I had a dream

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  • January 12, 2017 1:10 am at 1:10 am #618997
    Lightbrite
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    Last night that I needed a gun to shoot a crocodile that was attacking me and my family.

    I just remembered how vulnerable and scared I was when I had no way to defend us from this huge jawed beast.

    I never felt so helpless and I wanted a gun, any gun, because that was the only way to stop the crocodiles from eating your family.

    If I was frum in my dream, wouldn’t I have davened to Hashem?

    January 12, 2017 4:03 am at 4:03 am #1208483
    Mammele
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    Not necessarily. You were being pragmatic first. And the Halacha is that even if a PERSON comes to G-d forbid kill you (or your family) you kill him first. But you couldn’t exactly kill the crocodile with your bare hands. So you were searching for the appropriate tool to be able to complete this life saving task.

    And my guess is then you panicked and woke up… Because your next step would have likely been to beg Hashem for mercy.

    January 12, 2017 5:24 am at 5:24 am #1208484
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    Mammele: Thank you. From what I remember, I desperately went to find a BB gun as a last resort (which I think I took from my neighbor and sibling… who IRL used to “play” with them when they were young by shooting target boards) and I don’t really remember if I woke up or just went on to another dream. It was terrifying and crocodiles (and alligators) are one of my biggest mortal fears. G-d forbid forbid.

    Last year, I had a dream that I was on a bus plummeting towards the earth and literally said the entire shema in my dream before it crashed. I died in this dream and was a ghost or spirit afterward (could see my mother but I was dead and she couldn’t see me).

    I know what to do if G-d forbid I was facing death, but the crocodile thing was yes, a moment when I felt the need to kill someone before being killed myself.

    Thank you. I know that this was about a real dream, but it also asks about what I would do in real life. If I was more religious, would I respond differently in an emergency like this.

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