Not to be disrespectful, but it's always that last word that does it, isn't it?
How do we know God might not work a miracle through that baby being born alive?
How do we know God might not work a miracle through that baby being born alive?
I appreciate the non-disrespect. To be honest, I've always been timid about wading into these conversations because they tend to become venomous.
We have no way of knowing what God will or will not do. He could work a miracle through that child. Or, the child could spend their life in unconsciousness or pain, never knowing God.
I think it's best to leave these sorts of decisions to the people who know the patient/victim the best (absent any potential criminal situations, ala Terri Schaivo). None of us are perfect except Christ himself. We are going to screw up, and thankfully He is prepared to forgive us.
I guess I sometimes feel like we hurt our cause by trying giving the appearance of forcing people into hopeless situations instead of giving grace and comfort. If this guy had some clear ulterior motive such that her own family were opposing him, then maybe I could see pushing this through the courts. But her own family wants to see this end, because to them she is gone and this is causing unnecessary suffering to a baby that may ever take a single breath. If they're wrong and this baby were supposed to be the next President, I believe God would probably forgive them because they made their choices out of 1) what she told them her wishes were, and 2) love (not wanting to see her or her baby suffer).
This isn't a zero-sum game. We screech against abortion, and then support laws that make make it more difficult for couples to adopt children who aren't wanted. (My husband and I were rejected by 3 countries and countless birth mothers because of the blood clotting disorder I mentioned earlier.) Because of that, we had people (even here on FR) tell us that God didn't want us to have kids. We scream about individual responsibility and then meddle in the decisions of people we don't know.
Since it's now almost 12am in my timezone I'm going to head off to bed now before I say something that gets me a ZOT. Good night everyone.