Posted on 03/25/2005 5:21:18 AM PST by mhking
My position on the Schiavo matter has vascilated back and forth over the past few days as I've agonized over the matter.
Should she be given a chance at life? If so, what kind of life are we talking about? Is there a chance at rehabilitation? Is Michael Schiavo an evil S.O.B., or is he simply a heart-broken man?
Conversely, is she truly in a vegetative state? A virtual zombie with eyes open, and nothing inside? Are her parents and family in denial about her pain and suffering? Are the evangelicals coming to her aid getting so worked up that they are looking past the true nature of this situation?
Difficult questions these. Who wins? Who loses?
There is no winner here. This situation is heartbreaking at the core. A vibrant woman struck down in the prime of her life. A myriad of doctors, most of whom have indicated that much of her brain tissue has deteriorated and possibly even liquified inside her skull. CAT scans that support that diagnosis.
Conversely, we see her eyes focusing on a balloon, we see her apparently responding to people entering her limited field of vision.
What do we believe?
After 22 different judges have agonized over this, they all have come to the same decision: that her husband has the right to make that agonizing decision.
Talk show host Neil Boortz has taken the stance that Terri Schiavo has earned her place in heaven, and that we, as a people, should let her go home.
Do you believe in God’s promise of everlasting life? Do you believe that the reward for a life well spent on this earth is a life with God in heaven after you die? If you do, then a few more questions if you will.Jesus awaits Terri Schiavo at the gates of heaven with open arms. He will grant her eternal rest. He loves all, no matter which side of this sad story the people are on.Do you believe that the human soul can make the transition to everlasting life while the human body that carried that soul through life clings to life on this earth? If you do, then you must surely believe that Terri Schiavo has earned and is already enjoying her reward in heaven. That being the case, why is it so important to you that the now-unneeded body of Terri Schiavo is kept alive?
But perhaps you believe, as I do, that the human soul is so connected to and integrated with its earthly body that any transition will not be made until that body ceases functioning -- until death occurs.. That being the case, why do you so ardently desire that the soul of Terri Schiavo spend five, ten, perhaps 30 years or more trapped in a useless and non-functioning body, unable to move on to whatever reward awaits her? Isn’t 15 years enough?
Where do your concerns truly lie, with the eternal soul of Terri Schiavo, or with her earthly body?
Let her go home. We can only commend her spirit among the angels for the journey.
Sadly, those who damn the judges and politicians and those of us who wish her spirit to move on are going to fracture the fragile fabric of the conservative wing of the GOP. In their zeal to ignore the rule of law and the Constitutional process, they are sliding down the slippery slope of anarchy toward mob rule.
This is a land of laws, not men. And the political problems that are surfacing -- on both sides -- point toward the deterioration of our constitutional republic. Are you ready for that? Are you ready for that will mean in the future?
I weep for Terri Schiavo today. But I fear for more tears in our future, thanks to those who would wad up the Constitutional protections and freedoms wrought by the notion of ignoring the rule of law, simply because those in power didn't get their way.
She's not being 'let go'. She's being SENT!
Jesus takes people every day who have full stomachs. Food has never stopped anyone from dying, unless there's nothing else to cause death except intentional starvation.
Good point!
Amen!
I know that...I was assuming you knew I meant WITHOUT repenting.
You want to bring the Bible into it? Very well. Meet Hazael.
7 Elisha went to Damascus, and Ben-Hadad king of Aram was ill. When the king was told, "The man of God has come all the way up here,"
8 he said to Hazael, "Take a gift with you and go to meet the man of God. Consult the LORD through him; ask him, 'Will I recover from this illness?' "
9 Hazael went to meet Elisha, taking with him as a gift forty camel-loads of all the finest wares of Damascus. He went in and stood before him, and said, "Your son Ben-Hadad king of Aram has sent me to ask, 'Will I recover from this illness?' "
10 Elisha answered, "Go and say to him, 'You will certainly recover'; but [a] the LORD has revealed to me that he will in fact die."
11 He stared at him with a fixed gaze until Hazael felt ashamed. Then the man of God began to weep.
12 "Why is my lord weeping?" asked Hazael. "Because I know the harm you will do to the Israelites," he answered. "You will set fire to their fortified places, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little children to the ground, and rip open their pregnant women."
13 Hazael said, "How could your servant, a mere dog, accomplish such a feat?"
"The LORD has shown me that you will become king of Aram," answered Elisha.
14 Then Hazael left Elisha and returned to his master. When Ben-Hadad asked, "What did Elisha say to you?" Hazael replied, "He told me that you would certainly recover."
15 But the next day he took a thick cloth, soaked it in water and spread it over the king's face, so that he died. Then Hazael succeeded him as king.
I guess he was just "sending Ben-Hadad to be with the Lord".
Hey at least he didn't torture him for a week
This is a joke, right?! Since when has Neal Boortz, that pro-abortion, pro-homosexual, obvious-disdain-for-religion libertinarian ever given a rat's rear end about Heaven? I'm not surprised that he's part of the "Let-Terri-go" contingent and for him to even utter such ramblings is a laugh!
Of course Jesus is waiting for her with open arms... but doesn't that death negate His wish for testimony and evidence of our harm and adultery against God?
The antechrist has spoken indeed in these articles.
Her death is due to our sins, let us remember that, for so was His!!!
If you would have asked me 2-3 days ago I would have said "SAVE HER", but after 7 (almost 8) days, I say let her go Home.
Thanks to, you we can read the transcript, see the context and know what he REALLY said.
You're doing a great service for freepers.....and I know it's a helluva lot of work.
Leni
The shiavo tree has borne fruit that is stinking, doubtful , and dangerous looking. The shiavo tree has NOT brought forth GOOD FRUIT.
Yeah...he sounded like a liberal twit.
Thanks for your reply. I'm not sure, but think so. I would want it. Since I posted the original question, I've heard that she hasn't been allowed communion because it would be considered "nourishment". God bless her.
This becomes clearer as each day passes. Terri's parched lips have revealed many dry and brittle hearts.
"Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life." -- John 4:13-14.
Amen!
So those who have pushed to liberate Terri from this body of suffering to be in a better place should be punished?
I think you have it backwards.
How absurd. We're talking about somebody in vegatative state for more than 15 years. Get real.
This makes me heartsick, Dr.E.
If Lincoln could tell the Supreme Court to take a hike, and order the Emancipation Proclamation over the Dred Scot ruling, then an executive has room to act here.
It just takes a good reason.
The refusal to allow natural feeding and hydration is that good reason.
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