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ORIGINAL: ownedandcollared

Do You own Your slave's soul as well as her body?

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ORIGINAL: ownedandcollared

i was just having an odd conversation with someone, about selling your soul. And it occurred to me that i don't know if my soul actually belongs to me.

My Master is unavailable for input at the moment, so  i thought i would ask Y'all.

Do You own Your slave's soul as well as her body?

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  If someone says they can own your soul, to me that is saying they are God/dess, I'd like to see them prove it.

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ORIGINAL: ownedgirlie

Noah you just kill me sometimes!

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ORIGINAL: Noah
If you want me to kill you all the time you'll have to earn it.

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Noah:  Due to tax implications and taking into account the high likelihood of realizing capital gains on anything that happens to fall under my care (and survive) we got what I think was some good advice and settled on a leasehold held in blind trust through an LLC registered in the Caymans.

Boy. I'll bet that defiantbgirl chick will get her gramma panties all up in her crack over the offshore aspect. But what the hey, all's fair in love and metaphysical arbitrage, huh?

Still researching the possibility restructuring to a purchase/buyback with mezzanine financing, a PILOT* program and a very aggressive depreciation schedule--although I know that is considered edge play by some.

* That does stand for Protruberance In Little Old Tushie, doesn't it?

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ORIGINAL: PiercedDaz

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I believe that the entire universe is made up of a dimension of energry that we do not understand. Every single object, living or inanimate resonates at different frequencies of the same energy. Everything. Rhis is the mystical energy that holds all matter together and yet seperate. I am a human, that is a tree, this is air etc. We are all parts that make up the whole.

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I know that the religious here will say about God owning our souls and issues of the Holy Spirit. I am not in the slightest bit religious but do respect those that are. Whereas I have come to terms with the fact that my mind is not wired to understand an eternal being and therefore do not 'name' anything, I think that it is beautiful that some people/communities/societies box things and name them 'God', 'Allah', 'Holy Spirit' etc to give them purpose and a belief in better things to aspire to.

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As a climber, mountaineer and expedition leader I have been lucky enough to have seen some wonderful parts of our natural planet. I have a respect, awe and affinity for the natural world which has led me to contemplate this very subject many times over. Sometimes when I speak to friends about this I can see it in their faces that they're thinking 'Uh-oh, he's gone all weird again. Watch out before he hugs that tree" (lol)

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I say that we are all individual 'packets' of energy (souls) that are all connected as one through different frequencies (me, air, tree, building, air, dog). Usually we don't feel it as our civilised brains are so preconditioned now. But there are times that we can feel it...

Walking silently on a spring morning through a forest.
Standing ontop of a mountain with the world below you.
Being in a stadium when your team wins.
Being in a stadium when your team loses!

What about on a smaller scale? How many times have you walked into a room where people have been violently argueing and you can feel the electric atmosphere? The saying 'you could cut the air with a knife'. It is all these things, we just have to learn to listen to ourselves and our 'souls'

Oops, just realised I've gone into one! lol Sorry, its just that I think that this is a beautiful concept. So in short, NO - WE SHARE THIS WORLD AND EACH OTHER.

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ORIGINAL: Noah

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ORIGINAL: ownedandcollared

i was just having an odd conversation with someone, about selling your soul. And it occurred to me that i don't know if my soul actually belongs to me.

My Master is unavailable for input at the moment, so  i thought i would ask Y'all.

Do You own Your slave's soul as well as her body?

Due to tax implications and taking into account the high likelihood of realizing capital gains on anything that happens to fall under my care (and survive) we got what I think was some good advice and settled on a leasehold held in blind trust through an LLC registered in the Caymans.

Boy. I'll bet that defiantbgirl chick will get her gramma panties all up in her crack over the offshore aspect. But what the hey, all's fair in love and metaphysical arbitrage, huh?

Still researching the possibility restructuring to a purchase/buyback with mezzanine financing, a PILOT* program and a very aggressive depreciation schedule--although I know that is considered edge play by some.

* That does stand for Protruberance In Little Old Tushie, doesn't it?

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ORIGINAL: Emperor1956


Noah, you got some very bad advice.  Owning souls is a LONG STANDING and legitimate tax strategy.  Consider:  Who owns souls in our society?   I think the biggest long term soul holder is  The Catholic Church, either as direct title holder or as holder of a long term beneficial interest which reverts on death of the grantor.  And what is the Church?  A non-taxable entity!  It owns Billions of dollars of real property, intellectual property, cash, etc.  and pays nary a dime in taxes.  If you are gonna own souls, you should have immediately set yourself up as "High Priest Noah of the Silly Hat" or some such moniker, and created a church of your own (such as "The Almighty Sepulchre of the Silly Hat").  Then you can buy and sell souls with abandon (something I believe John Cardinal Cody, late of Chicago, was accused of).

I might point out that this "soul holding" religious racket is NOT limited to Catholics.  All faiths may take part under the US Tax code, tho be warned, some outliers (Rev. Moon, the Scientologists) find that their operations are subject to scrutiny.

Just a helpful contribution to higher knowledge.  You can keep the name of the church for free.  Use anything else, I'll be sending a bill.  A BIG one.

E.