I am a Christian who believes Terri should be allowed to die... Am I the only one?

n/a ^ | 2-23-05 | InHisService

[LauraleeBraswell]

By starvation?

She's responsive. Have you seen the balloon video?

[G32]

Only with lethal injection. Not starvation.

[LauraleeBraswell]

Oh, so it's alright to stick a needle in the womans arm. She's ALIVE, she's Responsive!

On the News, did you happen to catch the story about the woman who woke up from a 20 year coma!


TERRI is alive.

[mimmson]

As a Christian, I would hope you could muster a little more faith that the God of yesterday is still the God of Today and that a simple touch from him can still produce miracles.

[Bear_Slayer]

I would, without a doubt, NOT want to be kept alive this way. Terri doesn't have the capability to state what she wants, but had she been if asked the question when she was healthy, (as her husband states) most likely, she would not want these ongoing court battles

The issue is that Terri has not had the opportunity to express her wishes in this. You can't suppose that Terri would want these things if she were alive today. I do not want someone else to guess what I would want. If I haven't said otherwise, please assume that I wish to remain alive.

[wingman1]

"May God's will be done."

My belief is that God's will is being shortcircuited by man's will.

[LauraleeBraswell]

Allowed to die? You mean someone should manually remove her feeding tube.


That's what this case is. It's Terri's feeding tube. I wouldn't let a comatose DOG starve to death.

[My GOP]

In this case I would say I disagree. She looks responsive to me. I don't believe that she is totally vegatative.

[cripplecreek]

I'm a Christian who has remained mostly silent on this one. No matter what happens it's in Gods hands.

[dubie]

starving is cruel. Look at that women just last week that spoke for the first time after being in a vege state for 20 years. We do not decide when she should die. That is for the Lord to decided. To not feed her is I feel an act of murder. A court deciding her fate goes way outside the bounds of what a court should decide. She has not committed a crime to be sentenced to death..

[Logophile]

If you were to allow a dog to die by starvation/dehydration, you would likely be arrested and charged with cruelty to an animal. Does that not strike you as odd?

[LauraleeBraswell]

So what about Retarded people? What about people born retarded? Can we kill them too, because they can't say what they want?

[LauraleeBraswell]

No, it's in the Supreme Court's hands.

[DoctorMichael]

I am a Christian who believes Terri should be allowed to die... Am I the only one?

Maybe.

[jwalsh07]

I believe in letting her die with dignity.

Just how does one go about dying with dignity while every cell in your body is screaming for hydration?

The dignified thing to do would be for Michael Schiavo to release Terri to her parents. But he doesn't have a dignified bone in his body.

[mombonn]

Have you seen the video? Her eyes follow those who are in the room with her.

Starve a puppy? No. Starve a person?

Choice.

How can you oppose abortion and support "choice" to starve?

[firebrand]

There's a helpful little phrase, "slippery slope," overused as it may be.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

Do you know what death by starvation is like?

[LauraleeBraswell]

Not even in this case. WHO are we to say who lives and who dies?

In the Netherlands last year, 22 babies were Euthanized, some because of Spinal Bifida.