What Would You Do? (#3)?

You are a Christian who does not approve at all of homosexuality, and you feel as if they get whatever punishments they bring upon themselves.

Your best friend from your parish has a strapping son in his late teens who plays a lot of sports well - football, baseball, wrestling, so he always seems to be covered in bumps and bruises and nursing injuries of some kind.

One Sunday after church, he walks up to you, troubled, and wants to confide in you about something, but then his dad (your friend) interrupts and the boy clams up.

The following day, you can't get the incident off your mind, so you decide to try and talk to the boy in private. So you go over to your friend's house and start to ring the doorbell, when you hear a commotion inside. You look into a window, just in time to see your friend punch his son in the face so hard, it sends him flying halfway across the room, blood streaming from his nose.

What would you do?

Do you walk away and pretend you never saw it, figuring it's a "family affair" and none of your business? Do you step in and try to make your friend see reason, or do you call 911?

Call 911 and then step in and get your friend to try and see reason. I'm not sure what your views on homosexuality have to do with this, unless the son is gay, but no parent no person has the right to treat someone that way. The father sould have the hell beaten out of him for treating his child this way.

Contact the police......

I'd step in, pick up a shovel, and smack the **** out of the father.

I'd call the police immediately, and let them handle it. I'd fill out a witness report and detail specifically what I saw. That, combined with the physical evidence (the kid is friggen BLEEDING) would be plenty.

Well, i'd contact the police and report Child Physical Abuse. Then I'd go get the swat team then beat up my friend.

call the police. do not confront the dad cause he will think that the boy told you somthing about his abuse. i also would pray for the boy and comfort him in anyway possible.

i would call social services thats nothing to play around with if it even is a family affiar its not right to do that to a poor boy i feel bad talking about it do something!

I get my friend to c some reason and call 911 b4 hand to esure the kids safety. Btw, nothing is wrong of homosexuality, it says nothing in the bible, if anything it says the opposite.

well,
i would call 911 because its child assault! they are hurting their child. but it also depends on how well you now that family. but otherwise, call 911

First of all, what does homosexuality have to do with this?

You have no idea why they were figting, but you have reason to suspect that this is not the first time this has happened.

Call child services. This kid needs help.

i say call 911 they won't say who called and reported what happened just imagen how happy the boy will be

What does homosexuality have to do with your question???!!

Maybe you addressed this in your other questions, which I didn't see. It doesn't matter though, my advice is:

I say report what you saw. You might *try* talking to your pastor and seeing if he can get the family in to counseling first, but I would make it clear that if they refuse help you will report them to CPS.

Now that you have added the details that he IS gay... it doesn't change anything. You should have called CPS. Though I accept the scripture teaching that homosexual sex is sin, I do not believe that gives anyone a right to be violent and hateful. Jesus loves the sinner enough to die for their sin.. all sin.. that includes homosexual sex.

BTW I don't approve of active homosexual lifestyles.. but I don't feel "they get whatever punishment they bring upon themselves". God is the only who can judge, and poured out His judgement on Jesus Christ... homosexual sin is no different from any other sin... Jesus paid the price.

There, I said it, now feel free to thumbs down fellow Christians!

I do not hate gays!

Neither does God!

Yes active homesexual lifestyle is a sin! That is why I left that lifestyle... yes I LEFT that lifestyle! That means I used to live to lifestyle! Will I lose contacts now?!

But hatefulness and judgmentalism is also a sin! When will other Christians leave THAT lifestyle?

When wil the church stop being better known for opposing homosexual marriage than it is for feeding the poor?

When?

When will the church be a witness of the redemption found in Jesus instead of condemnation?

Okay, my hands are shaking too much to keep typing, I need a breather.

There is only one choice here...you must do whatever needs to be done to protect the child...the end.

CALL 911

I call 911; homosexuality has nothing to do with this. This is a life-or-death situation.

so your saying that people whom are christians beat up people?
or are you saying that the father is gay and beating his son up
becuase his son found out? or the kids a homo and is getting beat up for it? or are you saying becuase fathers beat up sons
we have to agree with the gay agenda?

wow another lame comparison...

you seem fixated on linking everything to homosexuality
in your lame questions...are you a homosexual?

I would confront my friend about it and try to convince him to lay off his son and try and work out his family problems by talking to his son and his wife about them. If need be, I'd get the kid taken out of the house, but I'd prefer if they could work it out on their own.

I also don't see how the homosexuality part at the beginning of the question is relevant to the issue - is the kid a homosexual?

It's not a family affair anymore. I'd step in and restrain the father, while simultaneously contacting the authorities. Yeah.

If I was a guy, I would go in there and make him to stop. Then I would take him son and call the police. Then I would take the matter over seriously in prayer. Comitt them both into God's hands, if you know what I mean.


God Bless!

I hope this helps!!!

This is obviously not an isolated incident. You should alert the authorities to stop the cycle.

I know alot of people say "call the police", but as a friend, I guess I, as a teed-off friend, would get in there and knock the **** out of my friend!! Then go talk with him!!! (If he is a true friend, he would listen to reason!)

Well let me answer a question with a question. Could you justify yourself if you just walk away? You might as well be hitting the kid yourself. This is a very complicated situation, him being your friend and all, but what he is doing is wrong. You know that too or you wouldn't be posting this question. ^-^

I hope this helped!

Call 911 and file a witness statement with the police.

How does homosexuality fit into this scenario?

As far as physical abuse goes, since this man is a member of your church fellowship, you should probably approach him from a Biblical standpoint. Luke 17:3 tells us "Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him: and if he repent, forgive him." In Galations 6:1, it says, "Brothers, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness: considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted."

I think God is very plain throughout scripture that He does not want us to sit idly by while sin goes on around us. There is a way to approach someone, though. I couldn't find the scripture I wanted, but somewhere in the New Testament, we are directed that when approaching another brother, we are to take another believer with us, and if the person will not listen, we are to bring the elders of the church and confront him again.

I would definitely speak to my friend. Physical violence is not condoned in scripture. The Bible is plain that parents are NOT to provoke their children to wrath. Perhaps you witnessed an event that was not ordinary and provoked by normal father-son tensions. On the other hand, your friend may be a closet rage-a-holic. In any event, we are only as sick as our secrets and getting this out into the open may be all that is necessary to stop it.

if it was me i wold leave it to the family cuz it is their life and just forget about it