If people really, deeply believe there is a heaven, and that innocent people who die will spend eternity in the glory of God's presence, why do they simultaneously work so hard to keep the Terri Schiavos of the world in this world?
well it is a matter of choice which in Terri's case is disputed....I would want to leave but others feel differently.....don't know why some would want to live in that state, not that they would know.......
If people really, deeply believe there is a heaven, and that innocent people who die will spend eternity in the glory of God's presence, why do they simultaneously work so hard to keep the Terri Schiavos of the world in this world?
First of all, I do not know what happens to a baby who dies. I really don't. Christians do not hold that "innocent" people go to heaven, because there are no innocent people, "for all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" Romans 3:23. Rather, those who do go to heaven do so, not through their own "innocence" or righteousness, but through the atoning sacrifice that Jesus made; one that must be accepted by those who want it. Jesus said "I am the way the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me." (John 14:6).
Secondly, the Bible teaches us that human life is inherently valuable (a better question, though admittedly somewhat off topic, would be how can any true-blue Darwinist defend medicine of any kind?), due to passages like "And God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them." (Genesis 1:27), "Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God, He made man." (Genesis 9:6), "the ransom for a life is costly, no payment is ever enough-" (Psalm 49:8), and "For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
As a final note, for my few minutes on the soap-box, this case as well as the Terri Schiavo case display a trend about our nation: a total disregard for the lives of those considered inferior. When a nation begins to turn and slay the weakest, the most helpless among them (those that they have the greatest charge to care for and protect), it has violated the most essential of God's laws, and has become completely barbaric.
It's called a belief in the sanctity of life.