most of you talk as if you have to invite them inside for a nice meal and leave you and your family vulnerable. you could always leave them food in the yard or something and find out what theyre all about, ready to pounce at any second. but personally, i wouldnt feed them if i had no food remaining. if shtf, its going to be about survival, not making sure strangers survive. but i have a smal group of close friends already for a scenario like this.so thats who ill b lookin out for and visa versa.
I would feed my wife and child first, then offer them a portion of mine but, I really think this is the kind of scenario you really cannot predict due to all the variables... maybe if you had extra water you could get them hydrated, its a start.
If a man takes his role as protector seriously, he will take care of his own first before anyone else. In the case there is not enough for his own, he would be irresponsible to give to others, whether we're talking food, money or anything else of physical value.
Add more water to the pot. Find out what skills and knowledge they might have and maybe work together. You never know who you are chasing away, they might be a DR. Or weapons specialist or engineer that had something bad happen to them where they lost everything or had it taken away. Most everyone has some special knowledge or skill that could be beneficial.
well when it come downs to it as sad as it may be chasing them away might be the thing to do then again helping them may be a good idea as well banding together in a shtf situation will be essential for survival it all depends if will be a relationship that will just hold you down or one that will help you move fwd as a team
@slither169 I think I would rather set down and eat sage brush out back before venturing into cannibalism.....This is why we prep, so we will have food for the occasional unfortunate stragglers AND my family when and if SHTF.
...We are not Godless animals, and still have to live with ourselves and our actions in good times and bad.
This is a good question. I posed this question on another video. I say that you have to run them off. The only way you don't is if they can be of use to you, or your family. What do they have to offer? If they can help you then they can stay. If not then you get rid of them. I know it sounds cold, I do not want to be that way, but it is how it must be.
I would do my best to try and help (feed) them, but not at the expense of my own family. I would like to think that by surviving as a family we would also maintain our humanity and compassion. Make no mistake, any aggression would be met with all necessary force, but people in a desparate situation are still....people.
Next point. Defense will be possible only if good people pull together. How well do you think you, wife ,and kids are going to do alone when even one skilled guy with a gun catches you unawares. You'll all be dead before you know what happened. In a tribal structure, you will be able to have a couple people on guard duty at all times and others sleeping with their guns and ammo next to them. That's livable. Those of you who plan to help no one and kill others will die very quickly. Deservedly so
Thats the next point, find a place where you can grow food. Alot of idiots out there think they are going to run out in the woods and hunt. Yeah, them and many millions of others all at once!!! DUH!! If you know what your doing you can feed a family on a couple acres. You will need good access to decent water for crops and a decent drinking water purification setup or you will die. I reiterate, people will need to pull together or they will die. Yes you will need to defend yourselves.
I would try to help them to the extent possible. I would use my best judgement in watching their conduct. I would expect them to also brin something to the table by providing labor and/or skills. As money would be worthless, the first people I would shoot would be rich people thinking they can buy food with their money. I would hope most of us little folks would pull together and work together for if divided, most of us would die. Do you really think you and yours will survive without help?
What decision I would make concerning taking food out of my families mouth and giving it to strangers?
Why, of course I would let my family starve to feed a set of total strangers. Heck, I might even offer to surgically remove one of my legs to add to the stew pot in order to ensure that the total strangers' bellies are full.
It's the only Christian thing to do, right? And it's also the only Marxist thing to do, as well.
"From each according to their ability; to each according to their need"
Good question. I would say alerting your family to keep an eye on the strangers but yes, invite them with the acknowledgement that times are hard and they will have to help provide (hunt, fish, scour the local stores, etc.) If they refuse to contribute then run them off and be on guard in case they come back. In this type of situation though I would expect people to be helpful to one another, especially if they are in the same boat as you.
I've spent all my life helping people, and I've been messed over for my efforts several times. I've learned that some people are just out for themselves. They would kill me or my family, or steal my last chicken and not have any feelings over it. So when I say this know I'm not trying to PO anyone. In a life and death situation, I wouldn't see three people standing there. I see potential food. You asked a hard question, there's the hard answer. I won't let my family starve, no matter what.
I would share, that being said I would not be much of a forager or prep per if I had let my family get into this situation of eating our last meal. Never stop foraging ( it is survival nothing elese)
There are some seriously F-ed up answers here....Damn right I would share my food with anyone who is not hostile! Anyone who would turn away a child is going to exact some BAD ASS KARMA from God!
I live in Los Vagas so their wont be much around to find or kill for food and water, but I prep and I have a family to feed. I believe in a bad situation cats and dogs would become food. so I would give a little but vary little.
I would feel bad for their child, but not to the point of taking away from my kids. If it was truly our last bit of food, I would not be eating anything and I would kill anyone that tried to take it from them.
The easiest food crops to grow is the edible aquatic azolla and edible aquatic cattails that can outproduce almost any conventional crop known to this present day. Indoor greenhouse farming is a must for azolla and applicable also for edible cattails, the edible cattail is the supermarket of the swamps. Under ideal conditions both crops can grow faster than your daily needs but so what, better dealing wt the problems of surpluses than that of shortages.
I would point my weapon right in their face, then kill my dogs and cats, and feed both families......there will always be ferral cats and dogs and then rats running around.
I am telling everyone I know that they need to stock up on food and water it makes me mad that most of them either think I am crazy or they say if anything bad happens I come to your house. I am prepping for my family and myself so I would run them off by any means nesery. It is not that I don’t care for people its that everyone knows something bad is coming and I cant help those that will not help themselves!
@DavidGummer I agree 100%. I tried to tell family and friends my thoughts on things, but I was received like Ted Kaczynski. Some of them agree, but at the same time, they only have 3 days of food in their house. I'm prepping for my immediate family , and nobody (not even family members) are going to take that away from me and my kids. The best advise I can give you is to keep quiet about your stockpile. If they cant see the writing on the wall, they are a lots cause.
When prepping I think it is important not only to prep for yourself and your family but if possible to prep some extra for those who are not as fortunate or wise around you. However given the scenario you suggested I would feed my family first and if I were so inclined I would give up my own portion of the food to that family if they were not hostile.
does it really matter if its your last meal? you have nothing they can take so feeding them wouldn't hurt because you have nothing . i think the issue is when you have stuff that can be taken thats when your more out to chase people away .
I have always cared for others before me but I have to feed my family first I would ask for them to bring food to add to the pot to cook and eat together I have bring with Homeless people ask them to bring me all the katsup packets that they could find with some wild onions and salt and pepper packets from their own car I help them make a warm tomato soup on a cold day in Dec. WHILE i WAS JUST SEATING in the park for a few hours
I've always thoroughly enjoy your videos, brother! Keep up the great work --GM
Regarding your scenario, I would personally set aside a small amount of resources (a single MRE, matches, etc) and package these items in small units to be given out JUDICIOUSLY when the need arises. Charity Packs, so to speak.
Id feed them, but that doesnt mean theyd get the lions share. not that it matters anyway, by that point you cant really count on that meal. you need more food and the people you help might be able to assist. also, if you send them away they might leave thinking youre loaded and return with a mob. if you bring them in amd they see your conditions they are more likely to be grateful than pissed off and plotting to get your goods
Id feed them, but that doesnt mean theyd get the lions share. not that it matters anyway, by that point you cant really count on that meal. you need more food and the people you help might be able to assist. also, if you send them away they might leave thinking youre loaded and return with a mob. if you bring them in amd they see your conditions they are more likely to be grateful than pissed off and plotting to get your goods
I would have to feed them, even if it means my family and I starve. Jesus only had a handful of food, I guess there would not have been a miricle of feeding the five thousand if he opened fire on the crowd! Now if the couple were agressive and about to do harm to my family..... diffrent story.
Local families yes, or have associated with, not strangers just wandering around. I would think that people that live in rural areas as in my case would kinda band together and know who is who. Yeah its all fine and good, leave em sit in for a meal, they scope your place and things, then you wake up (or not) to your throat bein slit, so I wouldnt feed em tell em to GIT!
very cool vid, well in that scenario it will depend on wether it was indeed an end time or a SHTF scenario, because if its an end time then chaos would reign, no police, no law, so ur more likley to be harmed so i would shoo the 2 adults away if i didnt know them, if its a SHTF scenario then i would offer some food . either way right now (nov 2011) im still stocking up on food.
