Imagine for a moment you're hanging over a precipice...
In one of your hands you hold your child. In the other, a whole group of children you've never met (remember this is hypothetical!)
to save one or the other you need both hands....
who do you let fall?
2006-09-23 12:14:06 · 9 answers · asked by prometheus_unbound 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
ladies all, thank you for your honesty.
2006-09-23 12:25:39 · update #1
wow what a question...
i really do think my love for my child is far to strong ... that by instinct i would try to save my child
but i am not sure i could live happily with what i had to do
eeekk what a question .. i want to save them all
2006-09-23 12:17:47 · answer #1 · answered by Peace 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No question my child. It is an awful thing to imagine but I would do anything for my child, even kill if I had to to protect her. 18 years ago my son died and of all the awful things that have happened to me that makes them all nothing. Being a mother is something I can't even describe, from the moment my children were born it was like the heavens opened up and the angels sang.
Of course I would live the rest of my life in sorrow for the choice, but I would still want my daughter to have a full happy life.
Let me also say that I have lived my entire life according to the teachings of Jesus and have always tried to help others, turn the other cheek, and put others first, but my baby tops everything, even if God asked me to sacrifice her I would have to say sorry, can't do it, send me straight to hell.
2006-09-23 19:22:41 · answer #2 · answered by crct2004 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I doubt I could let go of my own child. I also, logically, see the fact that I am likely more successfull at holding on longer to the least amount of weight.... so letting go of my only child, and then attempting to hold onto a "group" of children, may prove fatal to them all....see?
2006-09-23 19:20:46 · answer #3 · answered by schnikey 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Im a guy /w no children but I think most would answer (honestly) to save their own child.
It gets more interesting when you ask about children that they know but arent their own, for instance, nieces and nephews, or children of close friends.
2006-09-23 19:18:03 · answer #4 · answered by someavgguy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a Mom, but I'm sure most mothers would save their own kids.
Wow, this was really a sadistic question.
Ladies, I have to apologize to you for this person. I am sorry you have been subjected to this bs.
2006-09-23 19:21:49 · answer #5 · answered by David T 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd have to save my own child, because when I brought my kids into this world I understood that it was my duty to care for and protect them at all costs.
That's brutal, but it's honest, and I'd hate myself either way.
2006-09-23 19:20:07 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd save my own child, of course.
And spend the rest of my life in terrible guilt.
I think most mothers would give you this same answer.
2006-09-23 19:24:53 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hpoypothetic questions are such a waste of time....
2006-09-23 19:17:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
My kid. Sorry.
2006-09-23 19:26:21 · answer #9 · answered by JaneDivided 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