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You are in a room, and a man offers you $10,000,000 to push a button. When you push the button, a random person from the world dies. It could be you, it could be a family member, but odds are against it with so many billions of people in the world. If you decide not to push the button, the man gives you the key to leave.

Do you push the button for the $10 million?
 
No. And if you say yes, there's something seriously wrong with you.
 
Yes.

And I remember hearing a fictional story like this.
 
No, because then I would live eternity in hell. Also, after everything I've gathered from movies and stuff like that, the person that dies will probably be someone really close to you, like a family member or a close friend.
 
Hm. Depends on who that someone is.

Osama? Hell yes. Rapist? Definitely. That dude that cut me off the other day? Maybe. Carrie Underwood? No way in hell. Not even with a gun to my head.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 11 2008, 09:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No, because then I would live eternity in hell. Also, after everything I've gathered from movies and stuff like that, the person that dies will probably be someone really close to you, like a family member or a close friend.</div>

The person would truly be at random. No movie theatrics here.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JCB @ Jun 11 2008, 09:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No. And if you say yes, there's something seriously wrong with you.</div>

Is it really that fucked up? People are dying all the time. What is one more person off this over populated Earth? You could be killing Osama Bin Laden or George W. Bush. Will it really matter? We all die eventually anyhow. People die all the time, right this moment someone just died in a car accident.........................someone just died of gun shot wounds. Are you sure you wouldn't press the button?
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The Joker @ Jun 11 2008, 10:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yes.

And I remember hearing a fictional story like this.</div>

. . .

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>there's something seriously wrong with you.</div>
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JCB @ Jun 11 2008, 09:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No. And if you say yes, there's something seriously wrong with you.</div>

Whoever says yes is probably just joking, and if they say otherwise they're lying.
 
My answer is no. While I would turn assassin in certain circumstances, it is against a fundamental tenet of my religion to kill another without cause - especially a random person.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BG7 Lavigne @ Jun 11 2008, 10:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JCB @ Jun 11 2008, 09:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No. And if you say yes, there's something seriously wrong with you.</div>

Is it really that fucked up? People are dying all the time. What is one more person off this over populated Earth? You could be killing Osama Bin Laden or George W. Bush. Will it really matter? We all die eventually anyhow. People die all the time, right this moment someone just died in a car accident.........................someone just died of gun shot wounds. Are you sure you wouldn't press the button?
</div>

You are making the decision to kill this person. Taking a life isn't "fucked up?" You can't put a price on life, no matter if it's $10 mil or $100 mil.

And yes, I'm positive I wouldn't push the button.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BG7 Lavigne @ Jun 11 2008, 09:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 11 2008, 09:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No, because then I would live eternity in hell. Also, after everything I've gathered from movies and stuff like that, the person that dies will probably be someone really close to you, like a family member or a close friend.</div>

The person would truly be at random. No movie theatrics here.
</div>
Nah, I still probably wouldn't

It's against my morales I guess. Plus, I don't want to rot in hell for eternity
 
I'm not going to lie, I would think about it pretty damn hard. Are there any legal consequences? If not, I'm killing someone.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JCB @ Jun 11 2008, 09:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BG7 Lavigne @ Jun 11 2008, 10:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JCB @ Jun 11 2008, 09:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No. And if you say yes, there's something seriously wrong with you.</div>

Is it really that fucked up? People are dying all the time. What is one more person off this over populated Earth? You could be killing Osama Bin Laden or George W. Bush. Will it really matter? We all die eventually anyhow. People die all the time, right this moment someone just died in a car accident.........................someone just died of gun shot wounds. Are you sure you wouldn't press the button?
</div>

You are making the decision to kill this person. Taking a life isn't "fucked up?" You can't put a price on life, no matter if it's $10 mil or $100 mil.

And yes, I'm positive I wouldn't push the button.
</div>

I'm not saying whether it is fucked up or not. But apparently there is a price on life....$10 million.