In the start of the 1990's, I started telling this to lots of people, that if we would continue on buying stuff from China that we would scrap our economy and our kids future. Most of the people told me that I was crazy. I said to myself,'' What the hell is this? The twillight zone? Ha,,, Ok,,, I must be on the planet of the apes. I truly do'nt give a dam for an ape that does'nt even care about its own kids future. I got lots of food and silver and a plan ''B''. I'm wo'nt feel sorry for no one.
Well, if I'd see someone starving, and I'd have lots of food, i'd let them starve. I think like the bilderbergs. There is too much people on the planet, and something has to be done. The bilderbergs have planned this for a long time, by using the peoples greed. For years lots of countries bought items from foreign countries like China, and in doing so, they scraped their own economy and their kids future. 25 million jobs lost in the Us because of the good people of America----Continue
Seriously, if you're family was starving to death, and 200 lbs of meat walked onto your property.... Just saying, you'd be telling your family you found a pig while you were out hunting.
Feed them. Now I've seen several comments about living off the land, obviously by people who have never done it. It is NOT easy. And those resources will be gone (locally) within two or three weeks. There are only so many deer, and squirrel, etc. And thousands will have the same idea as you. And many who live in remote areas are going to protect the resources they have at any cost. You might not be welcome to hunt their lands. You better have food caches, or you may very well starve to death.
@FatDaddy4Fun I agree about the wild game and living off the land, but honestly if your only source of water is the pipe that comes into your house, having a huge stockpile of food does you no good. Water is key to life. I see preppers with 18 months of food, and 2 – 55 gallon drums of water. In about 1 month, that water will be gone unless they can re-supply somehow. Most people will die of dehydration long before their food runs out.
I feel everyone should be responsible for their own food storage. I have enough food storage that could last for almost a year plus. I would want to do the right thing it is important for those who are well off to be a beacon of light and help other people who are less fortunate. If we do not help other people the world will be that much more cruel.
Feeding this family MAY earn you a new ally . But knowing people , I would be ever-vigilant as to what kind of people they are . They may be good , decent people , or they may try to kill me for what I / we have .
Also something to keep in mind , is that if you feed a few hungry mouths , you may have to feed MORE . And in that type scenario , people would kill for a scrap of food .
Personally, I don't know what an "extra" MRE is in a SHTF scenario. I have prepared to feed me and mine... There is no extra to give to anyone else. I won't have to see a starving neighbor, because I'll have boarded up the windors and barricaded myself and my family inside. They may knock, but no one will respond. For those with me who might lose their resolve in such a case, I have noise cancelling headphones on hand so they won't hear the pleas of the desperate.
if i did feed them, id tell one to strip naked (make sure hes not hiding a weapon) and walk up to get the food.... but i havent decided if i am gonna feed them or not :)
Hey Scutter...Here's what I think...I have a big and alert heart. So I would feed em. Our Lord would make it enough for us all !!! Proverbs 25:21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty give him water to drink . It would make me sick to turn hungry people away to the point I wouldnt be able to eat anyway's. But that's just me.....Peace Tisha :)
me and the wife disscussed this already we would prob. feed. We wont turn down any children but the teen/adults who laughed at crisis comeing and know they had time to prepare and didn't they may walk away empty handed or a couple of cans of food no more no less. They would have to dissarm themselfs approaching us,maybe one person from the group may approach us.You have to be careful so careful.
What was described would make a very large pot of soup, so I believe I would share in most cases. If you turn them away they could get more desperate and things could get bad, on the other hand they might be grateful and help you in some way. It is much easier to farm or gather food with more hands and they might have skills that would help even more.
and to switch the tables if i were that family with a child , i would do any thing to survive including kill . that is the reality , when your belly is empty man will eat any thing on 2 and four legs including each other . food will be more valuable than paper money . guns bullets , gold gas, iron and steel tools for repairing, farming , and building plus live stock will have to be guarded at all times . after the first 2 to 3 months will be when your guard will have to be at your highest .
id fire a warning shot yell you are not welcome and sternly tell them to leave . my family is the ones that i dedicate my life to and for those that are not ready for the end that is there problem . they lived with there eyes shut to the truth , being anti gun, welfare , non-resorsful , believing they can get through there life with just there beauty or charm . that is and are the first to put there hand out for help. those will be the ones to watch out for they will be most dangerous .
Interesting question which ive always wondered how i would handle. Your at some point and time unless you want to starve your own family going to have to turn people away but how i could turn down a small child thats hungry i dont know how i would do it but you would have to wouldnt you? Maybe as preppers we could put together cheap little care packages to give people like that which has maybe some beans and rice.
I would walk outside with a M1A,rem870,1897,AR-15,FN-PS90,AK-47 or anything that says fucking mess with me and die,if they dont run they're good actors or honest people
I would ask them what their situation is,what they have been trough
If they look and sound like its true(dirty clothes,sweet stains,rips and tears,so on) I would give them a Mosin Nagant and 100 rounds and teach them to hunt animals from squirel to buck.
@bmartin863 Thats why we prepare,think of it ahead of time.Besides they're young and don't know what to do.I can turn away a guy who knows how to survive but not a non preper with a family,besides I live in Teaxas so guns and ammo are everywhere.
After two days without food, it'syou're not going to die, so I would invite them to eat after checking them out thoroughly and thoughtfully. Then you have two more adults to help you and your family find/hunt/prepare more food. The more you have in your "survival community" the better. Just no dead weight.
@AppalachianSurvival Never sacrifice you or your family's chance of survival to help others. Which is better the potential survival of four or the certain death of eight. In the biblical days when famine hit, the eldest child was fed double that of every one else and children unable to work were left to die. Altrueism is the path to death.
We are alive only for one purpose..that is to do God's will. What would god do?..He would feed them. I would too. We are required to have FAITH that God will provide for us..He works miracles!..never forget that..I have experienced God's providence over and over. I would definitely feed the family..it might be my last chance to obey the 2nd Commandment...God Bless..we are also required to love our enemies..give them a chance to change by showing them love.
I take them in. I bless the meal with them, giving God thanks for sending them our way. I give them my portion, watch to see if they ensure the children eat their fill first, all the while, I stand back with my rifle at the ready. If they feed the children and take nothing for themselves, then I take them in, and teach them what they will need to know to secure their next meal, if they attempt to eat first, and leave the children without, there is a very good chance it might be their last meal.
for those who havent thought of this, starving to death is a horrible way to die.
its a painful way to die. so if ur lucky it wont come to that. feed your family, feed strangers, before yourself. because even if god isnt real, karma could be.
there is a wealth of food in the forest, if you know where to look. i believe some simple knowledge can keep you fed out there. i would feed the child and offer to keep it with me. as for the adults, if they cannot simply feed themselves, they are more detrimental to my group than a help. frankly, only the strong and learned will survive.
I'd make the parents work for it , make them trade or do some service like cleaning or building or even entertaining , just to make sure they earned their food , but if the child did seam in pour condition . I would feed the kid
And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward." I'd like to say that I would definitely share with them ...but if my little ones were starving, then Christ would have to give me the strength...and I believe I would!
@TheNancySikes I'd like to add that the little food I had left, in this scenario, really doesn't belong to me anyway ...it belongs to my Lord and therefore, how could I not share with them?
It's kinda gruesome but an honest answer...I'd say let the kid have most of my own ration, and warn the parents if they make a wrong move they'll be the next thing on my menu. Worse comes to worse more than a few will turn to cannibalism and history's proven that many times. Hopefully it'll never come to that. I would try to explain to them how they may find some wild edibles as long as they were peaceable n grateful I fed their kid instead of eating them or turning them all away with nothing
I think I would share this meal, And as a prepper I would Try to have extra MRE's on hand to hand out to people and send them on their way afterwards!
depends on the circumstances a chicken and veggies can make a stew to feed a few others as to the trust it would be a guarded one. be on the look out for others who might be setting a trap maybe recce the area or feed the other family from a distance
i do believe their is strength in numbers. but caution is also necessary
The percentage of selfishness is astounding. We may or may not let them join our family, depending what word we get from God. But I would share the food. Would you people save your life, just to lose your soul?
Its a hard one to call, I guess you could'nt really say either way until you are acctually in that situation. Like rickspringfield45 says I worry mainly about my family who doesn't prep at all....I go broke to prep between Guns, food, Silver, ETC.... If SHTF/WORL does come, how fair would it be to my kids if I had family members let alone strangers begging for what I worked so hard to prepare. I would have to consider how many times i told them to prep and then how much heed they took, if any.
