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Rabbi Gellman: Starvation Is Immoral
Newsmax,com ^ | Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Posted on 03/23/2005 10:53:56 AM PST by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 03/23/2005 10:53:57 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Lady In Blue; Canticle_of_Deborah; MarMema; kimmie7; floriduh voter; JulieRNR21; Calpernia; ...

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2 posted on 03/23/2005 10:54:43 AM PST by nickcarraway
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"no authority has the right to end someone's life?"
and where does the good Rabbi stand on abortion? hmmmmm


3 posted on 03/23/2005 10:58:11 AM PST by kellynla (U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
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To: nickcarraway
I agree with the Rabbi. Our life is a gift from God and we have no right to end it on terms of our own choosing. When Man seeks to play God, evil inevitably results.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
4 posted on 03/23/2005 11:02:34 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: kellynla
Jewish law doesn't view abortion as murder but it has never viewed it as a blessing. If its necessary to save the life of the mother, an abortion may be performed. But Judaism has never found favor with the pagan ethic that life is disposable when its inconvenient to society.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
5 posted on 03/23/2005 11:04:48 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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ProLife Ping!

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6 posted on 03/23/2005 11:17:06 AM PST by Mr. Silverback ('Cow Tipping', a game the whole family can play!)
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To: goldstategop

America has been delivered into the hands of Godless men - the ACLU, the hypocritical Courts and the insidious attorney's Cabal which controls them and the legislatures.

If the Courts can order the killing of Terri Schiavo, its a short way towards ordering the killing of autistic people, Down's Syndrome people, and others who are considered "expendible" elements of the new sociliast order in America.


7 posted on 03/23/2005 11:22:10 AM PST by ZULU (Fear the government which fears your guns. God, guts, and guns made America great.)
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To: nickcarraway
Yeah, I saw that.

I was pleasantly surprised, since Rabbi Gellman has always struck me as superficially a liberal type, what with the blow-dried hair and the bow-tie. And of course no yarmulke or beard. But then, there are some conservative Jews who skip the yarmulke and beard too.

You know who else believes it's right to save Terri's life?

- Jesse Jackson
- David Boies
- a majority of the Congressional Black Caucus
- the overwhelming majority of Europeans

That last bit of information I heard last night on the "John Batchelor Show," from one of Batchelor's British correspondents. The man said that Europeans are intensely interested in the Schiavo case, and side with Terri's parents.

(Hey, maybe since our Supreme Court is so in love with European opinions, we should let them know. Maybe SCOTUS will take a new look at the case on that basis alone.)

8 posted on 03/23/2005 11:25:01 AM PST by shhrubbery!
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Creator God,

We implore You to intervene to save the physical life of Your daughter Terri, and to force back the powers of evil that threaten to overtake her and the State of Florida and the Courts of that state and the Courts of that Federal District. We beg of You do not let the forces of evil prevail and scar our nation in this way. In the name of Your Son, Jesus who died on the cross so that we might walk with You each moment of each day we pray. Amen.


9 posted on 03/23/2005 12:00:54 PM PST by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys-Reagan and Bush)
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To: kellynla

Rabbi Gellman is against abortion even though he's a Reform rabbi.


10 posted on 03/23/2005 12:12:18 PM PST by Revenge of Sith
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thanks for the info
I use to enjoy listening to him and the priest(forget his name) on the radio


11 posted on 03/23/2005 12:15:48 PM PST by kellynla (U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
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The priest is Monsignor Tom Hartman. I've heard the God Squad criticize secularism and note that secularists murdered more people than those who acted in the name of religion.


12 posted on 03/23/2005 12:39:46 PM PST by Revenge of Sith
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To: Revenge of Sith

Thanks, I know his face when I see it but I couldn't think of his name. I miss listening to them on the radio.


13 posted on 03/23/2005 12:46:05 PM PST by kellynla (U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
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To: Mr. Silverback
Aaron Brown is on during the morning here.

An American Expat in Southeast Asia

14 posted on 03/23/2005 12:51:20 PM PST by expatguy (http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
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Starvation is immoral, which is why if you are going to let someone die, give em a good shot of morphine to send them on their way to heaven painlessly......I think God will understand and welcome Terry S regardless.....


15 posted on 03/23/2005 1:18:51 PM PST by llama hunter
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And so... why do they starve her to death?

I read somewhere that she is on morphine and valium - I dont understand why. Maybe someone can confirm this.

16 posted on 03/23/2005 1:35:18 PM PST by expatguy (http://laotze.blogspot.com/)
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If she is it's news to me, I hope it's true. I hope she's gets rescued soon.


17 posted on 03/23/2005 2:14:24 PM PST by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys-Reagan and Bush)
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To: nickcarraway

Good news to have the Rabbi weighing in on this!


18 posted on 03/23/2005 5:21:27 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: goldstategop
If what you say is true, then a lot of Jews are disobeying Jewish Law.

BTW....what is different about jewish law than Christian Law?

19 posted on 03/23/2005 8:44:47 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: goldstategop

Another thing has upset me. Someone has ILL-ADVISED the Jewish Democrats to be the point people fo the Pro-death of Terri side. Wexner, wasserman, Nadler, Weiner, Wyden, Franken, etc. Out of ALL the people in this country, Jewish people should be the biggest PRO-LIFE group....and to rally round the starvation of an innocent person makes me and my Jewish husband sick.


20 posted on 03/23/2005 8:49:37 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion: The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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