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To: hocndoc

I believe that God gives us *choice.*

We can choose medical intervention, or not choose the intervention.

We can choose medical intervention for a time, and then refuse, as choice.

The data I have read regarding the brain and its function supports what I have stated. Terri Schiavo was capable of living because she was fed artificially by a feeding tube.

Why is it wrong to let someone go to their Creator when their body function to receive nutrition no longer functions as God intended?


293 posted on 04/03/2005 7:06:21 AM PDT by thinkingman129 (questioning clears the way to understanding.)
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To: thinkingman129

You believe, correctly, that God gives us "choice."

But not all choices are good. There's also that little line...."...choose Life..." which is a direct command from God.

Are you prepared to defend the proposition that all choices are morally neutral? Or, in the specific instance, that Terri "chose" death?

While you claim to be 'thinking,' you have not yet defended the position that a group of third parties may deliberately kill someone, by the way.

And "to kill" is a far cry from withdrawing excessively burdensome treatments meant only to extend a life which is irredeemable.

See, you're still trying to defend the proposition that Terri's life was ending, and ending very soon. So how come it took 14 days for it to end?


336 posted on 04/03/2005 10:16:02 AM PDT by ninenot (Minister of Membership, TomasTorquemadaGentlemen'sClub)
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