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To: billbears

Has anyone thought that God wants to take Terri home once and for all. Maybe she suffers daily abuse (verbal or otherwise) from her husband. In the end God's will, will be done. Maybe that will is to have her home.


That makes no sense. The State, Man, not God is murdering Terri. Your rational makes the case for the "right to die" movement.


910 posted on 03/24/2005 11:22:32 AM PST by JonDavid
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To: JonDavid

I didn't say it, I just said I've thought it may be a possibility. As for the statement, it makes perfect sense. It puts the entire decision in the hands of God. And who are we as the state or people to have the audacity to think that we can stand in God's Way? Do you deny the omniscience and omniprescence of God Almighty? Do you not believe that when it's our time, no matter how much we may rail against the possibility that it will come? I think too many Republicans in their rush to save this woman and do what they believe is 'right' are placing themselves in a place they do not belong.


979 posted on 03/24/2005 11:32:11 AM PST by billbears (Deo Vindice)
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To: JonDavid
That makes no sense. The State, Man, not God is murdering Terri. Your rational makes the case for the "right to die" movement.

Think about your position a little bit more carefully. Man killed the Son of God, because it was God's will that it be so. Remember the little conversation between Jesus and God the night before in the garden?

While this should serve as a wakeup call that our Judiciary needs to be cleaned out and our laws reformed on the matter of the so-called "right to die," do not confuse this with an injustice of biblical proportions. It's just a reminder of the ongoing metaphysical struggle for the souls of men.

Take heart in how many people are outraged, and let us all resolve to redouble our political efforts, and work smarter to affect changes in the law. The judiciary today is a result of both activist judges and liberal laws. We have to change the latter before the former will follow, albeit a bit later in the process.

I'm not diminishing the horror of the situation, just trying to put it into perspective. It is out of our hands now. The Bush's are constrained by their vow to uphold the Constitution, so they can't take action that would be deemed unconstitutional, even if it seems like the right thing to do on moral grounds.

Sometimes the more effective way to defeat injustice is to let it stand. It is hard to change laws; it should be hard to change laws. Let the injustice of this outcome fuel your energy to work harder to change the laws.

Otherwise, you'll take the liberal bait and become as much a catalyst for our constitutional demise as they are, by their flagrant abuse of the law to do evil.

985 posted on 03/24/2005 11:32:56 AM PST by Publius Maximus (Compassionate Conservatism: Profligate Liberal Spending With A Conservative Rhetorical Twist)
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