[Blueflag]

I am so conflicted by this.

I thank God I do not have to deal with this predicament. To me there is no question they loved their son, and still do. Did they make a wise choice or a sinful one? a spiritual or secular choice? A willful death, but is this murder? Obviously they valued his life, and human life in general as witnessed by their struggle. But was this 'right' in any light of God's truth? I lack the wisdom to know. Does this open a 'pandora's box even further? Absolutely. We are not God.

Don't flame me, please.

1 Cor 10:13 offers me guidance -- that there is no choice in life I will face that requires me to sin -- but not yet resolution.

Wow. Points to ponder, Wisdom to gain.

[wbill]

No flames. But I think that this is a question that will be faced more and more as Medical Technology improves.

20 years ago, I think that assisted suicide (or 'unplugging', or whatever it's called) in cases like this would not have even been a question, as the patient would not have survived.

My heart goes out to the parents, as I'm sure that they faced the most difficult decision of their lives.

[billbears]

Indeed. My prayers for this family. They had a difficult decision to make, they consulted a pastor, and made a decision that while tough for them, means this little boy is right now in the loving arms of God. It is not murder, it was a family decision to release him from his pain. And the evidence from the five years he was on this earth shows he touched a lot of people. This story will touch even more and remind us that not even tomorrow is promised to us.

[ichabod1]

I believe every starvation is torture, and indeed it HAS opened Pandora's box to the elimination of the merely inconvenient.