Responsible For?

Responsible For?

Could you be responsible for someone else's sins In other words, is it possible that one person could be held responsible for someone else's actions? Or is everyone responsible for all of their own actions?

For example: Let us say that there is a well known drug addict in the neighborhood. And lets say that he is always begging and you are continuously giving him money. One day after you have given him some money, he takes it and buys some drugs which he overdoses on. Could you or should you be held responsible for his continued addiction and death ?


Genesis 4:9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother's keeper?

Matthew 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

Intrepid wrote:

Matthew 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

This says we should masturbate and have lots of sex.

Intrepid wrote:

Matthew 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

This says we should masturbate and have lots of sex.

Responsible For?

Could you be responsible for someone else's sins In other words, is it possible that one person could be held responsible for someone else's actions? Or is everyone responsible for all of their own actions?

For example: Let us say that there is a well known drug addict in the neighborhood. And lets say that he is always begging and you are continuously giving him money. One day after you have given him some money, he takes it and buys some drugs which he overdoses on. Could you or should you be held responsible for his continued addiction and death ?


Genesis 4:9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother's keeper?

We are not responsible yet we are punished, in your case you have nothing to fear, exept maybe a little unfounded guilt. Also Cain killed his brother, so of course he would be held acountable. And according to old testament we were punished b/c of adam and eves sin. Were punished b/c o9f something they did.

I can give my personal opinion. No religious connections, purely personal.

I do not believe we are responsible for others actions.

In the situation you presented: If you knew the person was a drug addict, and gave money, that would be a foolish thing to do, IMO. There would be moral implications for oneself - contributing to/enabling an addiction. Helping another destroy themself.

We are not responsible yet we are punished, in your case you have nothing to fear, exept maybe a little unfounded guilt. Also Cain killed his brother, so of course he would be held acountable. And according to old testament we were punished b/c of adam and eves sin. Were punished b/c o9f something they did.

Mindonfire wrote:

Responsible For?

Could you be responsible for someone else's sins In other words, is it possible that one person could be held responsible for someone else's actions? Or is everyone responsible for all of their own actions?

For example: Let us say that there is a well known drug addict in the neighborhood. And lets say that he is always begging and you are continuously giving him money. One day after you have given him some money, he takes it and buys some drugs which he overdoses on. Could you or should you be held responsible for his continued addiction and death ?


Then you are partly responsible for their actions
Genesis 4:9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother's keeper?

Well... no. Each person has to decide how they are going to live their life. If you give someone money for drugs and they overdose I don't believe you are responsible for their overdose. After all you didn't sit there and hold their nose to the table and make them snort some coke. However, you are responsible for giving them the money and enabling them to continue a lifestyle that was endangering their life.

Mindonfire wrote:

Responsible For?

Could you be responsible for someone else's sins In other words, is it possible that one person could be held responsible for someone else's actions? Or is everyone responsible for all of their own actions?

For example: Let us say that there is a well known drug addict in the neighborhood. And lets say that he is always begging and you are continuously giving him money. One day after you have given him some money, he takes it and buys some drugs which he overdoses on. Could you or should you be held responsible for his continued addiction and death ?


Genesis 4:9 And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother's keeper?

Well... no. Each person has to decide how they are going to live their life. If you give someone money for drugs and they overdose I don't believe you are responsible for their overdose. After all you didn't sit there and hold their nose to the table and make them snort some coke. However, you are responsible for giving them the money and enabling them to continue a lifestyle that was endangering their life.

You are held accountable for knowingly aiding an individual in the comittment of an offense. If you know that an individual is susceptible to a certain thing and you aid him in obtaining that thing then yes you are partly responsible. You are your brothers keeper.

We suffer the consequence of Adam and Eve's sin. The punishment for their sin was/is death. Jesus lived and died so we might have the opportunity to be ransomed from the punishment.