11 more people died since my last post at least.
 
It's not religious or anything for me. It's just knowing I'm ending a life because some nutjob wants to check my morals.

You're not just effecting this person you kill. You're effecting everyone around him. That could be thousands of people.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Black Mamba @ Jun 11 2008, 09:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I'm not going to lie, I would think about it pretty damn hard. Are there any legal consequences? If not, I'm killing someone.</div>

No legal consequences whatsoever.
 
If I'm in desperate need of money, if I'm broke or living on the streets, then maybe. If I'm Latrell Spreewell, I probably do it. But otherwise, no. I'm living comfortably as it is, and there's no need for me to take someone else's life for money.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BG7 Lavigne @ Jun 11 2008, 10:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JCB @ Jun 11 2008, 09:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BG7 Lavigne @ Jun 11 2008, 10:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JCB @ Jun 11 2008, 09:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No. And if you say yes, there's something seriously wrong with you.</div>

Is it really that fucked up? People are dying all the time. What is one more person off this over populated Earth? You could be killing Osama Bin Laden or George W. Bush. Will it really matter? We all die eventually anyhow. People die all the time, right this moment someone just died in a car accident.........................someone just died of gun shot wounds. Are you sure you wouldn't press the button?
</div>

You are making the decision to kill this person. Taking a life isn't "fucked up?" You can't put a price on life, no matter if it's $10 mil or $100 mil.

And yes, I'm positive I wouldn't push the button.
</div>

I'm not saying whether it is fucked up or not. But apparently there is a price on life....$10 million.

11 more people died since my last post at least.
</div>

Sure. Death is a part of life (is that an oxymoron?). But just because it is doesn't make killing someone just.
 
But what if you're an evangelical?

If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; ... Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
-- Deuteronomy, Chapter 17:2-3,5

There is a good chance you are doing the work of God, as the odds are you are killing a non-Christian.

Would you evangelicals do this if the odds are that you are following the Bible and killing perhaps a Muslim or Hindu?
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BG7 Lavigne @ Jun 11 2008, 10:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>But what if you're an evangelical?

If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; ... Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
-- Deuteronomy, Chapter 17:2-3,5

There is a good chance you are doing the work of God, as the odds are you are killing a non-Christian.

Would you evangelicals do this if the odds are that you are following the Bible and killing perhaps a Muslim or Hindu?</div>
I hate you. And so does Umair.

How have Muslims transgressed the covenant? If anything, they've stayed closer to it than Christians.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BG7 Lavigne @ Jun 11 2008, 10:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>But what if you're an evangelical?

If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; ... Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
-- Deuteronomy, Chapter 17:2-3,5

There is a good chance you are doing the work of God, as the odds are you are killing a non-Christian.

Would you evangelicals do this if the odds are that you are following the Bible and killing perhaps a Muslim or Hindu?</div>

Not a valid point. You're doing it for the money in this case, not because of your religion. Since we're going all biblical here:

"Living for this world and its pleasures is a serious mistake. To gain the whole world and lose one's soul is foolish" - Luke 9:25

I, for one, choose not to be foolish.
 
<---- obligated to observe 613 Biblical commandments...
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (#1_Yinka_Dare_Fan @ Jun 11 2008, 09:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BG7 Lavigne @ Jun 11 2008, 10:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>But what if you're an evangelical?

If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; ... Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.
-- Deuteronomy, Chapter 17:2-3,5

There is a good chance you are doing the work of God, as the odds are you are killing a non-Christian.

Would you evangelicals do this if the odds are that you are following the Bible and killing perhaps a Muslim or Hindu?</div>
I hate you. And so does Umair.

How have Muslims transgressed the covenant? If anything, they've stayed closer to it than Christians.
</div>

I would agree that the true Muslims are closer to the covenant than the American evangelicals.

