Quote: But the bottom line is we took it out of God's hands and men decided her fate which turns out to be murder by starvation.
But could you not make the same argument that people put on ventilators are taking the death "out of God's hands"
Was it not that many years ago that christians thought that making somone live artificially was "against God's will"
Unfortunately, yes. Technology has forced us into making moral decisions for which there are no historical precedents. We are winging it.
For all these stories of people having their lives extended 5, 10, 20 or more years by modern science, for how many does it go the other way and prolong their agony?
No, that has fluctuated throughout history. What is living artificially anyway? A pope and two young blood donors died trying to save his life. Is that artificial? Jehovah's Witnesses don't believe in blood transfusions. Christian Scientists and some cults don't believe in doctors. It goes on and on. I don't know if there has ever been a true concensus on what Christians do to keep someone alive artificially.
I don't remember ever hearing about Christians fighting over whether people should be in iron lungs or not. That used to be fairly common. Polio victims were kept in iron lungs until they died of some complication, but they weren't starved to death purposely.
Generally, Christian or not, society kept their ill and disabled alive as long as they could within the means at their disposal.