You offered, "I do not believe the body is capable of living if the body can no longer chew, eat or swallow their food, AND their brain is not functioning enough to assist them in swallowing." Considering Stephen Hawking and a long list of other humans who you would put down by withholding nutrition and water, is there something else you would like to add to your offerings, perhaps regarding the alive unborn, before many of your fellow Freepers place you on the ignore list?
Stephen Hawking can indicate he wants food and water, so he himself can overrule his body's inability to chew and swallow and request a feeding tube.
His brain is still functioning. He so indicates.
I am not advocating *putting down* someone. You are reading far too much into my posts.
A baby is fed by its mother's body. The body is forming, so it is a different matter. I do not advocate abortion, if that is what you are getting at.
We feed infants as their abilities to suckle, chew and swallow develop. When the ability to develop these functions is LOST (as in PVS, etc.), then a feeding tube is unnatural, and is circumventing God.
It is fine with me if you so choose to place me on *ignore*. And if many of my fellow Freepers choose to do so, that is their choice as well. I am not posting to gain friends or influence people. Instead, I am discussing my views on the matter. I am not posting to offend, just to express.
Regards,