984_48516b0701.jpg
I love the placement of the switch, I wonder if it glows in the dard? Very Clever!!!
DeleteThis happened in Detroit (I didn't know about it until it appeared on the news). The TV news showed footage of the huge lines queuing up outside of the venue. Then they were allowed inside and took pictures of the statue and showed the crowd therein. It's hard to believe that so many people actually signed that pledge. (I don't know that i could). When it was over, there was a small number of tea towels on a table (???) and everyone cleared out.
ReplyDeleteThe news did not divulge the location, only called it an abandoned factory in downtown Detroit. They didn't say whether the venue would be available to seekers and/or worshippers at a future time.
So, I don't know much more than you do. Still thinking about the pledge, and since I have a sense of humor, and it says you can use a fake name, maybe I would have signed it after all. After all, if it's all imaginary, who will be offended?
As long as they don't spam e-mail me or call during dinner.
DeleteNot so sure about his representatives collecting my soul at any time. Kinda implies they could hire serial killers as staff.
What a brilliant idea! Outwit them using their own tactics. My cousin was ahead of the "bald with goatee" fad curve, and people started comparing him to Anton Lavey. He shaved the goatee and accepted his Male Pattern Baldness and kept his hair short after that.
ReplyDeleteThis reminded me of Christine O' Donnell, "I am not a Witch" who said she dated a devil worshipper and there was an altar with blood on it and stuff..."