A father's love
By Brian B
A father is standing on the sidewalk in front of his house. A few feet away, his son is peddling around on his bicycle. Everything is tranquil and serene. Then, the son peddles his bike into the middle of the road. "Son," says the father. "I want you to come back here because I love you and I don't want to see you get hurt."
"No!!" answers the child in defiance.
In the distance, the sound of a truck approaching can be heard.
"Son", the father reiterates gently, "I don't want to see you get hurt." He doesn't move.
"I don't care", says the child. The father can see the truck rolling down the hill, bearing in on his son. He begins to shed tears. "Well," he sobs, "If you don't want to be with me, then I guess you have to get hit by that truck", he sobs. He stands there and watches as the truck slams into his son and crushes him into a thousand pieces. He is crying.
When the father appears in court to testify against the driver, it is revealed that he was standing 3 feet away from his son the entire time. His love for his son is called into question.
The defense attorney for the driver asks him, "Sir, were you standing there while your son rode his bike into the road?"
"Yes sir."
"And you told him to come back, but he refused, is that correct?"
"Yes sir."
"And you loved your son more than anything, correct?
"More than anything, sir."
"And you did not wish any harm to come to him?"
"Yes, sir."
"Now, you see, I'm confused. Was it not in your power to run into the street and pull him to safety yourself?"
"Well, yes, sir, it was."
"And yet you chose not to?"
"Well, I wanted to give him the choice, sir."
"Being hit by a truck doesn't sound like much of a choice, now does it?"
"Well, no."
"So. You didn't want to see your boy hurt, it was completely in your power to rescue him, and just because he didn't come willingly, you let the truck hit him? How can you call yourself a loving parent?"
The father shifts in the stand. He looks up and down. "Well," he finally says, "In my defense, I was really sad about it at the time."
A father is standing on the sidewalk in front of his house. A few feet away, his son is peddling around on his bicycle. Everything is tranquil and serene. Then, the son peddles his bike into the middle of the road. "Son," says the father. "I want you to come back here because I love you and I don't want to see you get hurt."
"No!!" answers the child in defiance.
In the distance, the sound of a truck approaching can be heard.
"Son", the father reiterates gently, "I don't want to see you get hurt." He doesn't move.
"I don't care", says the child. The father can see the truck rolling down the hill, bearing in on his son. He begins to shed tears. "Well," he sobs, "If you don't want to be with me, then I guess you have to get hit by that truck", he sobs. He stands there and watches as the truck slams into his son and crushes him into a thousand pieces. He is crying.
When the father appears in court to testify against the driver, it is revealed that he was standing 3 feet away from his son the entire time. His love for his son is called into question.
The defense attorney for the driver asks him, "Sir, were you standing there while your son rode his bike into the road?"
"Yes sir."
"And you told him to come back, but he refused, is that correct?"
"Yes sir."
"And you loved your son more than anything, correct?
"More than anything, sir."
"And you did not wish any harm to come to him?"
"Yes, sir."
"Now, you see, I'm confused. Was it not in your power to run into the street and pull him to safety yourself?"
"Well, yes, sir, it was."
"And yet you chose not to?"
"Well, I wanted to give him the choice, sir."
"Being hit by a truck doesn't sound like much of a choice, now does it?"
"Well, no."
"So. You didn't want to see your boy hurt, it was completely in your power to rescue him, and just because he didn't come willingly, you let the truck hit him? How can you call yourself a loving parent?"
The father shifts in the stand. He looks up and down. "Well," he finally says, "In my defense, I was really sad about it at the time."
Comments
-M
Secondly what if the Father jumps in front of the truck only to be pushed back and yelled at by his son because "I know what I'm doing Dad, just back off and leave me alone ok?" Jesus is the Father Jumping in front of the truck. He will back off when you ask him to but then when the truck hits I hope the outcome is what you expect.
It doesn't matter if the child is fully grown, anonymous, if they are obviously unaware of the danger that they are in, it is up to the parent to do whatever is necessary to save them.
And if the child refuses to listen, then it is obvious that the father has failed as a parent.
There was just too little information in the story to really know all of what is going on.
From the story, the kid purposely went in the middle of the road. Purposely stood in place when he could see the truck coming. Purposely refused after being warned of the consequences. The kid had to have known.
And the Truck couldn't stop after all that time and ability to SEE what is in the middle of the road?
Really. This all didn't make much sense. It all didn't seem too logical.
You are an imbecile.
(Sheeesh!)
I love my son and he is standing there and about to get run over by a truck...he knows his destiny and so have I...
a week later, they put up a stop sign and a crosswalk and from that day on, no other child gets run over by a moving vehicle at that spot...
so the moral of the story is this...jesus died to save the life of others.....the end..
And if chooses incorrectly, I'm going to make sure he suffers everlasting horror, too.
In fact, I'm going to make sure the little rebellious bastard is tortured in the most sadistic way I can imagine, without chance of parole or release. No "I'm sorry Dad" then. No way. I told him what happen and he snubbed his nose at me, so he gets what he damned well deserves.
And do you know why I have this attitude about my son?
Because I love him and want him to make his own decisions.
He'd damned well better do what I say, though.
I don't see any evidence that bible god ever felt any remorse for its cruelties and callousness. Of course, I don't see any evidence of any type of god that is involved with, or cares about, human affairs. I guess I just lack the imagination or arrogance to "believe" such stuff.
I put in the part about the father being sad because that's a favorite claim of most Christians, that God is "very sad" when he "has to send people to hell". I wanted to show that it doesn't matter two shits whether or not he's sad if he could have actually done something about it.
Mike Lee
"But it's God's will - we can't REALLY know what his plan for us is. He has his reasons. We just cannot possibly fathom what those could be. We just have to HAVE FAITH - AMEN!!!"
Every time I hear one of these answers, I think a few of my brain cells die off...I mean, what can I say to refute it? Argh! So frustrating!
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