Can the devil really grant the wish if you're selling your soul?

Answer 1

No, it is all a big trick. The devil, according to stories, will strike a deal with you for him to grant your wish, but he will trick you in a way that you will regret it forever. According to one story, a man sold his soul to the devil for financial success, and just when he was at the top of his game, one of his gargoyles on his house lashed out and killed him. The devil had tricked the man, and he will never grant your wish as you wanted.

no; the devil is a liar Your question makes two fundamental assumptions.

1) There is a devil.

2) You have something tangible called a "soul"

For these things to regarded as true, there needs to be sufficient empirical, independently observed evidence to refute the following:

1) There is no devil.

There is no independent evidence to refute this statement. While it cannot be proved something does NOT exist, in this case the burden of proof is to prove that the devil DOES exist. To date, no one has, other than to repeat the beliefs and opinions of others.

2) There is no such thing as a "soul" as a tangible thing separate from your body.

While we may FEEL differently, in spite of thousands of years of attempts by many thousands of people, no one has ever managed to establish the existence of this.

Now you are asking if the devil is *capable* of granting a wish, given that he exists at all (though there is no evidence to suggest this) and given that you have a soul to sell.

Since all of this is based on faith anyway, you are free to believe whatever answer you want to your question.