Lending money in return for your soul

By Hwang Aesol



A financial firm in Russia is offering loans to citizens for their eternal soul. Russia Today reported that a financial company named "Kontora" in the Latvian capital Riga offers every adult citizen loans in cash.

According to the article, the financial institute has an extraordinary client agreement form saying that the loan is given using as security, "the client`s immaterial being, namely immortal soul." Except for the clause saying that the soul is owned by the company until the last cent of payment, there are none for force majeure.

The "soul-sellers" can lend money for 90 days maximum with the 1 percent credit each day. If clients do not pay back the debt in 90 days, their souls are the property of the company. However, the agreement offers a second chance: the agreement includes that the soul may be bought back from Kontora on its own terms, possibly with an extra sum of money for each individual case.

While the loan procedure without a credit background check might seem like an easy way to get quick money, some think it is more complicated, involving moral issues. "This is a very dangerous undertaking. How can you sell your soul? It`s immortal!" said the priest of Holy Trinity Orthodox church in Riga to Latvian Daily. He continued warning, "If a man disowns his soul, he renounces God, and will not see eternal life!"

But an unnamed Kontora official told the Latvian Daily that "Business is business. We give people palpable cash. If a man values his soul, he`ll definitely pay back the credit. I guess, it`s all fair. Everyone can decide for himself what`s more important."

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