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Question: If you kill someone then do you kill his or her offspring!?
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If that's so, then if you kill Hitler's grandmother then you save millions of lives!.

By killing a fly you might have destroyed or saved the entire planet, because one event leads to another, and something very insignificant can lead to something major and unexpected!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

If you would like to say "yes", then that would imply the offspring were his destiny - you believe his future was already written!. BUT! if it is destiny for this man to have children, but you killed him, then in reality, his death (pre-offspring) was his destiny, not the kids!. And since the two cannot coexist (unless he has a baby momma who is pregnant when he dies), then no, you are not killing his offspring, or even the "idea" that they would exist!. Because if you can believe maybe having kids was his destiny, then you believe in destiny!. And instead, you must allow him being killed as his destiny; NOT being a father!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

If you are talking about their potential offspring that have not yet been born, then no!. You cannot kill something that is not alive!.

If you are talking about their offspring that already exist, then the answer is still no!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

the act of killing assumes that the person killed was alive beforehand!. Their offspring had not been procreated yet so theoretically were not alive and thus could not be killed!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

You kill a man, you take away everything he's got and everything he's going to haveWww@QuestionHome@Com

Not if they are already born, for sure, and the unborn is just an argument that is rather pointless, I think!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

You kill the potential for said offspring!.Www@QuestionHome@Com