A Question

[Grandpa Jim]

In the Middle. A Question.

A teenager moves to Maple Avenue. The house is directly in the center of the corners of West Street and East Street. At the intersection of Maple and West there is a thriving church with an active youth group.
On the other end of Maple at East Street, there is a youth gang who are into drugs.

Members of both the youth group and the gang ask the teen to join them. The teen is reluctant and says "no" to both.
Once the teen is settled in, both groups offer the invitation again. . And again the teen replies," no"

Two questions: 1. Which group will give up on the teen first, the youth group or the gang?
2. Why?

I would appreciate you sharing your thoughts.

 

[Danus]

I sense this is a riddle...? When you say give up on the teen, I assume you mean give up asking him to join. If that's the case I'd say the youth group will give up first. Why?

The gang needs members to be strong. There is strength in numbers for the gang. They also need members to validate other members. The gang feeds off of each other; togather they are one unit of corruption.

The strength of the teens in the youth group is from another source. While they may also validate each other they stand independently each connected to God. They meet to fellowship and lift up each other.

That's my answer.