I would feed them. What if that couple was my daughter, my grandchild, my son in law.' I'd want some one to feed them. I'd ask our Father in heaven to bless us all, and our meal. Let them know it was our last morsel. Perhaps the young man would help me find more food. Perhaps not.
As a Prepper I struggle with this scenario often, mostly with the thought of just family that dont prep. Sense you brought up strangers it sheds a new light on the subject. Yes I would share the food with them, if a mother and father with a child should show up at my door, they would be welcome. Of course using caution and being aware of the dangers in doing that, there is no way I could turn them away. If it was three men, I'd offer them whatever advice I could give to help and send them away.
First.. I am going to have lots of fooodstuffs to fall back so I don't let my family die..and second...I have to feed and clothe the young couple, whether I think they are spys or not, I'll make soup, I am bound by the Word of God, tp help those people, period. And before the soup is ready, I be sittin down with them and reading that Bible...its one think/ to say you have faith, but faith w/o actions James 2:14-26
Let me state that I am not a Christian - I am an Agnostic - and I have to tell you the comments here disturb people like me. You see, I love the teachings of Jesus - I just don't believe in his divinity. All you christians take the time today and (re)read Matthew chapter 5 - pay special attention to verses 44-48. To profess faith is easy - to walk the walk is a b*tch! There is only one answer to his question - you share your meal - period - why don't you people get this?
You state you have your last chicken, some wilted carots, celery, etc, and it will be your last meal for a while or possibly your last meal for you and your family, and here stands a young couple with a small child in your driveway hungry, and would you help them. Well in the first place I would make them send the child forth to get a small portion of what I had left, and tell them to be on their way that there were no more food, and we would be hungry soon also. I would tell them not to return,
My family comes first bottom line. Any threat to them would be eliminated. There's a slim chance I may allow the child to approach alone and have some food.
NO sorry if was all i had then no...all the sheep want to party and not be bothered by those CRAZY folks......so im doing what i need to as others go to the movies /shopping/ out to eat......if you are the man of the house hold then its your job to get your family what they need.....end of story.......
ive tried to warn anyone that will hear me out so ive done my part....buts thats not very many people as they dont want to hear it
no question ,my immediate family is the most important thing on this planet ,i could live with the death of the strangers ,i could not live with myself if i caused the death of one of mine by giving away there sustence, if the strangers were listening ,they would have heard the call to be prepared
I would NOT go outside unless tactically necessary. I would defend my home and family with deadly force from anyone trying to enter it. I would feed my family and none of the trespassers, including the children. It is your Christian responsibility to take care of your wife and children! You are not following what God has ordered you to do, in the Bible, if you let your wife and children starve or make yourself so weak that you can’t adequately defend them in order to feed strangers.
I would feed the children including theirs and divide the remainder of the meal amongst the adults. I couldn't stand to see a child go without. Also, I believe that stone soup in a bad scenario is always a good idea.
You're a christian yet what will be your own actions? What are your plans brother? I'll share with anyone who tilled their own garden as I did. You reap what you sow. The little red hen has a good lesson....who will help me make my bread? The "not I " people will not eat. Like the 12 virgins and oil lamps. Those who used their oil didn't go with the bride groom, but were left in the dark. I will share with those willing to share. AMEN
Is it not what you do when you are a follower of christ, in helping others out. Followers of christ are to take chances in pursuing the values of jesus, in my opinion. I know as a human, I would give someone food if they were bad off, with all chances involved..
I would capture the family and put them into the Gulag I have constructed behind my house. I would then procede to make them participate in gladiator combat for my amusement. Did I mention that I would name myself Caesar? I also would classify myself and my merry band of men "The Legion".
I will say "We have nothing but I know a guy who may have a little food to share. I will ask him for you and if he does I will tell him to leave it at such & such location tomorrow at 11 pm. Go there and look at midnight and never come here again or I will shoot you on sight, as I was already warned not to ask him for any more". Then I would take the food under cover of darkness with protection and leave it at the spot for them. (Plz store extra to help others people! It is cheap now!! Please!!)
Maybe this is just the thief in me but if I were going to scout someone's position in a non covert way I would definitely bring a child or children with me. It makes people much more likely to help you, if you have a poor little child to care for. So if it were me I wouldn't let the fact that there a family fool me and I definitely would not let them see to much before a level of trust had been built.
Basically I'd go instinct until I had solid info to go on.
My family and friends take priority over everyone else. Sorry everybody else but thats just the way is works. That being said I wouldn't just shoot them, that's a waste of valuable ammo. However if they tried to steel from me I would think twice about kill the aggressor (not the small child or who ever else there with). If I had an abundace of food however I would do a little trading (nothings free).
You chase 'em the hell off, unless of course you want company with you while you and your family are starving to death after that last meal has been consumed. Hell of a world we live in, ain't it?
You work, you eat. Thats the rules we call abide by. And if they are spys, then may god have mercy on the poor souls they send after me and my family. Becasue we sure as hell wont.
Good question, and a hard question. My answer now may not be my answer in the real situation. Parents not prepped is my greates concern. My children is why I an trying to be prepaired. I would offer the parents my portion to feed their child. I would welcome them to stay if they were scared but explain it was the last of our food. I cant watch a child starve while I eat.
I would feed/protect my own. If they show aggression they would be dealt with if I felt it was absolutely necessary. If they show no aggression I'd like to think Id give a small ration to the child, and tell them to be on there way.
I would approach them and order them to lay everything they have down. Search it all, and confiscate any weapons (to minimize risk of harm to my family) from them. Invite them in to eat. Depending on their health, I may even offer them my portion of food. If they, at any time, threatened my family's life, then I would kill them. If they were civil, then I would preach to them, and see if they're willing to help me provide for my family. Bottom line: take every precaution, and be generous.
Wouldn't it be better to "hire" the family, to effectively double your food gathering eyes, ears and hands? It would increase your food gathering range. ..Or you could shoot 'em.
you feed them...the lord will prove....i have been homeless and hungry with four children. i never lost faith....i'd get mad...i prayed harder though. he always sent someone or something in my life to saves us.ALWAYS!
i am a christian i love God but if they came to my house i would give them a warning to go away and if they didnt i would give them a warning shot and if they still didnt go i would phisically remove them from my property if they tried to be harmfull i would kill them plain and simple
For starters I timothy 5:8 if you dont prep for you family you are worse than the evil ... as for people showing up at my place i live pretty far back in the woods about 10 miles off a main road so if they do manage to make it here uninvited they had better come ready to work hard on my small farm and do as asked to help and be fed or they can be fed to the hogs... there choice not mine
It's a hard call. None of us know for sure what we would do. Everyone may say I would help them and get info from them but no one in here has suffered from starvation. When you starve the logic center of your brain shuts down this cannot be overcome by ANYONE. I don't care how mentaly strong you think you are you will be ruled by the instinct to survive. Compassion, hatred, and other feelings you have now will not exist when you are starving.
If I was so unprepared that I had a family to take care of and only one chicken left to eat I wouldn't risk my familys lives by throwing away food like that seeing as that little food wouldn't help either my family or theires.
And to be brutally honest, if the same scenario was posed without the chicken I'd probably even eat that other family..
I think a lot of it would be in the attitude of the visitors. If they were beligerant and demanding I would make them leave. If they were respectful I'd probably invite them to stay. Maybe with the extra people we could find more food.
I don't know that we can predict how we would behave in that situation. I'd like to believe that if they were hungry, I would feed them. God will provide whatever we lack. We can't out-give God. If they are spies or enemies God will protect us if it is His will. With God's help I believe I will do as I believe He would want me to. Always praying for his guidance and strength.
I believe in he Lord. I would have faith that He would protect us and show us the way.In that situation, the Lord says to have faith in Him ad all things will be possible.
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Glad you posted this and I caught it. Feed the family. Definitely. Keep an eye on them, though, and see that they are people you'll be able to work and live with - that they will be cooperative.
One thing I would pray to god to give me the power to burn into the consciousness of everybody - there is a very good, very healthy, very easy remedy to sickness and starvation, always handy. I tell no lie. Ya'll must look it up for yourselves:
I honestly would need to go with my gut feeling at the time, it doesnt let me down too often. I dont like to turn anyone away, but at times, it is neccessary.
