a) Sacrifice yourself to save him?
b) Sacrifice two adult athiest to save him?
c) Leave him to die?
d) Sacrifice a theistic adult to save him?
Pick the first, then the next one that you'd prefer do, and so on...
2007-07-29 03:34:50 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There is a very good point to this question, unfortunately many of you do not seem to grasp the rules of your choosing an answer. I thought multiple choice would be good for the theists too. I'm a militant atheist by the way.
2007-07-29 03:50:23 · update #1
dendronbat seems to have gotten the right idea
2007-07-29 03:51:55 · update #2
Depends on how the sacrifice is done. I'm sure you're aware of psychological studies using variants of this. If the means of sacrifice is to switch the train from a track where a young child is, to a track where an adult is, most people would sacrifice the adult. However, if the choice of saving the child is to actually push an adult in front of the train to derail it, most people would not do that. These kind of moral distinctions appear to be hard wired by evolution into our brains, irrespective of whether people consider themselves, Christian, Hindu, atheist, etc.
2007-07-29 03:47:46 · answer #1 · answered by Dendronbat Crocoduck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sacrifice a christian.
Or make sure I get there, grab the child and jump off the rails before the train hits any of us.
Besides, how could a child already be an atheist at such a young age by choice?
2007-07-29 10:39:28 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A, B, and/or D, but not C. It would depend on what was necessary to save the child, and I'd give my own life first, the atheists wouldn't care because it was for a good cause and led to a greater good here and now, and the theists would have done the same (I hope).
2007-07-29 10:39:12 · answer #3 · answered by Steve 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The only control I have would be to sacrifice myself. I would hope to be able to do that. As a Christian I am sure of my salvation and would hope that the atheist would have more time to find and meet his savior that he might be saved by Jesus for eternity. The save I make is physical and temporary but the save of Jesus is forever.
2007-07-29 10:41:10 · answer #4 · answered by djmantx 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sacrifice a Christian and a Caltholic. The atheist at has common sense and is more fit for this world.
2007-07-29 10:42:13 · answer #5 · answered by Sara 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theres always another option! Option "E" use something to derail the train, killing the one hundred or so people on board! (Dont worry the train was full of catholic preists on there way to a young boys orphanage.)
2007-07-29 10:54:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So how is sacrificing theists supposed to save this atheistic child from a train? Is it appeasing the angry train god, or what?
2007-07-29 10:39:07 · answer #7 · answered by rcpeabody1 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yet another question from a Christian. Multiple choice. It proves my point.
2007-07-29 10:38:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Run and grab him and with the force of my momentum throw us both out of the way of the train, thereby we both live and everyone is happy.
2007-07-29 10:39:44 · answer #9 · answered by Mystine G 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
how would i be able to know a strangers religious convictions i would save the child regardless of anything
2007-07-29 10:39:13 · answer #10 · answered by gasp 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