Do you ever feel guilty for killing an innocent bug?

Question

This morning i was raking the lawn and big bee kept flying around me. So i swatted it with my rake, and then stepped on it while it was down.

I haven't thought about it till now, but i kinda feel bad for killing it. I mean it was probably having a great time flying around and just wanted to see what i was. Then i go and kill it.

I don't know maybe its stupid.

Answer 1

Yes, that's why I always give them a fair trial before I kill them!

Answer 2

first off, of course killing could be "good," or i guess the more correct word would be worthwhile. just ask che guevara or malcolm x or the people who killed mussolini. the point you're trying to make i disagree with. although i somewhat believe in the possiblilty of reincarnation, i really disagree with you. first of all, the purpose of living a life that will one day be reincarnated is hardly about waiting. it's about using your valuable time on earth to do as many good deeds as possible. that way you'll be able to move up a class. besides, who's to say that a human is above a bug?? maybe a bug is what WE work up to? (think about it, how simple and easy a bugs life must be -its a possiblilty.) secondly, whether your postulate is true or not, you don't know. no one knows. for instance, what if this life is all we have to live, no afterlife?? than your actions were absolutly terrible to that poor bug. you're never doing anyone a favor by killing them unwillfully. so you can't judge his worth of life on that. lastly, if living beings were to reincatnate, you also just screwed yourself because you killed another living being. thats all i have to say about that.

Answer 3

yea i think life is life, murdering a human is the same as murdering a fly. Doesn't matter how different we are, taking life is taking life...its like ah well i killed that hitman who has no feelings so its okay, um no you still killed... but i also think that murder is okay. If creation didn't want murder to exist i'm pretty damn sure it wouldn't. Its like I can't travel to pluto in my lifetime so obviously thats not an option but murder is an option and sometimes an opportunity to live longer if its kill or be killed. And if i do go to hell for murdering bugs then im completely fine with that, im gonna be myself regardless, not like i had a choice to be born or not. So if i couldn't make a choice before life what makes me think i can make a choice after it?

Answer 4

I can't even kill a bug I feel so guilty. (plus I have a phobia of spiders) I have to catch it and take it outside of the house every time I see a bug.....it's time consuming, but I can't bring myself to kill a bug. (trust me, I can't do it, i'm more likely to kill a person.)

It's kinda like you're killing someone.....it's a living creature too. it can feel pain. It has a family.......well, at least that's how I think of it.

If you don't kill SOME bugs they would be EVERYWHERE, so there's nothing wrong with killing a few.

Answer 5

Yeah, I feel like that sometimes too. I never kill a bug unless it's really bothering me.



Funny, I just read this right after drowning a fly down the sink drain.

Answer 6

I have felt that guilt, I know where you're coming from. (Besides, beetles are adorable, dragonflies and butterflies are beautiful, and mosquito hawks (not mosquitos) are just plain cool.) But I've accidentally killed a mosquito hawk on my windshield recently, and I did feel bad about it. (They go by other names, they look kind of like mosquitos but they're about 4 times the size of a mosquito.)



I also feel guilty when I use a bug spray to poison a bug, but I'm terrified of spiders, so...I usually spray until it drops then smack it with a book so that it doesn't suffer too long with the poison.

Answer 7

No its not though your probably going to get flamed for this question by people. Do you know Buddhist monks won't walk at night for fear of killing a insect. This is partially do to the reincarnation thing but in reality its because they recognize all life as important. So you can feel guilty, on the other note I'm allergic to bees and it would have probably killed me so I would have killed it too.

Answer 8

Aw :( poor bee. I never kill bugs, they only have one life just like everyone else, and I'm sure they value it just as much as anyone else. The only time I kill bugs are when I accidentally step on them, or something else by accident. But to be honest, I even keep an eye out for ants when I walk, so I can avoid stepping on them!

Answer 9

It's not at all stupid everything has a right to life and we think nothing of killing, just because we're bigger and we can! I feel bad EVERY time I kill a bug. My husband chases them down to put them outside instead of killing them! The monks won't kill a bug even if it's on the dinner table, they walk and try not to step on ants, so it's not stupid at all!

Answer 10

Bugs have the function of our ecosystem,it's a part

of nature like men are.

Unless if it does hurting you in some ways,you gotta

trust your instinct to defend yourself,so kill before you

get killed.Next time just reflect,we make mistakes many

times,but it takes just ONCE to correct it.

Answer 11

I dont feel guilty, but if you think about it there living creatures too, there not different from us at all, we are just more intellegent, and we dont care about anything but ourselves, its like sharks killing humans



people shouldnt kill other living creatures but they do anyway so w.e thats life, whoevers on top of the food chain wins

Answer 12

well im scared of them & when they get in the house i have someone kill them & yeah i do feel bad afterwards but if the bug is not to big ill try to sweep them out the house or whatever without killing them

Answer 13

Not bugs, but once I stepped on a birds egg and bawled my eyes out. The next day I did it again. :(



We ended up moving the birdhouse away from the driveway.

