| What would you do? OK, for this to work we have a stipulate just a few things. I have tried this on several people that I know, and the responses are always interesting. We will figure that the following things are things that we know as surely as fact (if you do disbelieve them, please suspend that disbelief for the moment - that is the essence of a philosophical test or exercise): These things are, that: There is God That if you forsake Him, you will be cast away from him to suffer for eternity Now, for the puzzle - the setting can be anywhere, but what has happened is revolution, and the revolutionaries are intent upon wiping out your religion. They have your daughter, and you know their leader - you thought he was your friend. Now you know for certainty, though, that you will end up dead. This does not matter, as you will be happy to be united with God. Then your friend says something interesting. He asks if your daughter will go there as well? You are afraid you know the answer to that question - you are afraid the answer is no, because you talked about this with her just last week. Your friend says, "If you renounce your God, I will swear that I will aid your daughters escape, and let her live." At first you do not believe him, but then as surely as you believe in God you also find yourself believing that your friend will indeed allow and aid your daughter to escape the influence of the people who now control you. All you have to do is renounce God. Understand, YOU are dead either way, gone on to unite with God. Your daughter does not yet have that luxury because she has not accepted Him. But what if she had just a few more years? Might she not be saved? Would you forsake God, and heaven, to give your daughter a few more years of life to become saved? Would you go to hell for eternity to save your daughter? Click Here to discuss this problem in our Forums! |
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