Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Everyone Should be Forgiven!
Do you think a mother, suffering from depression, should be forgiven for drowning her kids for the fear of them being possessed? Yes or no? If you were asking me this question then i would say yes she should be forgiven. You may or may not believe in the devil but this woman did just as the real life woman that drowned her kids for the same reason. These two ladies suffered from depression which made them believe that the devil could turn into a "soul" or "spirit" and take over peoples' bodies. And since people think that the devil causes disease and sickness that made them think the devil was already in their live. So from fear of the devil taking over their kids life they cut their life short that way they did not have to go through the hardship and depression that they went through.
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You make a good point. I agree that we are often too quick to judge others. I wonder, though, is there a moral standard that applies to all--no matter the situation? For example, is murder wrong? Or, is it justifiable in some instances? Our legal system makes allowances. We allow murder in cases of self-defense, and we make allowances for people who murder while "insane."
ReplyDeleteI understand that if you thought that the devil would take over your childs life that you would rather end in before they went trough hard times. But what I think is that even though you think that your child may go through a hard time does that mean you should just drownd your kid. I honestly don't think I would ever be able to do that to a child of mine no matter what.
ReplyDeleteWhy would you forgive a woman who took her children's life because she believed that they were "possessed"? Sounds to me that her depression made her go crazy. I mean, when her children were born she did not believe they were possessed and then now all of a sudden she believes that. Have you ever thought that her kids might of depressed her and she just wanted to get rid of them?
ReplyDeleteI agree that you should not drowned them but done it in a more humane way. It is not right for murder but she knew what she went through with her depression and did not want their live to be the same or worse then what her's was. This is almost the same situation as when a parent kills thier kids because they have a mental inbalance and do not want them going through live getting made fun of or put down so they ened their lives before they have to face the harsh reality of the world and the people in it.
ReplyDeleteAnd Lindsey you also made a good point but she was medically diagnosed with depression. And I know what its like to have a "depressed" family member and they will hardly do anything with their family. So also maybe she saw them getting depressed because of the mom they lacked. This could of drove her to thinking the devil took them just like she probably thought bout herself because they started gettin depressed.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you completely travis i would forgive that woman too because (travis says) that the woman believes that the devil can go into boeies and posses them. See the problem is she is wrong on what she thinks she don't know that the devil possing people was fake, so she was so depressed that she killed her thought to be possessed baby. So yeah I would forgive that woman, now I am not sure I worded this right but its something :D.
ReplyDeleteTravis, you make a good point but it's still wrong for a person to take innocent lives who have a whole future ahead of them. I know its God's place to judge but even if you have a medical condition you have no right to kill someone. Thats against the law and the bible. And wouldnt it make her more depressed if she got ridiculed about killing her own kids. She couldve sent them away to a family that would want them, and not take their lives.
ReplyDeleteBut in the eyes of the mom the kids didnt have a future because when your depressed then their is not much you can do. So she wanted them to get to the "better place" before they saw that their future was gunna be controled by the devil.
ReplyDeleteEveryone seems to think it's perfectly fine and forgivable for an overemotional teen to take their life (which, from a religious standpoint, is not theirs to take-- it is murder, just as this is), yet a woman who has drowned her children is an abomination, and can never be forgiven? If you forgive one type of murder, there is no logical reason not to forgive a different type.
ReplyDeleteIgnore the description of depressed-- in the real life situation, she was declared clinically insane. To me, claiming that this woman should "know right and wrong" while she's insane is like saying autistic children should know when to smile.
The fact is, an autistic child will often not be capable of processing emotions well, just as this woman wasn't able of processing reality well.
I agree with you, but think about this if it was your children would you be able to forgive someone. Sometimes people jump to conclusions way to fast, but wouldn't you if you were in the situation. So, my question to you is would you forgive them if it was you.
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