If it's unjust to kill one person in order to save a number of others then what do we say in the case of Christ?

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“The destruction of one human life can never be justified in terms of the benefit that it might conceivably bring to another” - Pope Benedict XVI
 
Jesus freely gave Himself to fulfill the Will of the Father. He was active participant in the Father’s plan.
 
What if I let someone kill me so I can give my heart to my brother?
 
Birdpreacher said:
THen why does RCC hate the movie 7 pounds?
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I haven’t seen that movie, but I’ve seen “Most” which is about a father who has to choose between closing a bridge to save an oncoming train with hundreds of people, from crashing, but doing so would kill his son, who fell into a place that would crush him if the bridge closed. He painfully chose to sacrifice his only family instead of the hundreds of strangers. I don’t know what 7 Pounds is about, and I wonder if it is in any way similar. I just know that in the movie I saw, there was no way of saving both because the train was very close and would crash if he tried to get his son.
 
If you employ someone specifically kill you to save your brother’s life with a heart transplant, you are a sinner, a self-murderer.
Jesus did not commit self-murder.

Jesus didn’t suicide. Jesus was sold by a friend into the clutches of those who hated Him, forceably taken prisoner, falsely judged and tortured, then crucified.

Jesus’ sacrifice was not to save the physical lives of others, and no one physically lived or died at this time because of His murder at the hands of those who chose to be His enemies.

There is no comparison with these examples.

Jesus’ redemptive action is far from a simple human act of giving His life to save the temporal lives of a number of others.
 
To kill an unjust person for the sake of many is not necessary for you can prevent him to harm others without killing him: the unjust one. The death of Jesus goes beyond the ordinary for it was under the condition of hypothetical necessity due to the sin of man; whereby an infinite offense is equaled with an infinite offering: the death of the Lord for our salvation.
 
Mikaele said:
If it’s unjust to kill one person in order to save a number of others then what do we say in the case of Christ?

“The destruction of one human life can never be justified in terms of the benefit that it might conceivably bring to another” - Pope Benedict XVI
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God makes good out of evil… it was wrong for the Jews involved and the Romans to kill Christ, knowing He was innocent, as Pilate admitted.

The sin, the wrongness, the immoral act was on them.

Christ accepted this sacrifice because He knew His Father would use it to redeem humanity.He submitted to the authorities, who, altho they did wrong in executing an innocent Man, did have the authority because they were the government.
 
Mikaele said:
If it’s unjust to kill one person in order to save a number of others then what do we say in the case of Christ?

“The destruction of one human life can never be justified in terms of the benefit that it might conceivably bring to another” - Pope Benedict XVI
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God draws good out of evil… it was wrong for the Jews involved and the Romans to kill Christ, knowing He was innocent, as Pilate admitted.

The sin, the wrongness, the immoral act was on them.

Christ accepted this sacrifice because He knew His Father would use it to redeem humanity.He submitted to the authorities, who, altho they did wrong in executing an innocent Man, did have the authority because they were the government.
 
Does that mean self-defense is a sin? If my son or daughter has a knife held to their throat, it’s a sin to shoot that person in order to keep my children safe? I can’t see self-defense as being a sin.
 
dandingo said:
Does that mean self-defense is a sin? If my son or daughter has a knife held to their throat, it’s a sin to shoot that person in order to keep my children safe? I can’t see self-defense as being a sin.
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Self defense is not a sin.
 
laircy said:
I haven’t seen that movie, but I’ve seen “Most” which is about a father who has to choose between closing a bridge to save an oncoming train with hundreds of people, from crashing, but doing so would kill his son, who fell into a place that would crush him if the bridge closed. He painfully chose to sacrifice his only family instead of the hundreds of strangers. I don’t know what 7 Pounds is about, and I wonder if it is in any way similar. I just know that in the movie I saw, there was no way of saving both because the train was very close and would crash if he tried to get his son.
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In 7lbs Will Smith picks out 7 random people and donates his organs to them. He dies so that they can live. I know CNS was not a fan of it.
old.usccb.org/movies/s/sevenpounds.shtml
 
Mikaele said:
“The destruction of one human life can never be justified in terms of the benefit that it might conceivably bring to another” - Pope Benedict XVI
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Is the Pope saying self defense is a sin? Is he making a “Faith and Morals” statement? If he is I might have to question my being a Catholic.
 
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