It all boils down to cut-of-jib. Either you is, or you aint. If I'm lookin' @ you this way. Spies don't really matter, if it really is your last food anyway.
You look like a nice piggy...We can cook you in the open fire and have a bbq and even invite the neighbors and even have leftovers for the morning...haha...human nature dictates that -in a starvation situation- people will turn into animals and will do whatever it takes to survive...maybe not all but the one's that are willing to do whatever it takes will be the ones that survive...survival of the fittest and people will turn into canibals and kill and eat each other if necessary..
@ReinaValera1865 Eating human flesh can give you a deadly case of prions (google it), however, that would be a good scare tactic.
Don't just give food out! make them work for it. Requiring them to do hard work, is a great way to see their true character.
If they gripe about it or are slow and resentful, then send them packing! If they are willing to work until they almost fall down, then they truly need and appreciate your help.
Make soup ! potatoes with the carrot and celery stick a little h2o. Save the chicken and eat the eggs. , Asses the threat , freed the family .Pray for planting season and kick yourself in the pants for not being a Prepper..Peace !
I would help. In fact, I would expect a miracle, like the feeding of the 5 thousand by Jesus. But by this time, there may be a whole community of believers depending on God to provide like in Exodus when His chosen left Egypt.
Today we would eat and drink and be merry with our new neighbors! Tomorow we would, eat one of our neighbors, and drink and be merry! Just kidding. As most have said here we would share, after all what is 200 (or less) more calories going to do for your body in the long run? Just add some more water. Oh and there are lots of wild plants, so noone should starve! Learn the local wild edibles while you still have time... It aint all about the meat!
Having been raised in a family where we shared our meager meals with unexpected guests, even if the meal was creamed peas on toast. However, in the scenario which you so vividly created, the existence of the next meal is questionable, not just in reference to WHEN it may happen, but IF it may happen.
The first thing I'd do would be to approach the people with warmth and a welcoming attitude. Perhaps they have some bread to contribute to the meal and/or other resources that we do not know of.
If they pose no threat, and are kind and polite, I will feed them. But they will only get one bowl each and only the child will have some chicken. The parents will just have to eat broth and vegetable scraps.
Share with them absolutely, without hesitation - no matter if they are a Christian or otherwise. After that you have all the room in the world to preach the Gospel to them, and they might actually be receptive for once.
What's death to the saved?
Shooting or killing them could damn them while they still have a chance.
I would Share with the Family, if there was not enough I would make sure all the children at first, mine and theirs. and if anything left from that, share it as well. I couldn't turn them away. However that's what I say right now, but really hard to say if it actually happened...lol But I know in my heart of hearts, I would feed their child.
LOCKED & Loaded, depending on how they appeared probably feed them. If they are up to no good, you can always kill them and take what you can from them for yourself or trade.... what to do with the child ? I guess you are their new official temporary guardian.
Besides it can be a beneficial intelligence source, and who knows there may be a meeting of the minds.
If they are Christians they will have a Bible, they will have verses they have memorized they will be a blessing to you and maybe you will be helping Angels unaware.Maybe they will bring you information that will save your life. Test them, then let your spirit be your guide.I John3:17If anyone has material possesions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him,how can the love of God be in him?
If it's your last meal, what good will it do you anyway?on one hand, you chase away the family, eat your last meal and die of starvation. But on the other hand, what have you got to lose by helping them?
@scutter4christ Kill the adults eat them, keep the child alive to trade for food or eat if nobody wants to trade. god forgives right? If not i hope there BBQ sauce in hell....
most of you talk as if you have to invite them inside for a nice meal and leave you and your family vulnerable. you could always leave them food in the yard or something and find out what theyre all about, ready to pounce at any second. but personally, i wouldnt feed them if i had no food remaining. if shtf, its going to be about survival, not making sure strangers survive. but i have a smal group of close friends already for a scenario like this.so thats who ill b lookin out for and visa versa.
purplepatterson1987 2 days ago
I would feed my wife and child first, then offer them a portion of mine but, I really think this is the kind of scenario you really cannot predict due to all the variables... maybe if you had extra water you could get them hydrated, its a start.
onerugrat 6 days ago
If a man takes his role as protector seriously, he will take care of his own first before anyone else. In the case there is not enough for his own, he would be irresponsible to give to others, whether we're talking food, money or anything else of physical value.
RememberForThePeople 1 week ago
I wanna kill,kill,kill. I wanna see burnt dead bodies lying in my driveway!!!
Really though they would be screwed.
thedarknessjosh 1 week ago
Help them keeping a close eye.
battletoads22 2 weeks ago
Add more water to the pot. Find out what skills and knowledge they might have and maybe work together. You never know who you are chasing away, they might be a DR. Or weapons specialist or engineer that had something bad happen to them where they lost everything or had it taken away. Most everyone has some special knowledge or skill that could be beneficial.
crumberly6 3 weeks ago
well when it come downs to it as sad as it may be chasing them away might be the thing to do then again helping them may be a good idea as well banding together in a shtf situation will be essential for survival it all depends if will be a relationship that will just hold you down or one that will help you move fwd as a team
eosphorus904 3 weeks ago
feed em
tobycat1967 1 month ago
Case them away...Protect yourself and family first
973Ruger 1 month ago
@973Ruger Chase
973Ruger 1 month ago
you could always eat other people if you absolutely had to .ecspcially if they were planning on killing you.
slither169 1 month ago
@slither169 I think I would rather set down and eat sage brush out back before venturing into cannibalism.....This is why we prep, so we will have food for the occasional unfortunate stragglers AND my family when and if SHTF.
...We are not Godless animals, and still have to live with ourselves and our actions in good times and bad.
toogawn 1 month ago
This is a good question. I posed this question on another video. I say that you have to run them off. The only way you don't is if they can be of use to you, or your family. What do they have to offer? If they can help you then they can stay. If not then you get rid of them. I know it sounds cold, I do not want to be that way, but it is how it must be.
Bigfunkytown 1 month ago
"She will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins." — In Matthew 1:21
The bread of life is the universal light the adoration from the holy spirit. Not a can of Chef fatboy ardee.
apox2011now 2 months ago
I would do my best to try and help (feed) them, but not at the expense of my own family. I would like to think that by surviving as a family we would also maintain our humanity and compassion. Make no mistake, any aggression would be met with all necessary force, but people in a desparate situation are still....people.
mix365 2 months ago
Next point. Defense will be possible only if good people pull together. How well do you think you, wife ,and kids are going to do alone when even one skilled guy with a gun catches you unawares. You'll all be dead before you know what happened. In a tribal structure, you will be able to have a couple people on guard duty at all times and others sleeping with their guns and ammo next to them. That's livable. Those of you who plan to help no one and kill others will die very quickly. Deservedly so
heartfire451 2 months ago
Thats the next point, find a place where you can grow food. Alot of idiots out there think they are going to run out in the woods and hunt. Yeah, them and many millions of others all at once!!! DUH!! If you know what your doing you can feed a family on a couple acres. You will need good access to decent water for crops and a decent drinking water purification setup or you will die. I reiterate, people will need to pull together or they will die. Yes you will need to defend yourselves.
heartfire451 2 months ago
I would try to help them to the extent possible. I would use my best judgement in watching their conduct. I would expect them to also brin something to the table by providing labor and/or skills. As money would be worthless, the first people I would shoot would be rich people thinking they can buy food with their money. I would hope most of us little folks would pull together and work together for if divided, most of us would die. Do you really think you and yours will survive without help?
heartfire451 2 months ago
What decision I would make concerning taking food out of my families mouth and giving it to strangers?
Why, of course I would let my family starve to feed a set of total strangers. Heck, I might even offer to surgically remove one of my legs to add to the stew pot in order to ensure that the total strangers' bellies are full.
It's the only Christian thing to do, right? And it's also the only Marxist thing to do, as well.
