...I'm off the hook if he drinks the poison I leave out?
I don't owe it to my son to remove dangerous substances (or people) to protect him from his innocence and naivety?
2006-08-22 14:17:41 · 14 answers · asked by bobkgin 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
rrrevils: apparently I am.
2006-08-22 14:26:20 · update #1
I think if you really loved your son, you would never actually appear to him. Instead, you would leave a book on his bedside table, which would contain a list of rules for him to follow. It would explain that the poison is bad. Oh, of course there would be several other books in the room, written by other people, also claiming to be his parents. And he would have no particular way to know which one you really wrote. He'd have to take a guess. But if he guesses wrong, he gets punished. Not right away, mind you, but years and years later. And if he guesses right, he finally gets to meet you. Lucky him!
2006-08-22 14:25:08 · answer #1 · answered by dark_phoenix 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm wasting my time answering this question for you, so I'll do it for someone else who may actually be mislead by your inflammatory statements.
How old is your son? Does he realize that poison will hurt him? Does he understand the consequences of drinking poison. Is he able to defend himself from dangerous people?
Here are some other thoughts. Is your son living in Eden? I doubt it. I know that he is not. Ours is not a perfect world. We all, as parents, gradually allow our children to experience more and more choices, and therefore more and more danger, as they mature. When they are adults, we no longer protect them.
2006-08-22 21:25:32 · answer #2 · answered by hisnamesaves 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Parents are supposed to give their children guidance until they are adults- teach them. Leaving poisons purposefully out is just stupid.
What are you getting at with these questions? Surely you can come up with a more convincing argument against God.
And by the way, poisons more often than not cause severe brain damage and retardation rather than death. Your questions are obnoxious and trivialize a tragedy that many families are forced to deal with.
I know I am not the "Yahoo! Answers" police- I just thought I'd tell you how ridiculous you seem.
2006-08-22 21:23:07 · answer #3 · answered by ziz 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know how old your son is, but I think as a parent myself that part of the responsibility of bringing a child into this world is that we first protect them and second to teach them what they need to know to protect themselves. You can not say you love your son if you do not protect him and instead put him in danger in the name of "free will". Free will is when someone who understands the risks that come with each decision they make. And yes you do owe him protect from danger, you brought him into this world...............GET REAL
2006-08-22 21:30:47 · answer #4 · answered by froggy96quebec 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God's love for humans is so great and unconditional that it doesn't make any logical sense. In this case, if you were God, yes, you would let your child drink poison.
Keep in mind that it is also your duty to show your child that poison is bad. However, if you have done all that you can and your child still decides to take the poison, then you will let him.
2006-08-22 21:22:25 · answer #5 · answered by the_alliance47 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no. not as long as he's old enough to know for himself. Don't leave a rat poison spread out on the floor if he's two. If he's old enough to make his own choices and understands the world isn't a perfect place, then he has to learn by himself sometime.
2006-08-22 21:32:35 · answer #6 · answered by Kaiser32 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, Children are not accountable until they reach a certain age where they can know right fromwrong. Until then it is on the Parents head to teach them the difference. YOU have the knowledge that itwill harm him. So you will be at fault. Unless it is not on purpose
2006-08-22 21:52:41 · answer #7 · answered by nooodle_ninja 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
But God does try to remove dangerous substances, or at least teach us, so that we can be aware of them.
He reaches out to us, and places people in our lives who can help direct us to Him.
2006-08-22 21:22:07 · answer #8 · answered by willowprincess 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Loving someone, especially a child, does not include allowing the child to have free will in all matters, you dolt. Are you trying to make a point that I am missing?
2006-08-22 21:23:48 · answer #9 · answered by rrrevils 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Except for the fact that God takes his children to live with him forever in paradise of his creation.
2006-08-22 21:20:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