Answer 14

yeah i never actually kill the poor things myself but sometimes if it's a really gross one i'll ask someone else to do it and then afterwords i feel a little sad about it. i'm not even sure why i get scared of them it's just a natural reaction i guess :-(

Answer 15

Yes.



My brother and I were digging holes in the backyard and we found a bunch of worms. He tried to drown them but of course, they buried themselves in the dirt. Then we left them on the shovel in the hot sun and they died.

I felt kind of bad for killing them like that, it was slow, cruel, and painful.

Answer 16

I only kill the guilty ones

Answer 17

Yeah. Poor innocent bugs, they're just like cats and dogs only smaller and sometimes more annoying.

Answer 18

hahaha that made me laugh when you said " it was probably having a great time flying around and just wanted to see what i was. Then i go and kill it. " lol

Answer 19

Nope. I smear them on the wall. Aha. Im afraid of bugs, thats why

Answer 20

yes i do, but it all depends on the bug.

like when i i accidentally kill a spider, most people hate spiders but they kill horrible flies so as far as im concerned were on the same team!

Answer 21

yeah. XD. sometimes i feel guilty for picking flowers, too. i dont think it's hurting the individual bee as much as just hurting nature and destroying something pretty, lol.

Answer 22

Yeah totally... I mean, if its a spider, maybe not... but they might not have feelings, but they can feel pain, so yeah sometimes it makes me feel guilty, especially if it's like a dragonfly or cattepillar.

Answer 23

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! dont kill dem! the bees in the hive will signal thats it dead and then they'll come out and got bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz, bzzzz and annoy you so you dont sleep and sting you till your dead! -SIGH- buut that'll never happen



p.s. i have an over active imagination x3

Answer 24

Yeah I feel bad, but it usually doesn't stop me, particularly if its one that would likely cause me injury especially if it's a fire ant. All of those evil creatures deserve to die.

Answer 25

I started to feel bad when I killed spiders, so I catch them and put them outside now.

Answer 26

Maybe you did that out of self-defense; after all, you could be allergic to bee stings.

Answer 27

I really don't kill bugs. They actually help the earth.Bees pollinate flowers and plants.That bee you killed caused one plant to die.

Answer 28

Yes, always...I usually only get the spiders cause they scare me, but anything else I leave alone.

Answer 29

yes my moms side of the family hails from Tibet (Buddhist) and its like their moral code not to kill..





I feel more than guilt, i feel the weight of karma =/



now if its a non innocent bug.... SQUASHH

Answer 30

no i never feel guilty for killing bugs. they are annoying and pesky, so they are not innocent.

Answer 31

to be honest, lol, yeaah sometimes i do. i feel kinda mean just like, killing it. but remember, its just a bug. and we gotta get past these things, lol

Answer 32

haha, i never felt bad about it!

just forget about it LOL its a bug

Answer 33

It's not stupid. I feel guilty to sometimes.

Answer 34

yeah...

i cry myself to sleep because i pulled the wings off a butterfly...

Answer 35

Yeah, I feel bad.

Answer 36

Yeah when I run to fast.

Answer 37

me? no,not really..i don't like bugs . i think they're gross

( personal opinion..no offense to all the bug lovers )

Answer 38

yes that is so sad that is why i never kill any animals lmao it is so sad they r exactly what you sayd innocent!!!

Answer 39

sometimes... i put bugs in a cup and bring them outside...

Answer 40

I have before, even mosquitoes, they were just doing what they do before my hand came down on it:P

Answer 41

not when its a nasty old hairy spider



gross



besides that..mmm not really?

i don't really kill them

Answer 42

if im outside and its not bothering me yea buh if its inside what i call {my territory} NOPE lol :)

Answer 43

ya all the time, but not always, i meen they are innocent i tell you innocent

Answer 44

No never, I really don't care when I kill them.

Answer 45

If I can avoid it, then yes

Answer 46

nope



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Answer 47

if its in my house then its on my property...in Texas you can shoot people just for walking on your property.

Answer 48

nope

Answer 49

Sometimes, when I think about it.

Answer 50

sometimes..yeah

Answer 51

Only if its an ant or butterfly...................but roaches, silverfish, moths, etc can all burn in hell.

Answer 52

Only if it was an accident..

Answer 53

omg...bugs need to be killed.............jus like u

Answer 54

No

Answer 55

pfffffffffffff dont worry about it

Answer 56

well they are not human so no

Answer 57

I sometimes do :|

Answer 58

I do....

Poor hundreds of mosquitoes...

*SMACK*

aww....

Answer 59

never

Answer 60

haha no never



they don't have feelings

Answer 61

they mite have feelings....................butt they r bugz