"From each according to their ability; to each according to their need"
brasso4u 2 months ago
Good question. I would say alerting your family to keep an eye on the strangers but yes, invite them with the acknowledgement that times are hard and they will have to help provide (hunt, fish, scour the local stores, etc.) If they refuse to contribute then run them off and be on guard in case they come back. In this type of situation though I would expect people to be helpful to one another, especially if they are in the same boat as you.
jasonlammons 2 months ago
I've spent all my life helping people, and I've been messed over for my efforts several times. I've learned that some people are just out for themselves. They would kill me or my family, or steal my last chicken and not have any feelings over it. So when I say this know I'm not trying to PO anyone. In a life and death situation, I wouldn't see three people standing there. I see potential food. You asked a hard question, there's the hard answer. I won't let my family starve, no matter what.
mdr8088 2 months ago
I would share, that being said I would not be much of a forager or prep per if I had let my family get into this situation of eating our last meal. Never stop foraging ( it is survival nothing elese)
zipyote 2 months ago
There are some seriously F-ed up answers here....Damn right I would share my food with anyone who is not hostile! Anyone who would turn away a child is going to exact some BAD ASS KARMA from God!
WTF is wrong with you asshats?
NavSpecW83 2 months ago
I live in Los Vagas so their wont be much around to find or kill for food and water, but I prep and I have a family to feed. I believe in a bad situation cats and dogs would become food. so I would give a little but vary little.
TheHeal3152 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
looks like I get to keep my chicken, limp carrots, and potatos... I got 3 for the stew pot.
merchants393 2 months ago
I would feel bad for their child, but not to the point of taking away from my kids. If it was truly our last bit of food, I would not be eating anything and I would kill anyone that tried to take it from them.
missouriprepper9mm 3 months ago
The easiest food crops to grow is the edible aquatic azolla and edible aquatic cattails that can outproduce almost any conventional crop known to this present day. Indoor greenhouse farming is a must for azolla and applicable also for edible cattails, the edible cattail is the supermarket of the swamps. Under ideal conditions both crops can grow faster than your daily needs but so what, better dealing wt the problems of surpluses than that of shortages.
darthvader5300 3 months ago
I would point my weapon right in their face, then kill my dogs and cats, and feed both families......there will always be ferral cats and dogs and then rats running around.
christophermacdog 3 months ago
I am telling everyone I know that they need to stock up on food and water it makes me mad that most of them either think I am crazy or they say if anything bad happens I come to your house. I am prepping for my family and myself so I would run them off by any means nesery. It is not that I don’t care for people its that everyone knows something bad is coming and I cant help those that will not help themselves!
DavidGummer 3 months ago
@DavidGummer I agree 100%. I tried to tell family and friends my thoughts on things, but I was received like Ted Kaczynski. Some of them agree, but at the same time, they only have 3 days of food in their house. I'm prepping for my immediate family , and nobody (not even family members) are going to take that away from me and my kids. The best advise I can give you is to keep quiet about your stockpile. If they cant see the writing on the wall, they are a lots cause.
missouriprepper9mm 3 months ago
Fishes & Loaves...
Dr762x39 3 months ago
When prepping I think it is important not only to prep for yourself and your family but if possible to prep some extra for those who are not as fortunate or wise around you. However given the scenario you suggested I would feed my family first and if I were so inclined I would give up my own portion of the food to that family if they were not hostile.
papillonaquatique 3 months ago
does it really matter if its your last meal? you have nothing they can take so feeding them wouldn't hurt because you have nothing . i think the issue is when you have stuff that can be taken thats when your more out to chase people away .
nellynell77 3 months ago
I have always cared for others before me but I have to feed my family first I would ask for them to bring food to add to the pot to cook and eat together I have bring with Homeless people ask them to bring me all the katsup packets that they could find with some wild onions and salt and pepper packets from their own car I help them make a warm tomato soup on a cold day in Dec. WHILE i WAS JUST SEATING in the park for a few hours
RCvolunteer1978 3 months ago
I've always thoroughly enjoy your videos, brother! Keep up the great work --GM
Regarding your scenario, I would personally set aside a small amount of resources (a single MRE, matches, etc) and package these items in small units to be given out JUDICIOUSLY when the need arises. Charity Packs, so to speak.
Many blessings --GM
AnalyticalSurvival 3 months ago
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Id feed them, but that doesnt mean theyd get the lions share. not that it matters anyway, by that point you cant really count on that meal. you need more food and the people you help might be able to assist. also, if you send them away they might leave thinking youre loaded and return with a mob. if you bring them in amd they see your conditions they are more likely to be grateful than pissed off and plotting to get your goods
lithjimmy 3 months ago
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Id feed them, but that doesnt mean theyd get the lions share. not that it matters anyway, by that point you cant really count on that meal. you need more food and the people you help might be able to assist. also, if you send them away they might leave thinking youre loaded and return with a mob. if you bring them in amd they see your conditions they are more likely to be grateful than pissed off and plotting to get your goods
lithjimmy 3 months ago
I would have to feed them, even if it means my family and I starve. Jesus only had a handful of food, I guess there would not have been a miricle of feeding the five thousand if he opened fire on the crowd! Now if the couple were agressive and about to do harm to my family..... diffrent story.
LAWGify 3 months ago
I will feed the women and children first. basic concept.
gomdoll926 3 months ago
@gomdoll926 That's a great way to kill off all the men- who actually produce food in a SHTF scenario.. great thinking.
sanluisskywatch 3 months ago
Local families yes, or have associated with, not strangers just wandering around. I would think that people that live in rural areas as in my case would kinda band together and know who is who. Yeah its all fine and good, leave em sit in for a meal, they scope your place and things, then you wake up (or not) to your throat bein slit, so I wouldnt feed em tell em to GIT!
keystonecountryboy 3 months ago
very cool vid, well in that scenario it will depend on wether it was indeed an end time or a SHTF scenario, because if its an end time then chaos would reign, no police, no law, so ur more likley to be harmed so i would shoo the 2 adults away if i didnt know them, if its a SHTF scenario then i would offer some food . either way right now (nov 2011) im still stocking up on food.
crazyknight2008 3 months ago
In the start of the 1990's, I started telling this to lots of people, that if we would continue on buying stuff from China that we would scrap our economy and our kids future. Most of the people told me that I was crazy. I said to myself,'' What the hell is this? The twillight zone? Ha,,, Ok,,, I must be on the planet of the apes. I truly do'nt give a dam for an ape that does'nt even care about its own kids future. I got lots of food and silver and a plan ''B''. I'm wo'nt feel sorry for no one.
Bugs11000 3 months ago
Well, if I'd see someone starving, and I'd have lots of food, i'd let them starve. I think like the bilderbergs. There is too much people on the planet, and something has to be done. The bilderbergs have planned this for a long time, by using the peoples greed. For years lots of countries bought items from foreign countries like China, and in doing so, they scraped their own economy and their kids future. 25 million jobs lost in the Us because of the good people of America----Continue
Bugs11000 3 months ago
What one ones hunts or scavange for food .
PETE1760 4 months ago
Eat the adults, save the child for later.
Seriously, if you're family was starving to death, and 200 lbs of meat walked onto your property.... Just saying, you'd be telling your family you found a pig while you were out hunting.
ReaperTacticalGear 4 months ago
kill all 6 weeks food left luck day .use bits of chicken to catch more humans. lucky days are here again.?
nellyyllen1 4 months ago
Feed them. Now I've seen several comments about living off the land, obviously by people who have never done it. It is NOT easy. And those resources will be gone (locally) within two or three weeks. There are only so many deer, and squirrel, etc. And thousands will have the same idea as you. And many who live in remote areas are going to protect the resources they have at any cost. You might not be welcome to hunt their lands. You better have food caches, or you may very well starve to death.
FatDaddy4Fun 4 months ago
@FatDaddy4Fun I agree about the wild game and living off the land, but honestly if your only source of water is the pipe that comes into your house, having a huge stockpile of food does you no good. Water is key to life. I see preppers with 18 months of food, and 2 – 55 gallon drums of water. In about 1 month, that water will be gone unless they can re-supply somehow. Most people will die of dehydration long before their food runs out.
missouriprepper9mm 3 months ago
@missouriprepper9mm I sterilize my water as I go. I can drink from almost any source with my MSR gear and solar steripen.
FatDaddy4Fun 3 months ago
feed the women and children first.
solutionnegative 4 months ago
charity until it hurts. "James Wesley Rawles".
CountryPrepper 4 months ago
I feel everyone should be responsible for their own food storage. I have enough food storage that could last for almost a year plus. I would want to do the right thing it is important for those who are well off to be a beacon of light and help other people who are less fortunate. If we do not help other people the world will be that much more cruel.
