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To: baseballfanjm; F16Fighter; Destro; EveningStar; Conservative Vet; shhrubbery!
No, the movie is telling us that Eastwood knowingly trades his own salvation for ending the girl's suffering.

But salvation is not his to give or take. As human beings, we either believe that all things, suffering included, are given to us by God for a reason, or else we're adrift on our own on planet earth.

Read "The Problem of Pain" by C.S. Lewis.

I knew a woman whose husband had Huntington's Chorea, diagnosed after they had children. After she nursed her husband night and day for years until he died, she then nursed her three children night and day for 20 more years until they, too, died from the hereditary disease.

She did not ever once think of killing them, even though they became completely vegetative. She did not think of killing herself.

She knew, every second of every day, that one day they would all be together again -- whole, strong and happy in Paradise.

Would that Eastwood had even a tiny bit of that faith.

191 posted on 02/08/2005 12:16:55 PM PST by Dr. Eckleburg (There are very few shades of gray.)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg; baseballfanjm; F16Fighter; EveningStar; Conservative Vet; shhrubbery!
No, the movie is telling us that Eastwood knowingly trades his own salvation for ending the girl's suffering.

You are living in a world of unreality - Eastwood told us no such thing - he played a FICTIONAL character.

But your words illustrate it all. Do you think what you are watching is real? Are you so weak willed you assume others are as well and will be converted by this movie to being pro-Euthanasia?

Clint is a good artist and he is a good American. His art has enriched the medium while entertaining his audiences.

194 posted on 02/08/2005 12:26:12 PM PST by Destro (Know your enemy! Help fight Islamic terrorism by visiting johnathangaltfilms.com and jihadwatch.org)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg

Your posts on this thread have been excellent.


264 posted on 02/08/2005 7:11:15 PM PST by Zechariah11
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