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Greater Good (Rated R)


If you are ever in a situation where you are badly stuck between a rock and a wall, what will you choose?

e.g.

If a terrorist comes to you and proves that he has a remote contol detonator that will kill 2 or more people for sure, but he is willing to not press the button if you kill yourself with the gun right in front of you. Will you do it with the knowledge, that, to kill yourself is forbidden religiously?

(the only way, the terrorist is communicating with you is though a TV live broadcast, you cant physically touch him)

Will you commit the Gunnah for the greater good?
 

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Login to find out (May 12, 2005 at 2:55pm)
begsy and humble, very sensible suggestions.. i would pretend to kill myself.. wait for him to come and find me and then give him a kicking.. ok you didn't give us this option,,. i wouldn't kill myself cos the ppl he's targetting may be losers.. :o
 
Login to find out (May 12, 2005 at 2:14pm)
This is exactly the question mamad, will you "without knowing" equate your "one" life as a human to 2 or more human lives. thus the notion "greater good".
 
Login to find out (May 12, 2005 at 8:25am)
Depends who the two people he's gonna blow up are. If it's Saddam and Osama I'll press the button myself.
 
Login to find out (May 12, 2005 at 5:36am)
well you can shoot the TV but not the terrorist?
 
Login to find out (May 11, 2005 at 2:04pm)
You guys, just simply take the question for what it is. So if Bagar says the guy won't detonate the bomb if you kill yourself, then he won't, and also.....those are your only TWO choices, no chance to, 'fight back'. OK, I'm going to use my logic for this one....no hard core islamic facts I can pull out, lol. I forsure would NOT kill myself for people I do not know...maybe if i had to save people by running into a burning house, or jumping a waterfall, I would do it...but not shooting myself with a gun. Its not my responsibility to save those people if some looney toon character is giving me an ultimatum! HE/she can go ahead and detonate the bomb.....and burn in hell for it, I will not be punished for not choosing to shoot myself in the head. But say if some of those people included my mother or brother or someone dear and near to me....I would take the option of shooting myself because I would rather die saving those I love, then live knowing that I did nothing to prevent it. In this case.....i don't think I would be wrong in choosing the option of shooting myself because that is not considered suicide...i'm being left very little choice by some maniac....so how is that 'suicide'...again, I will not be punished for my choices, the looney bin who is making the threats will!!
 
Login to find out (May 11, 2005 at 1:33pm)
well if it were me, i would go ahead and pull the trigger for the "greater good".
 
Login to find out (May 11, 2005 at 7:58am)
I would get him to press the button because being a terrorist and therefore stupid, he will probably make an ar*se of it and I will live to tell the tale.
 
Login to find out (May 11, 2005 at 7:49am)
ok one thing i left out to clear, he is communicating through a TV sitting in front of you. So no physical contact.
 
Login to find out (May 10, 2005 at 4:38pm)
I'll fight with him. If I kill him, perfect, if not, I am going to die anyway. But, I don't see a point in letting him kill me just like that. What is the guarantee that he won't kill those two people after I kill myself while following his instructions?