Redbirds1100 4 months ago 2
Feeding this family MAY earn you a new ally . But knowing people , I would be ever-vigilant as to what kind of people they are . They may be good , decent people , or they may try to kill me for what I / we have .
Also something to keep in mind , is that if you feed a few hungry mouths , you may have to feed MORE . And in that type scenario , people would kill for a scrap of food .
BrokenTengu99 4 months ago
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marshathompson49 4 months ago
If it's your last meal, I would feed the family as well as my own. There's nothing to lose, right?
genmama1955 4 months ago
Feed em they are ready to work for it. Never know they might have a plan that can help yours.
If it were a crowd then shoot.
DobermansRock 4 months ago
i think the starving family might just be my next meal sorry but they fell victim to the smell of bar b q
their fault im hungry
billrustypickles 4 months ago
Personally, I don't know what an "extra" MRE is in a SHTF scenario. I have prepared to feed me and mine... There is no extra to give to anyone else. I won't have to see a starving neighbor, because I'll have boarded up the windors and barricaded myself and my family inside. They may knock, but no one will respond. For those with me who might lose their resolve in such a case, I have noise cancelling headphones on hand so they won't hear the pleas of the desperate.
TJ347 4 months ago
if i did feed them, id tell one to strip naked (make sure hes not hiding a weapon) and walk up to get the food.... but i havent decided if i am gonna feed them or not :)
hillbilly2684 5 months ago
How could people starve? Its not hard to live off of the land. Unless everything is polluted from nukes.
Blindshot69 5 months ago
Hey Scutter...Here's what I think...I have a big and alert heart. So I would feed em. Our Lord would make it enough for us all !!! Proverbs 25:21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty give him water to drink . It would make me sick to turn hungry people away to the point I wouldnt be able to eat anyway's. But that's just me.....Peace Tisha :)
MyTbradley 5 months ago
me and the wife disscussed this already we would prob. feed. We wont turn down any children but the teen/adults who laughed at crisis comeing and know they had time to prepare and didn't they may walk away empty handed or a couple of cans of food no more no less. They would have to dissarm themselfs approaching us,maybe one person from the group may approach us.You have to be careful so careful.
andyakio 5 months ago
What was described would make a very large pot of soup, so I believe I would share in most cases. If you turn them away they could get more desperate and things could get bad, on the other hand they might be grateful and help you in some way. It is much easier to farm or gather food with more hands and they might have skills that would help even more.
woodturningjohn 5 months ago
and to switch the tables if i were that family with a child , i would do any thing to survive including kill . that is the reality , when your belly is empty man will eat any thing on 2 and four legs including each other . food will be more valuable than paper money . guns bullets , gold gas, iron and steel tools for repairing, farming , and building plus live stock will have to be guarded at all times . after the first 2 to 3 months will be when your guard will have to be at your highest .
bmartin863 5 months ago
id fire a warning shot yell you are not welcome and sternly tell them to leave . my family is the ones that i dedicate my life to and for those that are not ready for the end that is there problem . they lived with there eyes shut to the truth , being anti gun, welfare , non-resorsful , believing they can get through there life with just there beauty or charm . that is and are the first to put there hand out for help. those will be the ones to watch out for they will be most dangerous .
bmartin863 5 months ago
Interesting question which ive always wondered how i would handle. Your at some point and time unless you want to starve your own family going to have to turn people away but how i could turn down a small child thats hungry i dont know how i would do it but you would have to wouldnt you? Maybe as preppers we could put together cheap little care packages to give people like that which has maybe some beans and rice.
Hoosierprepper 5 months ago
I would walk outside with a M1A,rem870,1897,AR-15,FN-PS90,AK-47 or anything that says fucking mess with me and die,if they dont run they're good actors or honest people
I would ask them what their situation is,what they have been trough
If they look and sound like its true(dirty clothes,sweet stains,rips and tears,so on) I would give them a Mosin Nagant and 100 rounds and teach them to hunt animals from squirel to buck.
teach a man to fish.
dasdew2 5 months ago
@dasdew2 dud that would steal your chances plus lower your inventory , turn them away .
bmartin863 5 months ago
@bmartin863 Thats why we prepare,think of it ahead of time.Besides they're young and don't know what to do.I can turn away a guy who knows how to survive but not a non preper with a family,besides I live in Teaxas so guns and ammo are everywhere.
dasdew2 5 months ago
religion is idiotic. yes, what it teaches is good, but the concept of all of the physical things actuall happening is bullshit
MrClaysta 5 months ago
After two days without food, it'syou're not going to die, so I would invite them to eat after checking them out thoroughly and thoughtfully. Then you have two more adults to help you and your family find/hunt/prepare more food. The more you have in your "survival community" the better. Just no dead weight.
AppalachianSurvival 5 months ago
@AppalachianSurvival Never sacrifice you or your family's chance of survival to help others. Which is better the potential survival of four or the certain death of eight. In the biblical days when famine hit, the eldest child was fed double that of every one else and children unable to work were left to die. Altrueism is the path to death.
Robbob9933 5 months ago
@Robbob9933 Good point.
AppalachianSurvival 5 months ago
im gonna kick in my survival training. i would send them away. i gotta keep my family going.
wwclay86 5 months ago
We are alive only for one purpose..that is to do God's will. What would god do?..He would feed them. I would too. We are required to have FAITH that God will provide for us..He works miracles!..never forget that..I have experienced God's providence over and over. I would definitely feed the family..it might be my last chance to obey the 2nd Commandment...God Bless..we are also required to love our enemies..give them a chance to change by showing them love.
SuperLuckao 5 months ago
Make chicken soup. lol. It depends on how they come across, but normally under those cercumstances I would not feed them.
Fujisuka 6 months ago
No, they should have prepped better. Shame on them. Now get off my driveway.
Reaver1776 6 months ago
I take them in. I bless the meal with them, giving God thanks for sending them our way. I give them my portion, watch to see if they ensure the children eat their fill first, all the while, I stand back with my rifle at the ready. If they feed the children and take nothing for themselves, then I take them in, and teach them what they will need to know to secure their next meal, if they attempt to eat first, and leave the children without, there is a very good chance it might be their last meal.
rebelprepper 6 months ago
feed them
nourahrmumeenslave 6 months ago
for those who havent thought of this, starving to death is a horrible way to die.
its a painful way to die. so if ur lucky it wont come to that. feed your family, feed strangers, before yourself. because even if god isnt real, karma could be.
randallschecter 6 months ago
there is a wealth of food in the forest, if you know where to look. i believe some simple knowledge can keep you fed out there. i would feed the child and offer to keep it with me. as for the adults, if they cannot simply feed themselves, they are more detrimental to my group than a help. frankly, only the strong and learned will survive.
erik199386 6 months ago
I'd make the parents work for it , make them trade or do some service like cleaning or building or even entertaining , just to make sure they earned their food , but if the child did seam in pour condition . I would feed the kid
TheNewton777 6 months ago
Matthew 10:42
TheNancySikes 6 months ago
And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward." I'd like to say that I would definitely share with them ...but if my little ones were starving, then Christ would have to give me the strength...and I believe I would!
TheNancySikes 6 months ago
@TheNancySikes I'd like to add that the little food I had left, in this scenario, really doesn't belong to me anyway ...it belongs to my Lord and therefore, how could I not share with them?
TheNancySikes 6 months ago
Depends I guess. Before I rattled my rifle, I'd speak to them and find out if they have anything to trade.
Gotta remember that bartering is going to be huge. Also I'd see if the adults could bring anything useful to the group.
If the answer to all the above was no, then I'd likely have to appologize and send them on their way.
