Todd Beezley I Sold My Soul To The Devil

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Since the dawn of creation, mankind has always wanted to do thing his own way and have free-well. So, with free-well comes atheist, questions about faith/religion, and then there's those who live in the middle, believing in god but chooses not to follow his guidelines. Individuality is certainly not a bad thing, however, making decisions without listening to any guidance or directions, and at the same time keeping your family members in mind could be disastrous. Additionally, it can come with huge impacts that affect our loved ones and others we encountered to other life. One well-known story of free-well and questioning your faith in god and turning to Satan for help was the " original sin" of Adam and Eve. Mankind turning to Satan for help has been documented to Literature, the bible, music, movies, through documents and artifacts. In an article written by David Maxwell Braun of National Geographic Society on December 17, 2008, the article was remarkably about an ancient manuscript bible to Satan. Is believed that had been written over 700 years. Supposedly, the devil book was written in blood and human skin. It is also said the …show more content…

Beezley this truly the Christian, however his life was falling apart. He was a new score accidents back to back, actually a total of eleven, in five years. Health of his bones were decreasing, and he was sick all the time. He lost his job and cannot take care of his family, so his wife left him. The one day he made a pact with the devil. The devil can so if he would provide him with a happy life until they died. According to Woodfin, Beezley life improved immediately. Although, Beezley struggles with the decision he made, he continued to get deeper into spirituality of Satan. There were other stories of individuals who flourished after making deals with the devil in Woodfin book, “I Sold My Soul to the

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