if you where in a situation with your child, such as a fire, sinking ship, or freezing to death where death was immenent for both of you; would you kill your child to spare them the pain of a prolonged death?
2007-01-07 17:08:31 · 12 answers · asked by morbidsmindtrip 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I am a father of two beautiful girls. an eppisode of the simpsons brought this thought to my mind.
2007-01-07 17:57:45 · update #1
Why would i do that i'm not God. If Godwants us to die by freezing/burning/drowning to death then...that's going to happen.
2007-01-07 17:10:58 · answer #1 · answered by cavigirl17 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
My answer is pretty easy: NO!
I would rather give up my own life than kill my child. In almost any situation there is a chance of rescue or escape, so I would try to stay alive, and keep my child alive as long as possible. If there was a situation where my death could help the child in any way then I would let myself die. However, I am not the suicidal type, and I could never kill my own child, even if I was saving them some pain. If I was religious then both acts would be sins, and I couldn't imagine living with the thought that I killed my child before all hope was lost. That would be murder most foul.
2007-01-08 01:14:18 · answer #2 · answered by Dan S 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Children r resilient creatures, NO way would I end their life to avoid them any suffering. Suffering only makes one stronger and they have the God given right to live on after u no matter what the situation is. The murderer would have no forgiveness from God in either course for taking the life of an innocent one even if it's ur own.
But on the other hand, in Nature animals kill their off-springs in many circumstances for different reasons in order to protect them being hurt further.
But personally I won't kill my child no matter what. It's not humane, it's a human.
2007-01-08 01:24:17 · answer #3 · answered by papabeartex 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No I would always hold out for hope. I would probably be praying alot to God and asking him to save my child and spare them any pain if they did succumb to death.
2007-01-08 01:30:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No because imagine if you thought you were going to die so you acted and killed your kid. Then a miracle occurs and you survive this horrible fate. You'd have to live the rest of your life knowing that you killed your kid when they could be alive. I prefer to fight to the end and I hope my children will feel the same way.
2007-01-08 01:11:09 · answer #5 · answered by hopelessmagic 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No, definitely not. I would never kill my child. I would protect it as much as I could and hope and pray for a chance that it survived.
2007-01-08 02:04:42 · answer #6 · answered by Corrida 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think no woman in her right state of mind could take the life of her own child.Even to think the child may not live but theres more chance it would.
2007-01-08 01:17:04 · answer #7 · answered by danielle_aka_shorty 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i would rather die with my child in calamity matters because to kill is like killing for your loved one... could you do such a thing. its better to die in a natural way rather than in the hands of a person/someone else!
2007-01-08 01:21:00 · answer #8 · answered by DeathNote 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I won't. Until my child would die, I would hope for a solution. Life is more important than pain.
2007-01-08 01:17:14 · answer #9 · answered by Ronald Vexa 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i would embrace and protect them. as if the fire, water, cold temperature, it will hit me first, so if anything happens, at least the kid still stands a chance of surviving.
2007-01-08 01:17:34 · answer #10 · answered by lemonade_crave 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