Jaenus80 7 months ago
It's kinda gruesome but an honest answer...I'd say let the kid have most of my own ration, and warn the parents if they make a wrong move they'll be the next thing on my menu. Worse comes to worse more than a few will turn to cannibalism and history's proven that many times. Hopefully it'll never come to that. I would try to explain to them how they may find some wild edibles as long as they were peaceable n grateful I fed their kid instead of eating them or turning them all away with nothing
william0873 7 months ago
I think I would share this meal, And as a prepper I would Try to have extra MRE's on hand to hand out to people and send them on their way afterwards!
usamachinist 7 months ago
depends on the circumstances a chicken and veggies can make a stew to feed a few others as to the trust it would be a guarded one. be on the look out for others who might be setting a trap maybe recce the area or feed the other family from a distance
i do believe their is strength in numbers. but caution is also necessary
meaford100 7 months ago
i would share because obviously your gonna die soon without food anyway. at least do your last good deed
detroitx57 7 months ago
Something else!
rjm31455 7 months ago
The percentage of selfishness is astounding. We may or may not let them join our family, depending what word we get from God. But I would share the food. Would you people save your life, just to lose your soul?
vicki33551 8 months ago 2
Eat the baby
etphonehome2915 8 months ago
Its a hard one to call, I guess you could'nt really say either way until you are acctually in that situation. Like rickspringfield45 says I worry mainly about my family who doesn't prep at all....I go broke to prep between Guns, food, Silver, ETC.... If SHTF/WORL does come, how fair would it be to my kids if I had family members let alone strangers begging for what I worked so hard to prepare. I would have to consider how many times i told them to prep and then how much heed they took, if any.
rockvillesounds 8 months ago
I would feed them. What if that couple was my daughter, my grandchild, my son in law.' I'd want some one to feed them. I'd ask our Father in heaven to bless us all, and our meal. Let them know it was our last morsel. Perhaps the young man would help me find more food. Perhaps not.
fullmag556 8 months ago
if you feed them once...they wont go away...they will ask you untill everything is gone
angrynhpatriot 8 months ago
As a Prepper I struggle with this scenario often, mostly with the thought of just family that dont prep. Sense you brought up strangers it sheds a new light on the subject. Yes I would share the food with them, if a mother and father with a child should show up at my door, they would be welcome. Of course using caution and being aware of the dangers in doing that, there is no way I could turn them away. If it was three men, I'd offer them whatever advice I could give to help and send them away.
ricksspringfield45 8 months ago
First.. I am going to have lots of fooodstuffs to fall back so I don't let my family die..and second...I have to feed and clothe the young couple, whether I think they are spys or not, I'll make soup, I am bound by the Word of God, tp help those people, period. And before the soup is ready, I be sittin down with them and reading that Bible...its one think/ to say you have faith, but faith w/o actions James 2:14-26
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Indianwoodsman 8 months ago
While I would feel bad about it, I would send them on their way hungry . My families survival is the first priority.
coyotehunterjohn 8 months ago
Let me state that I am not a Christian - I am an Agnostic - and I have to tell you the comments here disturb people like me. You see, I love the teachings of Jesus - I just don't believe in his divinity. All you christians take the time today and (re)read Matthew chapter 5 - pay special attention to verses 44-48. To profess faith is easy - to walk the walk is a b*tch! There is only one answer to his question - you share your meal - period - why don't you people get this?
Pangea2012Earth 8 months ago
I would tell them not to return, and if they did, I would have to take force against them. What else could you do?
NWO20122012 8 months ago
You state you have your last chicken, some wilted carots, celery, etc, and it will be your last meal for a while or possibly your last meal for you and your family, and here stands a young couple with a small child in your driveway hungry, and would you help them. Well in the first place I would make them send the child forth to get a small portion of what I had left, and tell them to be on their way that there were no more food, and we would be hungry soon also. I would tell them not to return,
NWO20122012 8 months ago
My family comes first bottom line. Any threat to them would be eliminated. There's a slim chance I may allow the child to approach alone and have some food.
DrPr0metheus 8 months ago
NO sorry if was all i had then no...all the sheep want to party and not be bothered by those CRAZY folks......so im doing what i need to as others go to the movies /shopping/ out to eat......if you are the man of the house hold then its your job to get your family what they need.....end of story.......
ive tried to warn anyone that will hear me out so ive done my part....buts thats not very many people as they dont want to hear it
AwakeDude911 9 months ago
no question ,my immediate family is the most important thing on this planet ,i could live with the death of the strangers ,i could not live with myself if i caused the death of one of mine by giving away there sustence, if the strangers were listening ,they would have heard the call to be prepared
thechevyscrounger 9 months ago
save the chicken and eat the egg. remember the goose that layed the golden egg
newbeprepper 9 months ago
I would NOT go outside unless tactically necessary. I would defend my home and family with deadly force from anyone trying to enter it. I would feed my family and none of the trespassers, including the children. It is your Christian responsibility to take care of your wife and children! You are not following what God has ordered you to do, in the Bible, if you let your wife and children starve or make yourself so weak that you can’t adequately defend them in order to feed strangers.
1bornsurvivor 9 months ago
I would feed the children including theirs and divide the remainder of the meal amongst the adults. I couldn't stand to see a child go without. Also, I believe that stone soup in a bad scenario is always a good idea.
dazeofnever 9 months ago
You're a christian yet what will be your own actions? What are your plans brother? I'll share with anyone who tilled their own garden as I did. You reap what you sow. The little red hen has a good lesson....who will help me make my bread? The "not I " people will not eat. Like the 12 virgins and oil lamps. Those who used their oil didn't go with the bride groom, but were left in the dark. I will share with those willing to share. AMEN
awebreeze 9 months ago
Is it not what you do when you are a follower of christ, in helping others out. Followers of christ are to take chances in pursuing the values of jesus, in my opinion. I know as a human, I would give someone food if they were bad off, with all chances involved..
CaptainBerz 9 months ago
I would capture the family and put them into the Gulag I have constructed behind my house. I would then procede to make them participate in gladiator combat for my amusement. Did I mention that I would name myself Caesar? I also would classify myself and my merry band of men "The Legion".
SouthSurreyMilitia 9 months ago
I will say "We have nothing but I know a guy who may have a little food to share. I will ask him for you and if he does I will tell him to leave it at such & such location tomorrow at 11 pm. Go there and look at midnight and never come here again or I will shoot you on sight, as I was already warned not to ask him for any more". Then I would take the food under cover of darkness with protection and leave it at the spot for them. (Plz store extra to help others people! It is cheap now!! Please!!)
deniwest57 10 months ago 2
Maybe this is just the thief in me but if I were going to scout someone's position in a non covert way I would definitely bring a child or children with me. It makes people much more likely to help you, if you have a poor little child to care for. So if it were me I wouldn't let the fact that there a family fool me and I definitely would not let them see to much before a level of trust had been built.
Basically I'd go instinct until I had solid info to go on.
P226nut 10 months ago
Wow! Good topic!
keltic185 10 months ago
My family and friends take priority over everyone else. Sorry everybody else but thats just the way is works. That being said I wouldn't just shoot them, that's a waste of valuable ammo. However if they tried to steel from me I would think twice about kill the aggressor (not the small child or who ever else there with). If I had an abundace of food however I would do a little trading (nothings free).
ryancicocki 10 months ago
You chase 'em the hell off, unless of course you want company with you while you and your family are starving to death after that last meal has been consumed. Hell of a world we live in, ain't it?
BloodTar 10 months ago
You work, you eat. Thats the rules we call abide by. And if they are spys, then may god have mercy on the poor souls they send after me and my family. Becasue we sure as hell wont.
Simplysurvival 11 months ago
Good question, and a hard question. My answer now may not be my answer in the real situation. Parents not prepped is my greates concern. My children is why I an trying to be prepaired. I would offer the parents my portion to feed their child. I would welcome them to stay if they were scared but explain it was the last of our food. I cant watch a child starve while I eat.
tutubeongooification 11 months ago
It depends on my past experiences with other people. Like if i get jacked once I won't get jacked twice. As precaution shoot to kill
BigZeb5 11 months ago
I would feed/protect my own. If they show aggression they would be dealt with if I felt it was absolutely necessary. If they show no aggression I'd like to think Id give a small ration to the child, and tell them to be on there way.
fishtankbank 11 months ago
I would approach them and order them to lay everything they have down. Search it all, and confiscate any weapons (to minimize risk of harm to my family) from them. Invite them in to eat. Depending on their health, I may even offer them my portion of food. If they, at any time, threatened my family's life, then I would kill them. If they were civil, then I would preach to them, and see if they're willing to help me provide for my family. Bottom line: take every precaution, and be generous.
papercut231719 11 months ago
My family first I'm afraid.It would bother me that there wasnt enough for the others but not enough that I wouldnt feed my own.
Q3ToPBuZz 11 months ago
Wouldn't it be better to "hire" the family, to effectively double your food gathering eyes, ears and hands? It would increase your food gathering range. ..Or you could shoot 'em.
