Even if they were rotten to the core, and never asked you for forgiveness, would you damn them and cast them into a lake of fire if you had the power? Would you love and forgive them no matter what? Would you care for them regardless?
If you were Hitler's parents, would you send Adolf Hitler to hell, if you begat Hitler? Would you forgive your genocidal child? Even if they hated you?
2006-06-23 19:20:49 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Oh we as people are likely too imperfect and selfish for that kind of vengeance.
2006-06-23 19:22:59 · answer #1 · answered by corner of the morning 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the whole idea of "sin" is sick. There is appropriate behaviour and inappropriate. Both are defined by (a) the circumstances (e.g. killing in self-defence or defence of others can be appropriate although it's a lousy option) and (b) the contribution made to happiness for the greatest number across generations. There's the catch, especially if we include what the Buddhists call all "sentient beings". Even love can be a inappropriately applied, making it inappropriate. Forgiveness has nothing to do with it. So without resorting to Hell or other fantasies, yes, I would reluctantly destroy Adolf, or a genocidal child, as I would a terminally diseased animal of any kind, out of veneration for life, and the value I put on my own humanity.
2006-06-24 02:47:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't throw stones if you live in a glass house.
If you are not perfect, why would you condemn your own flesh and blood. Hitler's father was jewish and left Hitler's mother, and Hilter was raised only by his mother. If you were him, might you too feel a wrath against this part of your own flesh and blood? He wanted to be an artist but was not admitted to art school. I think his ideas could have been thwarted from the beginning if people didn't need something to believe in to survive. As someone who created, he created a system for the Germans to come out of their poverty in the early 30's and then it was hard for his followers to look at him in disdain afterwards. Also, I believe that many felt so empowered by him that they were brainwashed to believe in his crazed lunacies. Those who didn't believe in him were either shot or placed in a camp and it wasn't just the jewish people. So, karma eventually killed Hitler. Karma will eventually kill the children who sin as well. All good things go away and all bad things go away. There is balance and it waves for order.
2006-07-04 14:03:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your children were disrespectful and disobedient would you just let them hurt other people, hurt you and get away with anything and everything they did because you loved them or would you punish them for what they did? If you told an adult child not to run in front of a train and they chose to do so and died would it be your fault or theirs? God tells us how to avoid going to hell, but some of us still chose to go there rather than obey him and take the way that he has provided out.
2006-07-06 02:15:51 · answer #4 · answered by Tiny Jr. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The phrase, "Forgive and forget," is miss placed at times. You should forgive; but there some things you should never forget.
When the times comes, a person must suffer the consequences of their sins; unless the person, without a doubt, has learned and changed their ways.
2006-06-24 02:36:23 · answer #5 · answered by kasar777 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oddly enough, under Hitler's regime, Nazi psychologists experimented with Jewish mother's and their babies. They would put them in a room and not feed either of them. Unfortunately the mother would be driven to insanity and kill the baby, via many different greusome methods.
Hopefully, the application to the question is seen, but if not at least it is an interesting fact.
2006-07-03 03:49:55 · answer #6 · answered by cameron 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. As parents we do our best to teach our children about the consequences of their choices. Then as they grow up and start their own lives we are left as observers and occasional counselors. Sadly we have no control over their choices. If they choose something like drugs or alcohol addiction we still love them but that doesn't change the hell they live in.
I believe GOD is much the same. He loves and teaches us. Then it is up to us the choices we make and in kind the consequences of those choices we live with. It is not him punishing us. He warned us of the consequences. It is our choice whether to heed those warnings.
That said I do believe that modern religions have it all wrong about who is condemned to hell and who is saved. I will leave it at that.
2006-06-24 02:30:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that most parents will love their children no matter what and even if they've done something really awful, the parents will eventually forgive. My argument against Hell
2006-07-06 03:07:37 · answer #8 · answered by Cookie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since I would be perfect, which means loving AND righteous(spelling?:)) I would give a chance or my child to escape. I would also provide everything for my child, so that my child can escape the easiest way possible. And from that point, it's my child's decision to escape, or not, I can only hope that my child will choose the right path...but if not, I won't force my child. I would cry, and be sad...but I tried to help...my child didn't choose the right path.
2006-06-24 05:49:58 · answer #9 · answered by Bazsa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are other ways to deal with moral education than the narrow literal model of eternal torment. Personally I think thats unneccessarily harsh.
2006-06-24 09:23:53 · answer #10 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One of the cool new punishments is to take away their game boys or don't let them play x box or watch tv. Of course the old stand bys of beatings and threats of hell seem to be your preference , good luck with that.
2006-07-02 19:04:46 · answer #11 · answered by willberb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