If you are a Muslim, there is a good chance you are killing a Christian, who is part of a country threatening your religion, so you would get 10 million, and possibly help in the Jihad.

If your not religious, you are just getting $10,000,000, and there is a infinitesimal chance that you will know the person you are killing, so it won't effect you.

Look at Brian trying to rationalize situations in which he would take the $10 million. Are you telling me Brian you aren't going to take it, when your coming up with reasons and situations where you would take it?

Is everyone else serious that they wouldn't take the $10,000,000, or are you just trying to act righteous? What if you took that $10,000,0000 and used it to pay for the operations of those too poor to pay for it, and saved 1,000 lives?
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JCB @ Jun 11 2008, 09:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BG7 Lavigne @ Jun 11 2008, 10:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JCB @ Jun 11 2008, 09:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BG7 Lavigne @ Jun 11 2008, 10:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JCB @ Jun 11 2008, 09:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No. And if you say yes, there's something seriously wrong with you.</div>

Is it really that fucked up? People are dying all the time. What is one more person off this over populated Earth? You could be killing Osama Bin Laden or George W. Bush. Will it really matter? We all die eventually anyhow. People die all the time, right this moment someone just died in a car accident.........................someone just died of gun shot wounds. Are you sure you wouldn't press the button?
</div>

You are making the decision to kill this person. Taking a life isn't "fucked up?" You can't put a price on life, no matter if it's $10 mil or $100 mil.

And yes, I'm positive I wouldn't push the button.
</div>

I'm not saying whether it is fucked up or not. But apparently there is a price on life....$10 million.

11 more people died since my last post at least.
</div>

Sure. Death is a part of life (is that an oxymoron?). But just because it is doesn't make killing someone just.
</div>

Who are you to say what is just though? Morality is a subjective concept that's dictated by a person's upbringing, not a universal truth.

Anyway, don't act so shocked that people would push the button, because I'm sure that a large percentage, maybe even a majority, of our nation who would push the button. Just look at all of our soldiers killing people in Iraq for the paycheck.
 
I don't get it.

Random people I don't know die all the time.

What connects my "button push" with this person's death?
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ghoti @ Jun 11 2008, 09:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>I don't get it.

Random people I don't know die all the time.

What connects my "button push" with this person's death?</div>

You push a button and randomly some person dies because of it. It's supernatural.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Voodoo Child @ Jun 11 2008, 10:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JCB @ Jun 11 2008, 09:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BG7 Lavigne @ Jun 11 2008, 10:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JCB @ Jun 11 2008, 09:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BG7 Lavigne @ Jun 11 2008, 10:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JCB @ Jun 11 2008, 09:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>No. And if you say yes, there's something seriously wrong with you.</div>

Is it really that fucked up? People are dying all the time. What is one more person off this over populated Earth? You could be killing Osama Bin Laden or George W. Bush. Will it really matter? We all die eventually anyhow. People die all the time, right this moment someone just died in a car accident.........................someone just died of gun shot wounds. Are you sure you wouldn't press the button?
</div>

You are making the decision to kill this person. Taking a life isn't "fucked up?" You can't put a price on life, no matter if it's $10 mil or $100 mil.

And yes, I'm positive I wouldn't push the button.
</div>

I'm not saying whether it is fucked up or not. But apparently there is a price on life....$10 million.

11 more people died since my last post at least.
</div>

Sure. Death is a part of life (is that an oxymoron?). But just because it is doesn't make killing someone just.
</div>

Who are you to say what is just though? Morality is a subjective concept that's dictated by a person's upbringing, not a universal truth.

Anyway, don't act so shocked that people would push the button, because I'm sure that a large percentage, maybe even a majority, of our nation who would push the button. Just look at all of our soldiers killing people in Iraq for the paycheck.
</div>

Yes. Morality is subjective. But I would think that the majority of people would agree that taking someone's life for no reason at all is wrong, regardless of how they were raised or what they believe in.
 
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