[JimVT]

Ignatius....I have stayed out of this issue because it is such a personal philosophical/religious matter with hard core stances on both sides...but...if she signed a document...as my wife and I did...to both donate our organs and don't keep us alive, I think her statement should be honored...and let the Issue-Fanatics find some other cause to waste their time on.

[Graymatter]

Terri never signed any documents. See http://www.terrisfight.org for fuller information.

[Lexinom]

No such document has been signed.

I can't speak for all here, but this is about an innocent and healthy albeit disabled person being put to death in an unspeakable cruel manner, not an ideological tug-o-war. She is not a vegetable. She laughs and responds to doctors' orders.

[gentlestrength]

You say you "stay out" of this issue because it is of a personal,philosophical/religious matter, and that both sides have "hard core stances."

Why do you "stay away" from religious matter? Since God exists and has certain requirements, why would you stay away from seeking what He wants?

You acknowledge there are two sides. Why would you "stay away" from a side which is right, and true, and honorable? What is wrong with having "hard core" truth?

Why do you call trying to save a life "wasting time"? Would you murder someone tonite? If not, are you "wasting time?"

Why do you view someone who wants life as a "fanatic"? "Fanatic" has a negative, not complimentary denotation. Why do you view those who try to help victims be rescued as so awful? If protecting those who can't help themselves doesn't meet your standard of good, wht could? Nothing. I can get a pretty good picture of your marriage. You've said you'll "honor" your wife if she wants to murder herself.

Is that really the man you want to be, one who runs from important issues, one who chooses the easy way, one who chooses what is wrong over what is right, a man who is impotent to help, indifferent to the most important things in life?

This is not an issue only about Terri, but of you and I, too Jesus said that if you are willing to murder, even if only in your heart, you are guilty before God of the very act. We either believe His words, or not. We either want to rescue the helpless, or we don't. Not "rescuing the helpless" when they face murder isn't somthing I choose.

You "chose" to "stay away." I'm asking you now to choose to get in. Be a man. Let God change your heart and give you a love for life and for others, and for yourself. Love Him, love others, instead of promoting their murder.