Life and Death

As a christian:

If two lives were in danger, and you could save only one, on what basis would you make the choice?

One is a muslim teenage boy, the other a christian middle aged women.

This is all you know; but one must die.

Which one and why?

 

muslim teenage boy
a) hes not saved by the true God
b) he has his whole life ahead of him

Roly.xxx

 

I think I'd go for saving the muslim teenage boy.

Also because I hope that the christian woman will accept this, for I'd think that the christian woman would want to lay down her life to save the boy, at least that's what the Bible says to hold another higher than yourself.

I dunno if I explained it clearly but I think you get it, right?

 

Excellent insight! thanks to you both.

DD,
Yes, I get it.

roly,
Are a) and b) of equal importance? Or is one a good reason and the other even better?

 

As I am not Christian, I hope that answering this is not out of line.
I would save the younger one, not on the basis of sex or faith, just on the basis of age, the only factor remotely considerable for choosing, in my view.

I am curious, why did you ask this? and what is the reason for the faith and sex being what they were?

Just don't understand the purpose of it.

 

more flaming hoops for the christians to jump through.

 

As I stated in another thread, this a brief outline of a teleplay (not original with me) I had been offered the chance to write on speculation.

After due consideration, I decided I couldn't pull it off, and declined the assignment.

 

i would save the muslim boy.simpl becuase its a christians desire to go home... she would want that and well the muslim boy has more to offer the world than a hundred christians at any age... no i am not muslim... nor am i christian! but to keep a life i would have to choose the one with the most potential!

 

I wouldn't judge one life as more valid than the next, it's a rather horrible thing to do, and as christians I hoped you wouldn't judge either- isn't that one of the founding beliefs of the christian church? Judge not, lest ye be judged? I would save the closest, or the one which I could save fastest (in the hope that I could still save the other, even if there was little to no chance).

 

thanx for the answer, I couldn't do it either, since I do not understand the motivation for such a question, other than to ask people to choose life and death based on religion and sex. The concept offends me.

 

as a fairly obvious question, naturally i'd choose the boy. it'd be difficult because the boy has no children to raise and care for, however, the mom, being a mom, would probably ALSO prefer the boy be saved, being a mom and all. i don't really know what religion has to do with it unless you're a hateful bigot.

 

The characters were very religious. I don't know what that has to do with it either, but I figured if religion overwrites one's life, than it should play a part in such an important descion.

Frankly- I don't understand religious motivation in any form. Personally, I would have done the expedient thing and took the best shot I thought I had at success at the time.

 

In crises, theres no time to think, and some will freeze up, some will start to plan a rescue, and some will jump in hell bent for leather, thats me.....and it is sometimes foolish and I know it, but time is of the essence. I don't like to even predict how I would actually act, since words are meaningless, and often those who predict they would act the hero, in fact, ignore the crises, and walk away in fear, or whatever the reason is.


What do you do?





You are driving down the road in your car on a wild, stormy night when you pass by a bus stop and you see three people waiting for the bus:

1. An old lady who is about to die.

2. An old friend who once saved your life.

3. The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.

Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing that there could only be one passenger in your car? This is a moral/ethical dilemma that was once actually used as part of a job application. You could pick up the old lady, because she is going to die, and thus you should save her first. Or you could take the old friend because he once saved your life, and this would be the perfect chance to pay him back. However, you may never be able to find your perfect mate again. The candidate who was hired (out of 2000 applicants) had no trouble coming up with his answer. He simply answered: "I would give the car keys to my old friend and let him take the lady to the hospital. I would stay behind and wait for the bus with the partner of my dreams." Sometimes, we gain more if we are able to give up our stubborn thought limitations.

 

Well maybe you save the muslim boy, he might latter become a suicide bomber, and blow away 10 other boys. This kind of activity seems in fashion now days.

 

Christian bigots seem to be in fashion these days as well.

 

Hopefully the ten boys he blows away are all hate-espousing bigots that prejudged him.....

 

Well one of those moslem boys killed a number of people yesterday when he blew up the car he was driving, so I guess that makes me a bigot.

 

Sorry black guard, they were mostly innocent Iraq citizens. That happened yesterday. And because I tell the truth I'm a bigot?

 

What makes you a bigot is thinking that a muslim boy doesn't deserve to live simply because some other muslim blew up a car.

And if you feel that way I don't know how you can live with yourself considering the atrocities christians have committed over time. Timothy McVey comes to mind, as does Hitler, the KKK, the Crusades....

 

What makes you think a killer should be killed because they were raised to be a killer?