"And let Michael come home.
I am waiting for him."
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.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-318schiavo,0,2720746.story
Roman Catholic Monsignor Thaddeus Malanowski and another Catholic priest gave Terri Schiavo last rites, putting a few drops of communion wine in her feeding tube hours before it was removed
Much is made of this point particularly as it relates to pain sensation.
I remember either reading or seeing on TV a few years ago about a person that due to illness or accident had a large portion of their brain liquefy.The doctors were amazed that in spite of this they were living almost a normal life as other undamaged portions of the brain had assumed the activities normally carried out by the damaged part.
I am not suggesting that Terri can recover but only that we cannot be sure as to what sensation she may be experiencing or how cognizant she may be yet unable to express.
"And let Michael come home.
I am waiting for him."
Amen, May the eternal, true loving arms of Hashem embrace this Terri Shivo and take her to Eden.
Too bad they didn't put it on her tongue. According to her nurses she can swallow liquids without aspirating.
I think that the time for saving Terri Schiavo's life has probably passed and the Lord will welcome her to Paradise. That being said, punishment needs to be meted out to the parasites who fought for the opportunity to kill her.
I agree. She will be in a better place. Let's punish those who pushed her to die. Let's not punish GW and Jeb and others who tried to help her within the realm of the law and the constitution.
"Is it true that they are not going to allow even the Last Rites of the Catholic Church to be given her?"
Michael S. has ordered this. Said he didn't want anything near her mouth.
My question: Since I'm not Catholic and not familiar with the rituals of last rites, is there any way they could give her these last rites without using the host?
Why are we the *only* ones required to obey the law? Why aren't judges?
Thank you ping
If God wanted Terri to die He would have taken her when this first happened. God doesn't do anything half way, and this is a killing here.
I've become a vegetable myself hanging on to Fox, FR, and other media covering this.
Some questions have yet to be answered (to me, at least) ...
When and before whom was the charge of attempted murder by Michael litigated?
Was that trial held with or without the relatively recent disclosure of multiple bone fractures?
If that had never occured, how can a new hearing/trial be denied?
Granted, I have not seen/heard nor read everything, I still cannot see how so much that seems to warrant a new trial/hearing can be denied.
Good to see that some Freepers haven't totally lost their mind over this case.
I agree with you.
"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?"
WHAT SWEET SWEET VENOM!!!!!
Let's go and starve all who have "useless and non-functioning" bodies...Superman Reed, Astronomer Hawkins, President Reagan and all who in Neil Bortz' judgement needs to go get their "reward" in Heaven. The man really loves you " TO DEATH".
Neil..you are a POS!
Next, it will escalate into being a Constitutional right to murder anyone who is not perfect or is an inconvenience.
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