You see someone driving a car full of explosives towards a crowded building. Would you shoot the driver to stop him?
2006-08-10 17:09:27 · 16 answers · asked by koresh419 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Assuming, of course, that you had a gun. And shooting tires out doesn't work, it won't stop the car only make it wobbly.
2006-08-10 17:15:22 · update #1
I'd shoot the driver, considering that he was going to die either way, no need for him to bring a bunch of bystanders down with him (how selfish).
2006-08-10 17:22:23 · answer #1 · answered by Jay B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I had a gun and that was the only way to stop the person, yes I would. I would try to disable the car first, maybe try shooting at the tires or radiator.
2006-08-10 17:15:56 · answer #2 · answered by KIT-KAT 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is the driver she or he?
Is she or he being put into the very difficult situation (catch-22)
For example: His/Her families are being kidnapped or he or she has only way to save someone who is very important (President or Pope).
These things can change everything, or maybe the driver is "she" with having baby.
In addition, if the crowded building happend to be Atheist center or other religious building or senior citizens?
Obviously, you didn't make your question clearly enought.
2006-08-10 17:38:14 · answer #3 · answered by Vector_The Positivism 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that the answer is hard to fathom. Especially if you're asking the same christians that brought back slaves from the US to Spain, burned witches in Salem, tell people with a faith other than their own that they're going to hell, as well as people who are married interracially, or are homosexually oriented. Don't forget the christians that follow Freddie Phelps, who is a complete moron, or the christians that support President Bush's fake war.
2006-08-10 17:21:19 · answer #4 · answered by atlasson84 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not... then that would be murder which is a sin. If I had a gun (which is doubtful) I would just shoot at the tires to restrain the driver... not kill him or her.
2006-08-10 17:18:29 · answer #5 · answered by ru.barbie2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if i had a gun, i would shoot the tires
however, in this situation the man is going to die, whether i shoot him or whether he hits the building. if i shoot him, only he dies. if i let him hit the building everyone dies. clearly in this scenario with the choices you provided, shooting him is the best option
2006-08-10 17:13:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The death of one to save the lives of many. Isn't that what Jesus did for us?
I would shoot him, unless the building is empty.
2006-08-10 17:17:39 · answer #7 · answered by nonexistentdog 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-04 08:19:55 · answer #8 · answered by sikorski 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ummmm, I would pray for God to intervene, and if I felt Him say to me, that I was there to be the one to intervene and miraculously had a gun in hand (I do not own one.) then I might take it as a sign. And pray for God to do as He will, as far as if I were to kill this person or just injure them, etc. I would also yell "This truck's got a bomb!" So people would know what was up.
2006-08-10 17:18:32 · answer #9 · answered by gracefully_saved 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually i would. i think that wouldn't really be taken as murder. killing yes...murder no. it would be self defense/protection of ppl. which God does tell us to do. so i look at it as if it comes down to protecting those who need protecting...i needs to be done, just like with military actions. they kill in war, but i wouldn't truely count as breaking the commandment "do not murder" b/c they don't have anything in the heart against the person they are fighting it is for the protection of the people.
2006-08-10 17:18:33 · answer #10 · answered by jscottdowner 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