Hi, I'm the devil and here is my deal for you!

[Braznor]

Good living for the rest of your life.

Perks like having ten million dollars deposited into your bank every year for you and your family to spend. Free helicopter travel etc.


There is a catch however, every year you have to face a 1/1000 chance of having your life end violently For example : Being caught in gang warfare, crime, war etc. even if you are not involved in it at all.

Believe in me and I can make this happen.

EDIT : The chance is 1/1000 for the entire period of one year.

 

[JumBie]

Good living for the rest of your life.

Perks like having ten million dollars deposited into your bank every year for you and your family to spend. Free helicopter travel etc.


There is a catch however, every year you have to face a 1/1000 chance of having your life end violently For example : Being caught in gang warfare, crime, war etc. even if you are not involved in it at all.

Believe in me and I can make this happen.

Where do I sign my soul away?

 

[Tristicus]

I am in situations like those daily. So this would be a perk.

 

[BoomerD]

Only 1/1000? Hell, that's an improvement...where do I sign?

 

[Newbian]

Can I sign up the wife for the bad part but still get the money.

 

[deanx0r]

It doesn't mean much if the rest of your life falls short of 1,000 days.

 

[zinfamous]

is it 1/1000th of a chance one day out of a year?

how exactly is that chance applied? I suppose it's random, yes, and I'd never know if the potential day is coming?

what if I just spend that time building an underground bunker and living my life down there, such that no accidental harm may come to me?

 

[Mike Gayner]

I think you're missing the point of the thought experiment.

 

[SlitheryDee]

Wait, there's a devil? Hmmm, that means there's probably also a god...maybe even an afterlife. No thanks, I'm pleading Pascal's on this one.

 

[nsafreak]

what if I just spend that time building an underground bunker and living my life down there, such that no accidental harm may come to me?

That one's easy, bunker collapses on you due to some unforseen failure in the materials somewhere.

 

[Meghan54]

So, the odds are each year there will be a 1:1000 chance I die a violent death? OK......I'll take the deal, esp. since there is no mention of soul being taken anywhere in that deal.

Wait, there's a devil? Hmmm, that means there's probably also a god...maybe even an afterlife. No thanks, I'm pleading Pascal's on this one.

Yep, if the devil really shows up, I'd think that would imply there is a God, and then would imply something happens to your soul after death.

But this deal mentions nothing about "soul to hell" or anything like that, just how you'll die. And I'd take that deal......gonna die anyway. A bullet to the head is much easier and faster than turning 90, wearing diapers, drooling uncontrollably on yourself, etc.

 

[Binarycow]

my probability skill could be a bit rusty but wouldn't the chance of you getting killed this way x years after the deal is:

1 - (999/1000)^x ?

at 10 years it's about 1% chance that you would have died
at 25 years it's about 2.5% chance that you would have died
at 50 years it's about 5% chance that you would have died

hell where do I sign up for it?

 

[eits]

Wait, there's a devil? Hmmm, that means there's probably also a god...maybe even an afterlife. No thanks, I'm pleading Pascal's on this one.

i was gonna post the same thing. i was gonna basically say that i wouldn't do it based on the fact that if the devil proposed this deal to me, he'd exist, which would mean that there's a heaven and hell, and i'd much rather go to heaven.

 

[eits]

So, the odds are each year there will be a 1:1000 chance I die a violent death? OK......I'll take the deal, esp. since there is no mention of soul being taken anywhere in that deal.





Yep, if the devil really shows up, I'd think that would imply there is a God, and then would imply something happens to your soul after death.

But this deal mentions nothing about "soul to hell" or anything like that, just how you'll die. And I'd take that deal......gonna die anyway. A bullet to the head is much easier and faster than turning 90, wearing diapers, drooling uncontrollably on yourself, etc.

you don't make it into heaven if you make a deal with the devil. it's in the fine print on the heaven acceptance form.

 

[Binarycow]

you don't make it into heaven if you make a deal with the devil. it's in the fine print on the heaven acceptance form.

if the kind of people who claim to follow them is the only way to get to heaven are the ones actually end up in heaven then I would gladly choose the other option.

 

[eits]

if the kind of people who claim to follow them is the only way to get to heaven are the ones actually end up in heaven then I would gladly choose the other option.

not sure how you deduced that from my post. just because you don't make a deal with the devil doesn't mean you've got to be christian. it just means you can't make a deal with the devil.

typically, the devil is a trickster and will do what he can to win. anytime he makes a deal, he will win and if he wins, he gets your soul when you die. the only person i know to have ever beaten the devil in his deal is johnny the fiddle player.

 

[Leros]

my probability skill could be a bit rusty but wouldn't the chance of you getting killed this way x years after the deal is:

1 - (999/1000)^x ?

at 10 years it's about 1% chance that you would have died
at 25 years it's about 2.5% chance that you would have died
at 50 years it's about 5% chance that you would have died

hell where do I sign up for it?

Yeah, it sounds better than normal life.

 

[illusion88]

DONE! Except I don't one million, I want one BILLION every year. If I'm in with the devil, might as well live as lavishly as possible. A mil a year just isn't going to cut it.

 

[her209]

typically, the devil is a trickster and will do what he can to win. anytime he makes a deal, he will win and if he wins, he gets your soul when you die. the only person i know to have ever beaten the devil in his deal is johnny the fiddle player.

How do we know religion isn't a trick being played on us by the devil whereby the devil purports to be God and tricking people into following his way? Hmmmm................

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Hell of a lot better deal than you can get from god. Sign me up!

 

[nonameo]

Catch: ZIMBABWE DOLLARS!!! ha!

edit: the transfer fees will cost you more than you'll get

 

[Farang]

No deal, I don't want my family spending my money.

 

[SZLiao214]

I would do it for a 1 in 100 chance.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

Good living for the rest of your life.

Perks like having ten million dollars deposited into your bank every year for you and your family to spend. Free helicopter travel etc.


There is a catch however, every year you have to face a 1/1000 chance of having your life end violently For example : Being caught in gang warfare, crime, war etc. even if you are not involved in it at all.

Believe in me and I can make this happen.

EDIT : The chance is 1/1000 for the entire period of one year.

Sure. Even if I die, that's a lot of money to leave for a good cause.

 

[shortylickens]

I think my odds walking around Manassas are actually closer to 800:1, so yeah, I'd take that.