Anorexics are folks suffering from a psychological problem that makes them think that, no matter how thin they get, they are still fat. That is, as you well know, a different situation than a person who is dying, nothing can stop it, and THEY decide to NOT be fed artificially in a vain attempt by others to prolong life. The Pope knew he was dying, and that inserting a feeding tube wasn’t going to stop that. He just chose, for himself, not to do that, and the Church does not require it for anyone.
That was the quote from nmh. She suggested that somehow, God decided it was the Pope's time to die, and that choosing to use a feeding tube somehow interferes with God's will.
To be clear, the pope's death wasn't contributed or sped up by lack of a feeding tube; he didn't starve to death.
The flaw in NMH's reasoning is that when you decide to abandon someone to "God's Will" you wind up making a lot of unecessary martyrs. Like Terri Shaivo.
Is using an AED interfering with "God's Will?" Is administering O2 via a non-rebreather interfering with "God's Will?"
It's assinine for people to try and divine "God's Will" to suit getting rid of people who are inconvinent or to avoid having to make the harder choice. It's tiring to hear people use the "God's Will" excuse to get out of pretty much anything when the real answer is "I don't feel like it."
Though I'm sure NMH has appreciated you sticking up for him/her since apparently NMH has gotten called out for something else said on this thread as, well, bigoted.