Family or Chocolate

Another week, another question from Cross Blogging in the weekly Christian Views Symposium. Those of you with writer's block, head on over -- the topics are always good, get you thinking, and give you things to write about if you can't think of anything else!

This week's question came from Lennie's viewing of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory:

You have to make the following choice:

1. Move into and inherit the largest chocolate factory in the world, but never see your family again; or
2. Stay with your family who is very poor, but are loving and supportive.

Questions:

Would you choose #1 or #2 and why?
Is there anything that could be offered to you to make you abandon your family?

Ah.

A much easier question than last week, thanks for the break, Lennie.

Given that set of options, I would very clearly choose #2. Despite what Hollywood and the American Left might have you believe, I think that the vast majority of people would make the same selection. For most people, especially here in the South, family is #1. I often see people making decisions about work and jobs that reflect their emphasis on family (perhaps sometimes too much).

I could see some more materially focused people answering #1, saying that they would simply provide for their family financially with their income from the factory, but more and more people realize that is a very sad choice. Children need a two-parent family with a father and a mother -- more people are realizing that today than in the recent past.

As for the second question, I have to confirm the wording: "offered?" If the question is there anything that you, Donald Trump, or Bill Gates can offer me, the answer is "no." There are no material things that would be acceptable to me. On the other hand, is there "anything" that could be offered? Yes.

I would like to believe that if God were to ask me to do something that would require me to "abandon" my family here on earth, I hope that I would be able to do it. I'm not saying it would be easy, and I'm not saying I wouldn't question the decision, or even be happy with it -- and I certainly hope that such a situation would ever arise. But if it did, I would have to obey, knowing that we would be together at a later time, in a much better place.

Posted by: Ogre at 02:01 PM

Comments

1 Holy Crap, your right, there really is no choice at all.

#1, definatly. No really.

That's how much I looooove chocolate.

Seriously. I mean I would miss my hubby but the rest of the family, hell I would sell them down the river for a couple pound box of Godiva's.

Posted by: Machelle at July 20, 2005 03:59 PM (ZAyoW)

2 A couple pounds? That's all? Hmm...he does work hard, right? I do need some yard work done...

Posted by: Ogre at July 20, 2005 05:56 PM (L0IGK)

3 I would Stay with your family who is very poor, but are loving and supportive.

Why? I would rather have my family.
besides, any poor family can share
a pan of fudge every six months, I know,
cause I have been (not rich) all of my life.

Posted by: Karen at July 20, 2005 06:18 PM (ywZa8)

4 I'm not materialistic. I'd be poor with my family any day over the other option. I know many unhappy rich people. I'll pass on that being alone and rich stuff... and that says a lot coming from a professed chocoholic!

Posted by: Bou at July 20, 2005 11:18 PM (5JHEt)

5 And to think, I was considering this question in light of the ecomonics of the factory...and the Oompah-Loompahs, of course.

Posted by: Ogre at July 21, 2005 07:34 AM (/k+l4)

6 Ompha Loompa's , crap I forgot about them.

Guess I won't be missing my hubby after all?

;P

Posted by: Machelle at July 21, 2005 01:18 PM (ZAyoW)

7 That was soooo wrong...

Posted by: Ogre at July 21, 2005 02:01 PM (L0IGK)

8 #2. Family of course.
(in hopes that they would support me in taking over the factory.) heh-heh-heh-heh. (*,,,*)

Posted by: mensaB at July 21, 2005 03:21 PM (TOHVc)

9 Well there is always that option of having my evil twin take over the factory so I can have both...

Posted by: Ogre at July 21, 2005 03:29 PM (L0IGK)






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