AnnBearForFreedom 11 months ago
you feed them...the lord will prove....i have been homeless and hungry with four children. i never lost faith....i'd get mad...i prayed harder though. he always sent someone or something in my life to saves us.ALWAYS!
tonyatjflal 11 months ago
i would help anyway i can,yes i will share my food with them,i know jesus would do the same..GOD BLESS
chris60810 11 months ago
i am a christian i love God but if they came to my house i would give them a warning to go away and if they didnt i would give them a warning shot and if they still didnt go i would phisically remove them from my property if they tried to be harmfull i would kill them plain and simple
youngemrprepper 11 months ago
For starters I timothy 5:8 if you dont prep for you family you are worse than the evil ... as for people showing up at my place i live pretty far back in the woods about 10 miles off a main road so if they do manage to make it here uninvited they had better come ready to work hard on my small farm and do as asked to help and be fed or they can be fed to the hogs... there choice not mine
DonnieArnett1 11 months ago
It's a hard call. None of us know for sure what we would do. Everyone may say I would help them and get info from them but no one in here has suffered from starvation. When you starve the logic center of your brain shuts down this cannot be overcome by ANYONE. I don't care how mentaly strong you think you are you will be ruled by the instinct to survive. Compassion, hatred, and other feelings you have now will not exist when you are starving.
2ndamendmentmilitant 11 months ago
If I was so unprepared that I had a family to take care of and only one chicken left to eat I wouldn't risk my familys lives by throwing away food like that seeing as that little food wouldn't help either my family or theires.
And to be brutally honest, if the same scenario was posed without the chicken I'd probably even eat that other family..
88Kamikaze69 1 year ago
I think a lot of it would be in the attitude of the visitors. If they were beligerant and demanding I would make them leave. If they were respectful I'd probably invite them to stay. Maybe with the extra people we could find more food.
rextex2009 1 year ago
I don't know that we can predict how we would behave in that situation. I'd like to believe that if they were hungry, I would feed them. God will provide whatever we lack. We can't out-give God. If they are spies or enemies God will protect us if it is His will. With God's help I believe I will do as I believe He would want me to. Always praying for his guidance and strength.
sweetsweetbonnie 1 year ago
I believe in he Lord. I would have faith that He would protect us and show us the way.In that situation, the Lord says to have faith in Him ad all things will be possible.
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chromedaffodils 1 year ago
@chromedaffodils I hope everything is okay. My prayers are with you!
sweetsweetbonnie 1 year ago
share!
MrBen1160 1 year ago
We can live an easy and healthy hundred days fully without food in the following manner:
We rub our urine into our skin, drink all our fresh urine, drink lots of pure water (water filters, please.)
This treatment will kill just about any disease. And you'll be able to live without food.
MisterBaAcKiTcH 1 year ago
Fantastic.
Glad you posted this and I caught it. Feed the family. Definitely. Keep an eye on them, though, and see that they are people you'll be able to work and live with - that they will be cooperative.
One thing I would pray to god to give me the power to burn into the consciousness of everybody - there is a very good, very healthy, very easy remedy to sickness and starvation, always handy. I tell no lie. Ya'll must look it up for yourselves:
MisterBaAcKiTcH 1 year ago
I honestly would need to go with my gut feeling at the time, it doesnt let me down too often. I dont like to turn anyone away, but at times, it is neccessary.
michaelallsup1 1 year ago
It all boils down to cut-of-jib. Either you is, or you aint. If I'm lookin' @ you this way. Spies don't really matter, if it really is your last food anyway.
Majorupheaval 1 year ago
I would show them how to use nature to provide for them.... it has in the past it will in the future!
noncompliant2 1 year ago
Call out to them asking if they have anything to get rid of the crabs.
cdltpx 1 year ago
Dont feed em. If you do you are guilty of the murder of your own family. Just tell them to leave. Shoot them if they don't.
mouthpiece200 1 year ago
You look like a nice piggy...We can cook you in the open fire and have a bbq and even invite the neighbors and even have leftovers for the morning...haha...human nature dictates that -in a starvation situation- people will turn into animals and will do whatever it takes to survive...maybe not all but the one's that are willing to do whatever it takes will be the ones that survive...survival of the fittest and people will turn into canibals and kill and eat each other if necessary..
ReinaValera1865 1 year ago
@ReinaValera1865 Eating human flesh can give you a deadly case of prions (google it), however, that would be a good scare tactic.
Don't just give food out! make them work for it. Requiring them to do hard work, is a great way to see their true character.
If they gripe about it or are slow and resentful, then send them packing! If they are willing to work until they almost fall down, then they truly need and appreciate your help.
dirtyballcap 1 year ago
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ReinaValera1865 1 year ago
@ReinaValera1865 Lol, squeeel piggy! The best part of eating me is my tube steak :) with or without bbq sauce.
dirtyballcap 1 year ago
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ReinaValera1865 1 year ago
Make soup ! potatoes with the carrot and celery stick a little h2o. Save the chicken and eat the eggs. , Asses the threat , freed the family .Pray for planting season and kick yourself in the pants for not being a Prepper..Peace !
Parkway1432 1 year ago
I would help. In fact, I would expect a miracle, like the feeding of the 5 thousand by Jesus. But by this time, there may be a whole community of believers depending on God to provide like in Exodus when His chosen left Egypt.
vbirdieb 1 year ago
Today we would eat and drink and be merry with our new neighbors! Tomorow we would, eat one of our neighbors, and drink and be merry! Just kidding. As most have said here we would share, after all what is 200 (or less) more calories going to do for your body in the long run? Just add some more water. Oh and there are lots of wild plants, so noone should starve! Learn the local wild edibles while you still have time... It aint all about the meat!
kindacoiny 1 year ago
Having been raised in a family where we shared our meager meals with unexpected guests, even if the meal was creamed peas on toast. However, in the scenario which you so vividly created, the existence of the next meal is questionable, not just in reference to WHEN it may happen, but IF it may happen.
The first thing I'd do would be to approach the people with warmth and a welcoming attitude. Perhaps they have some bread to contribute to the meal and/or other resources that we do not know of.
livingtocreate 1 year ago
I would also pray for disernment. Simply enough where God guides he provides!
psalm41aus 1 year ago
Tag'em and Bag'em
jazappia 1 year ago
If they pose no threat, and are kind and polite, I will feed them. But they will only get one bowl each and only the child will have some chicken. The parents will just have to eat broth and vegetable scraps.
N0MSG 1 year ago
Share with them absolutely, without hesitation - no matter if they are a Christian or otherwise. After that you have all the room in the world to preach the Gospel to them, and they might actually be receptive for once.
What's death to the saved?
Shooting or killing them could damn them while they still have a chance.
You on the other hand, are right with God.
Put others first. You'll be fine.
TheCrystalRiver 1 year ago
shoot them
Lynzee901 1 year ago
I would Share with the Family, if there was not enough I would make sure all the children at first, mine and theirs. and if anything left from that, share it as well. I couldn't turn them away. However that's what I say right now, but really hard to say if it actually happened...lol But I know in my heart of hearts, I would feed their child.
GhostofNewEngland 1 year ago
LOCKED & Loaded, depending on how they appeared probably feed them. If they are up to no good, you can always kill them and take what you can from them for yourself or trade.... what to do with the child ? I guess you are their new official temporary guardian.
Besides it can be a beneficial intelligence source, and who knows there may be a meeting of the minds.
Do to others as you would have them do to you.
ChristianArmorOfGod 1 year ago
I would eat the family!!!!!!!
mattysmack006 1 year ago 18
If they are Christians they will have a Bible, they will have verses they have memorized they will be a blessing to you and maybe you will be helping Angels unaware.Maybe they will bring you information that will save your life. Test them, then let your spirit be your guide.I John3:17If anyone has material possesions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him,how can the love of God be in him?
froelichwind 1 year ago 3
@froelichwind I don't disagree with your statement at all. But thought I would add this thought.
Satan knows the scriptures better than any man. And we are told that he will come as an angel of light. I suspect his followers will as well.
just food for thought.
scutter4christ 1 year ago 8
@scutter4christ
If it's your last meal, what good will it do you anyway?on one hand, you chase away the family, eat your last meal and die of starvation. But on the other hand, what have you got to lose by helping them?
marmaladekamikaze 6 months ago
@scutter4christ Kill the adults eat them, keep the child alive to trade for food or eat if nobody wants to trade. god forgives right? If not i hope there BBQ sauce in hell....
michaelofnewbabylon 6 months ago