But that's my two cents. And I know I wouldn't want to make this decision because I can see Biblical principles on both sides and both sides of the family hurting in their own way
Mr. Schindler said tonight, VERY CLEARLY, HAD TERRI HAD A WRITTEN DOCUMENT, STATING HER WISHES, THEY WOULD NOT BE DOING THIS. "There would be NOTHING they could do about that."
What you are saying is fine when someone is DYING. She is brain damaged. Not PVS, not comatose, not vegetative, BRAIN DAMAGED. She feels, she's aware, she cries and laughs, and shes neglected by that KILLER husband of hers. That woman is nothing like what you hear in the media. Mikeys crimes are finally coming out and I hope Terri lives to see him pay for what he and Felos have done to her. She deserves that. She deserves HER LIFE.
Terri,and all of us, will eventually die of "something"
(heart attack, pneumonia, blood clot, aneurysm, stroke, etc.)
We're just trying to make sure it's not by STARVATION.
Which would be MURDER. Is that so hard for you to understand?
And there's not just a little pain. It's horrific enough that morphine is given.
God gives everyone free will, which includes free will to do bad things. If Terri Schiavo is denied nutrition and hydration -- we're not talking about ventilators here -- and starves and dehydrates to death as a result, that does not mean that God willed her to die, any more than God willed that little girl in Florida to be kidnapped and murdered. Just because God allows bad things to happen does not mean He wants them to happen. Terri is severely disabled, but her health is sound EXCEPT for the fact that she is being starved and dehydrated to death. The idea that this is somehow "God's will" is perverse and not at all in keeping with Southern Baptist theology, about which I know a great deal. (Yes, i know your father is a minister, but, sorry, he's flat-out wrong about the Schiavo case. I suspect he's been misled about the facts, perhaps by the MSM. This is not a case about a brain dead person on life support.)
If God wanted Terri to die He would take her.
This is just plain murder.
Michael is a psychopath who had his parents starved to death, and Terri's two beloved cats euthanized, even though Terri's parents said they would take them.
Nourishment and hydration are not extraordinary means; they are ordinary means.
God's will is one thing, but starving someone until they die does not sound like God's will to me, that sounds like murder. Had God decided that it is Terri's time to come to Heaven, He could have done it at any time, feeding tube or not. I am not professing to know God's plan, I know that Terri could be part of a plan God has and that we don't understand...but no one has the right to take away someone's right to live but God. I believe that God would want us to take a stand against those trying to act as if they are HIM.
I hold the highest sanctity for life. But I also hold a respect for God and know if it's her time to go, He will allow it.
I don't know how you could possibly see it that way. This isn't about artificially keeping a woman alive against God's wishes, but killing her because of man's wishes. If God wanted her dead and to come home, she wouldn't have lasted this long after her injuries, much less lasting this long without food and water. Our choice to kill a human being by starvation and dehydration doesn't mean that God approves.
Terri declared on Friday twice that she wanted to live. Too bad the cops immediately went into coverup mode and the feeding tube was pulled before Terri's declarations were known to everyone outside of Hospice. She doesn't need Michael Schiavo to speak for her. She knew on Friday that they were going to try to kill her again and Terri said "yeah" when asked if she wanted to live. Terri knows what attempted murder is and she doesn't want to die. Not me projecting, Terri screamed when she found out the tube was coming out.
I appreciate your honesty but I feel that we should take care of our loved ones...we don't throw them away or hide them and keep them from having rehabilition. Terri has been hidden away, her money has been stolen and this is the third murder attempt on her life by her husband. Her husband should be behind bars for his abuse and neglect of his wife but instead, he found a Judge to carry out his wishes for state sanctioned murder and if this isn't bad enough, one of us or a loved one could be next. This is murder most foul.
If someone is on a ventilator and it is removed, and they survive, one can reasonably believe that's God's will. And if they die, that's God's will. But if someone removes the ventilator and follows that up by putting a pillow over the person's face to ensure they don't start breathing, that's not God's will.
If the parents were allowed to attempt to feed Terri orally and succeeded, that would be God's will. And one could argue that if they attempted to feed orally but Terri couldn't swallow, that would be God's will. But when all oral feeding is forbidden, that's Michael's will.
What "Biblical pricipals" do you see on Michael Schiavo's side?
When I was hungry, you fed me.
When I was thirsty, you gave me drink.
When you do this to the least of these, you do it to me.
Sound familiar?
No. But I also know you can take any point to an extreme. I hold the highest sanctity for life. But I also hold a respect for God and know if it's her time to go, He will allow it.
Please look at the whole picture. What has been done and why and what HASSENT BEEN DONE AND WHY. If some one withholds food and water from you you will die. To do this to a helpless person does not seem like the work of God to me.
Water: The Elixir of Life
Dr. John Skorusa
Need For Water
Water is a human necessity for optimal health. Along with food and oxygen, water is one of the basic ingredients for sustaining life. The human body can survive about 40 days without food, but can only survive about 4 days without water.>>>
So let me guess, the judge will rule for the tube to be put back in when it's just a little too late for Terri ....
Here's my respose to your post 2718
Before her feeding tube was pulled Terri was just as terminal as I am. We're all going to die. But she is in no immediate danger of dying.
They pulled her feeding tube. How would you like it if someone sewed your lips shut tonight. Same thing. They are not allowing her to die. They are killing her by starvation. She wouldn't be dying otherwise.
You say she's no longer here. Ther are plenty of links in this thread that will disprove that if you'd like to read them.