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Believers who would die for your faith; would you let nonbelievers die for your faith as well?

Conversational Atheist January 15, 2009 05:33:13
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I noticed a number of polls where people claim they would die rather than renounce their faith. If you said that you would die for your faith, I have a more difficult question.

The situation is the following:

Publicly renounce your faith and 2 nonbelievers will immediately be set free.

Publicly confirm your faith and the 2 nonbelievers will immediately be killed.
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  • Dave Sawyer ♥ Child of God ♥ January 15, 2009 05:36:12
    I would confirm my faith; I would let the nonbelievers be killed.
    Dave Sawyer ♥ Child of God ♥
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    In any case, I would confirm my faith, but that is not what you said at first. If they were killed, it would not be me that killed them.
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  • James November 05, 2009 16:19:12
    I would confirm my faith; I would let the nonbelievers be killed.
    James
    That's a choice that the non-believers makes not me. If the non-believers chooses to die without Jesus I have no control over that. Therefore I will not give up my Salvation in order that two people may live.
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  • FREED Jesus is LORD♥ November 05, 2009 11:29:05
    I would confirm my faith; I would let the nonbelievers be killed.
    FREED Jesus is LORD♥
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    Because Christ is in me, it would be impossible for me to deny Jesus Christ. The outcome of the nonbelievers would not be in my hands.
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  • yaz–Let... FREED J... November 05, 2009 16:08:15
    yaz–Let God be Glorified
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    Amen Sister!
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  • Convers... yaz–Let... November 20, 2009 02:13:16
    Conversational Atheist
    If two of your family members were on the chopping block, and the situation was changed so that the person had to renounce Islam to save them -- would you accept that person's claim that the fate of your family was not in his hands?
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  • yaz–Let... Convers... November 20, 2009 04:38:15
    yaz–Let God be Glorified
    My family is all Christian. I won't play your make believe world.
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  • Convers... yaz–Let... December 03, 2009 19:50:48
    Conversational Atheist
    If two of your family members (Christians) were on the chopping block, and the situation was changed so that a Muslim had to renounce Islam to save them -- would you accept that person's claim that the fate of your family was not in his hands?
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  • yaz–Let God be Glorified November 05, 2009 04:23:05
    None of the above
    yaz–Let God be Glorified
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    My faith in Christ can not be bartered away like silver and gold, for it more precious than any stone under the skies above!

    faith christ bartered silver gold precious stone skies
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  • FREED J... yaz–Let... November 05, 2009 11:25:30
    FREED Jesus is LORD♥
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    WOW! That says it all! AMEN and AMen!
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  • godisnotthere January 28, 2009 01:51:06
    I would renounce my faith; I would let the nonbelievers live.
    godisnotthere
    In any situation, i would make the choice that saves me and the most others. I am an Athiest, but would happily tell any story to save the lives of others. I feel like this is a no brainer. Even if you are religious, could you not just cross your fingers or something? Also, just to be clear...clicking an A or B on a web page is not the same as standing in a room with...lets say...a couple of workmates and a guy with a gun to their head. I believe the religious people answering in here would not be certain of their actions in reality.
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  • Jimbob January 15, 2009 11:26:30
    I would confirm my faith; I would let the nonbelievers be killed.
    Jimbob
    Good question! I guess I'd stick to my faith and hope it works out like it did for Issac for the other two.
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  • donedunn January 15, 2009 06:24:00
    I would confirm my faith; I would let the nonbelievers be killed.
    donedunn
    +1
    Its a very thought provokng question. I value life so much that it stops to give you pause. I know that it seems selfish to say that I would confirm my faith, but I believe that I would. It is not a decision that I would take lightly and I am sure it would way on me very heavy, but not as much as denying Christ would way on me.
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  • arianna January 15, 2009 05:54:28
    I would renounce my faith; I would let the nonbelievers live.
    arianna
    that is a really good question.
    that would be a really tough one for me because God said that inder no circumstances should we renounce his name, so i would rather be killed than renounce the name of God, but i know that when i die im going to heaven, and i know that if those two non-beleivers die, they're gonna go to hell so i ould probably have to say that i would renounce my faith and let them go free. i dont think i could live with myself if i had the blood of two innocent people on my hands; and i dont think that God would want that either.
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  • frankie January 15, 2009 05:40:11
    None of the above
    frankie
    I think you got your description and your poll answers mixed up. You said in your decription:


    Publicly renounce your faith and 2 nonbelievers will immediately be killed.

    Publicly confirm your faith and the 2 nonbelievers will immediately be set free.

    Shouldn't your poll answers have been:

    I would confirm my faith; and let the nonbelievers be set free

    INSTEAD OF:
    I would confirm my faith; I would let the nonbelievers be killed.

    and....

    I would renounce my faith; I would let the 2 nonbelievers be killed
    INSTEAD OF:
    I would renounce my faith; I would let the nonbelievers live.

    Looks like you mixed them up in the poll.
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  • Convers... frankie January 15, 2009 05:51:07
    Conversational Atheist
    I mixed it up in the description, and thanks for catching it so quickly. It is now fixed.

    Would you renounce your faith if it meant that 2 nonbelievers would be killed?
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  • frankie Convers... January 15, 2009 06:18:20
    frankie
    Great. Haha.. now it makes sense! :) (I've done that too)

    That is a hard one. Honestly, I don't know I would do til I am in the situation. I don't believe in renouncing my faith for anything.... but that is easy to say when it's only your life that is at stake. So I guess I would have 2 answers. I would like to say that I would not renounce my faith because I don't believe God would want me to ever deny him for any reason, BUT I really don't know until I'm in the situation.
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  • Comrade JBleezz January 15, 2009 05:38:53
    Undecided
    Comrade JBleezz
    Honestly I don't know what I would do. I would want them to live and I would do everything I could to save them, but renouncing my own faith that is pretty heavy...... I am going to have to cop out and say I don't really know.
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  • Dave Sawyer ♥ Child of God ♥ January 15, 2009 05:36:12
    I would confirm my faith; I would let the nonbelievers be killed.
    Dave Sawyer ♥ Child of God ♥
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    In any case, I would confirm my faith, but that is not what you said at first. If they were killed, it would not be me that killed them.
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  • arianna Dave Sa... January 15, 2009 05:56:57
    arianna
    +2
    wow that really makes since i didnt think of it that way. i thought: it would be THEIR blood on MY hands, and i know that i wouldnt be able to live with that.
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  • Dave Sa... arianna January 15, 2009 18:56:57
    Dave Sawyer ♥ Child of God ♥
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    Anyone who would make a serious threat like that will kill everyone anyway.
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  • Convers... Dave Sa... January 16, 2009 01:26:16
    Conversational Atheist
    +1
    So you disagree with the premise.

    That's not so interesting.

    Given that the premise of the question is true, i.e. it would faithfully be executed the way it's written; how would you respond?
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  • Dave Sa... Convers... January 16, 2009 01:30:52
    Dave Sawyer ♥ Child of God ♥
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    The end result is still in their hands, not mine.
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  • yaz–Let... Dave Sa... November 05, 2009 04:24:48
    yaz–Let God be Glorified
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    Amen Dave and Amen!

    God Bless you!
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  • FREED J... Dave Sa... November 05, 2009 11:27:37
    FREED Jesus is LORD♥
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    AMEN!
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