Tough Question for Religious Orientated People

[Japher]

u'd whimper like a little biyatch

It's a hypothetical question, and hypothetically I would never whimper like a biyatch... hypothetically

[SlowwHand]

Originally posted by Japher
If some guy jumped you an alley and wanted to rape you, would you let them or would you beat them off?

Do you think it would be possible for you to phrase this differently?

[DinoDoc]

I was hoping that he'd catch that on his own.

[Japher]

Do you think it would be possible for you to phrase this differently?

Sorry.

If some guy jumped you in an alley and wanted to rape you, would you let him or would you beat him off?

Better?

[DinoDoc]

No.

[Japher]

my example of a Curt question... it's stupid and either answer would make you look bad.

[Sava]

would you let them or would you beat them off?

[Kuciwalker]

If I was absolutely sure they'd go free... bleh. Hard choice between shooting the terrorists and shooting myself. It depends on whether or not I though the terrorists would be able to do this again.

And no, I'm not religious either, and no, it wouldn't be murder, and no, it wouldn't be suicide (it may fit the technical defintion of suicide, but I wouldn't view it as "wrong").

[Q Classic]

why would i trust them to let my family go after i killed myself?

[Whoha]

yea, as other posters have mentioned its not a tough choice, you shoot at them.

[Boris Godunov]

That doesn't seem so tough. If you have no guarantee of your family's safety even if you shoot yourself, the obvious answer, even for a religious person, is to not do it. If you do have a guarantee, somehow, then the self-sacrifice isn't really suicide...it's like taking a bullet to save an innocent person.

Now here's a real toughy for the religionists:

Thanks to a massive war/famine/catastrophe, etc., the human race has been virtually wiped out except for a small enclave of humanity. By luck, there is only one woman left and the rest are men. The woman is 8 months pregnant, but is having major complications. There is luckily a doctor who diagnoses the situation as thus: The baby is healthy, but the pregnancy will kill the mother if it continues. The woman will be saved by an abortion, but it will damage her uterus beyond repair and end any reproductive hope. The woman wants to have the abortion to save her life, and the doctor has the means of doing it reasonably safely.

So, do you let the woman abort the baby to save her own life, but end humanity in the process, or force her to carry it to term in the hopes the new child will become a progenitor of the next wave of humanity?

[Kuciwalker]

Is the baby female?

[MichaeltheGreat]

Re: Tough Question for Religious Orientated People

Originally posted by curtsibling
While on holiday, you and your loved ones (partner/family/etc) are taken kidnapped and captive by terrorists/criminals.
They give you the choice of either shooting your loved ones or yourself – What do you do?

You could be heroic, and try and shoot them, resulting in you and your loved ones being killed anyway.

But would that be murder?

And if forced to shoot yourself, is that still suicide?

How would you handle this situation?

Please answer as you see fit.

When the *******s first show up to attempt the dirty deed, I do a Doc ****in' Holliday and eith waste the *******s and/or buy time for my loved ones to escape. My individual survival is not relevant except and until the my loved ones are safe, but under no circumstances do I allow any of us to be taken prisoner while I'm still capable of any resistance.

[Q Classic]

well, since i think the world would be better off without human kind, i'd either let her abort, or kill all the other males and myself, letting the baby fend for itself. if it survives, it'll be because of divine intervention, and will no doubt later have a virgin birth, and a new covenant will be made between heaven and earth.

[Rogan Josh]

Originally posted by skywalker
Is the baby female?

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