It was in one of their pleading papers; the Schindlers said that if she dies like this, according to the Vatican, she will face damnation.
Matthews read it on more than one night.
Ok .. I didn't read the pleading papers .. but that is not true ..
She only would face damnation if she took her own life
That is not happening here .. someone else is taking her life
You're getting confused by relying on Matthews. The argument was, I believe, that Terri usually followed Vatican opinion on pro-life stuff, and would have believed that she was putting herself in danger of damnation by wanting to disobey the Pope's recent speech on artificial nutrition and hydration. That is, the argument is that Terri would not have wanted to die, since such a wish goes against her religious beliefs.
I think something must have been misquoted or misunderstood. It certainly is not taught that someone who is killed by starvation by judicial fiat goes to hell. Also I think exhaustion is making Mr. Schindler confused and he may be saying things without fully thinking them through. Also does anyone honestly think that Jeb Bush has not consulted numerous experts on the State's constitution and the powers of the executive? He is strongly prolife and has gone the distance for Terri. Yes the image of him marching out an armed God to the rescue may seem like the ideal solution but he is going to act within the law.
A quotation taken out of context is a pretext. The pleadings were proving that she is forbidden by her Roman Catholic faith to take her own life in this manner or any other manner, and thus she would never uttered any such thing to M.S. intimating that such a course of action was her wish.
Cordially,