Would you let your son die?

Question

If you knew a train full of a thousand people was going to crash and the only way to save those people from dying is by sacrificing your only son would you do it? Would you let all of those families, mothers, fathers and children die just so your son could live? Think about it.

Answer 1

If you believe in God you know the right thing to do is to ask your son to give his life in order to save many more.

I can't take the life of my son,It's not my call.

If it is his own will to do so he can go ahead! (free will)

Anyways if you believe in God you will know we don't really die we just let our body and pass to a better life (transfigure)

Anyways God works in many ways didn't he Gave his own son to us

if you are are cristian you believe this right!

Answer 2

Universal parts, It's not a very good analogy, you're right. But this is the R&S section, not logic 1A. It's not a good analogy because Jesus was the parent, He was the father, God, and you can't draw comparisons between Him and us common, ordinary people. I thought Jesus wanted us not to worry, to be happy. How can we do that if He also wants us on a guilt trip?

Answer 3

No, I wouldnt (let my son die). That goes against nature. It is deep within the human subconcious (and not so deep within the mother's) to fight to the death for your children. We want our genes to be carried on, and stuff everyone else!

Now, I wonder how many pro-lifers would say yes, they would sacrifice their son?

Answer 4

I love my child (daughter) more than any of them.  I would not let my daughter die in their place.

Answer 5

shoot i dont known  of those people.LOL this is jus like the story with Jesus. It would be hard to let my son go like that. IDK

Answer 6

Have you not learned about logical fallacies?  That is not a valid metaphor, allegory, or parallel.  It is a vapid example of a "strawman."

Answer 7

To Jews, the belief that God would become human is the ultimate heresy.  Human sacrifice is forbidden to Jews.

Central to the Jewish response to suffering is a staunch rejection of the belief in its redemptive power.  According to Judaism there are no ennobling qualities in pain….  The belief in the redemptive quality of suffering is a profoundly Christian concept.  In Christianity, the suffering servant, the crucified Christ, brings atonement for the sins of mankind through his own sacrifice and torment.  The message:  Without suffering there can be no redemption.  According to Christianity, if Jesus had not suffered and died on the cross, mankind would still be damned.  Suffering is therefore extolled in the New Testament: “And not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces hope” (Rom. 5:3-4).  ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚€ÂœIf we are being afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation; if we are being consoled, it is for your consolation, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we are also suffering” (2 Cor. 1:6).  Indeed, Paul even made suffering an obligation, encouraging the fledging Christians to “share in suffering like a good soldier of Christ Jesus” (2 Tim. 2:3).

In Judaism, however, suffering is anything  but redemptive.  It leads to a tortured spirit and a pessimistic outlook on life.  It scars our psyches and brings about a cynical consciousness, devoid of hope.  Suffering causes us to dig out the insincerity of the hearts of our fellows and to be envious of other people’s happiness. If individuals do become better people as a result of their suffering, it is despite the fact that they suffered, not because of it.  Ennoblement of character comes through triumph over suffering, rather than its endurance.

Man’s mission was never to make peace with suffering and death, but to abolish them from the face of the earth for all eternity by joining God as a junior partner in creation.  By studying medicine and offering aid to people in need, we live up to our highest calling of having been created in the divine image.  The atheist doctor who struggles to cure AIDS is infinitely more in tune with the Jewish response to suffering than the minister of religion who tells his flock that suffering is part of the divine plan.  The sinning businessman who may have never stepped into a synagogue but makes a loan to a colleague to save him from bankruptcy is more in tune with the Jewish response to suffering than the Rabbi who seeks to give a rationalization for why children die of leukemia….  Our role as humans is not to give meaning to aberrations, but combating them and to healing wounds.

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Answer 8

This has happened, this is a true story. The result was that the father killed his son to save a train full of commuters from perishing.

Tried looking for the story on the Web, but could not find it. The father's son was playing in the gears of a draw bridge he operated.

Answer 9

I'd let the thousands of people.die. It would be tragic but its not like I know them or anything. If I didn't watch the grieving families on the news I probably wouldn't lose much sleep over it.

Answer 10

I'd rather have you do your christian duty and take his place and then you would get your just reward. That would make you happy I think.

Answer 11

Most likely not. I'm selfish like that. I'm not God. Aren't we all glad? :)

Answer 12

If God sacrificed his 'only' son then why does the bible say he is seated at his right hand? There would have to be some sort of loss for a sacrifice to occur. Also, Why does it say we are all God's children if he only had one son?

Answer 13

This question doesn't make any sense in the context you're using it, and it made even less sense when a bunch of lunatics said that we were "saved" when they nailed a crazy desert preacher to a piece of wood. Saved from what, exactly?

I know what kind of a correlation you're trying to draw here . . . and you're failing miserably. In fact, you're actually helping to point out how absurd the idea of salvation is. In what way could killing a kid POSSIBLY stop an out of control train? If I didn't know any better, I'd think you were an atheist making a case AGAINST salvation, not for it.

<edit> I'm sorry, Universal Pants, but I have to disagree. This is the PERFECT parallel for the crucifixtion story. Which is why it's bogus.

Answer 14

This question doesn't even make sense, even in the context of a Michael Bay film.

Answer 15

I understand what you're trying to say, I watched the video and it made me cry. Our God is so amazing isn't he? And I understand you're asking this question not to get an answer but to try and lead people to Christ right? Good for you! Also, whoever said they don't understand salvation, just e-mail me and I'll be happy to explain it.  

Answer 16

How is that logical?

Would I have to throw my son in front of the train???

These questions are getting stupid now

Answer 17

i think its what Iraqs doing, to save thousands of ppl from USA's bombarments. one goes to a base and kill the USA army, who will kill hundreds more if they r alive

good try

Answer 18

Since the majority of the people here cannot comprehend abstract thought, try putting it differently: If there was a highly contageous disease spreading all around the world, and your son's blood had the antidote, but they needed all of it to successfully heal and save the planet from death, would you let him die?

Answer 19

the needs of the many out weight the needs of the few.

yes, one life to save thousands is acceptable, no matter who it is. myself, my child, anyone.

if the only choice was my child, and i could not take the place of the sacrifice, then yes.

Edit: Sorry to discredit your meaning behind this, but if a "god" was "all powerful" he wouldn't need a human-type manefestation to absolve humans of their "sins."

also, you discredit over 3400 other gods that have been worshiped throughout history for your single god. thats like saying i won't touch 3400 live power lines, but i'll touch the one someone told me wouldn't hurt me.

Answer 20

i would not sacrifice anyone, i would sacrifice myself. I have say on my destiny and it is not my say if my son or anyone else dies, but we are all under obligation to help others for the greater good.

Answer 21

This has never happened, certainly not  in reality.

F*ck that let the train crash.

I don't care what would happen to anyone my son comes first!