Who Would You Save?

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LSK:
Jesus gave His LIFE for me…I wasn’t even BORN yet and He allowed Himself to be murdered by His own CREATURES for my sake…how can I turn my back on His teachings because I might - MIGHT - get sued? I might get made fun of by more wordly people? Because one of His lesser creatures might die?

No contest.
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Fidelis:
As a previous poster pointed out, it seems a lot of us are picking this apart and qualifying the question with a lot of “what ifs” to the point it is meaningless. The point of the scenario is the moral one, the choice between saving a human being --any human being – and a beloved pet.

So, just to clarify, keep in mind the question is hypothetical and presumes a number of things:
  1. For whatever reason, you cannot call 911.
  2. You are a good enough swimmer to effect the rescue.
  3. No one else is around.
  4. It is clear neither the human or your dog can swim.
  5. You can’t get sued.
Sooooo…

Given the conditions above:

"If your dog and a perfect stranger were both drowning and you could save only one, which would you save?"
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I still stick with my original answer.
 
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kaymart:
These were the conditions in the orginal post, you went off topic with the calling 911 thing. (If your dog or a perfect stranger were drowning and you COULD only save one which WOULD you save?)- It was an easy and simple question. Lucky for your part of Jersey you live in a large town with perhaps paid rescue workers(I don’t know I don’t live in your area of the State), here in Monmouth/Ocean Counties we rely on mosty volunteer First Aide and Fire dept. Police are first to respond. which also takes minutes to get here.
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Actually if you read the original question it did not state that you could not call 911 (***"***If your dog and a perfect stranger were both drowning and you could save only one, which would you save?")
It just asked which would you save??..I guess someone like me interperted the question to mean I could save them (I have several several options) other than jumping in the water.
And yes here in Bergen County we do have paid Fire and Ambulance service 🙂
All this is besides the point…Now that the conditions have been defined please see my previous post I would save or attempt to save the stranger(human) 👍
 
I wonder what Jesus would think about anyone even thinking about putting an animal’s life before a human’s??!!
 
Karin said:
Certain states have a law, NY as the example on the books that if you try to save someone and they die their families can sue you …something along the lines that the effort to save them was good but since you did not know what you where doing they died…hope that helps.
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There are also “Good Samaritan” laws that protect someone from being sued in a failed rescue/help attempt.
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thistle:
I wonder what Jesus would think about anyone even thinking about putting an animal’s life before a human’s??!!
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Oh, I think Our Lord would understand our human weakness and failings…I’ll bet He would even forgive those of us who struggle with our feelings of disconnect with other humans…but I could be wrong.
 
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Karin:
Actually if you read the original question it did not state that you could not call 911 (***"***If your dog and a perfect stranger were both drowning and you could save only one, which would you save?")
It just asked which would you save??..I guess someone like me interperted the question to mean I could save them (I have several several options) other than jumping in the water.
And yes here in Bergen County we do have paid Fire and Ambulance service 🙂
All this is besides the point…Now that the conditions have been defined please see my previous post I would save or attempt to save the stranger(human) 👍
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Once again, my proof that being a Catholic Christian is not easy - if it was, everyone would be one!
 
Stranger, hands down. No animal is EVER as important as even the least of humans.
 
The stranger. But I do know some people that would save the dog…yet feeling very guilty about the stranger.
 
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LSK:
Once again, my proof that being a Catholic Christian is not easy - if it was, everyone would be one!
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What does being a Catholic Christian have to do with saving a drowning stranger?
So what you are saying is that only Catholic Christians would save someone (think not).
What about those Catholic Christians that can not swim…are they in the wrong for not jumping in the waterto attempt to help someone?
 
The stranger obviously! I’d try to save both, but obviously the
stranger! I can’t swim very well, so I’d probably end up drowning
myself. Iam terrified of fast moving water, and never go in above
my head, but I’d do it to save a stranger! the dog too! 🙂
 
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Karin:
What about those Catholic Christians that can not swim…are they in the wrong for not jumping in the waterto attempt to help someone?
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Just to clarify – Not being able to is different than being able to and not doing it.
 
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