Isn't it God's will that Terri die? - Democratic Underground

Michael_UK

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Wed Mar-23-05 07:33 AM
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Isn't it God's will that Terri die?

Why not let Terri go to God?

I ask this in all seriousness. People who want to keep Terri alive seem to be playing God.

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wtbymark

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Wed Mar-23-05 07:36 AM
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1. No, they're taking advantage of an unfortunate situation

and playing politics, its quite disgusting, and a real non-issue.

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blondeatlast

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Wed Mar-23-05 07:37 AM
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2. It boggles the mind, doesn't it?

I suspect God is getting supremely pissed about all this, actually.

Randi Rhodes had a hilarious but about God talking to Bill Frist yesterday. Let's say God was a bit perturbed...

That's what I keep thinking--let her rest in God's embrace. She deserves it. I don't necessarily believe in an afterlife, but I believe she's earned the right to find out for herself.

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Katidid

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Wed Mar-23-05 08:15 AM
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3. Playing God??

Gee, it seems to me that when the doctor's and nurses PUT the feeding tube in Terri in the first place, were playing "God".

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blondeatlast

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Wed Mar-23-05 08:31 AM
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5. That's a huge stretch. My father had a feeding tube put in when he was

hospitalized with cancer, only to have it removed a few days later when he was able to eat again.

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ScaRBama

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Wed Mar-23-05 08:29 AM
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4. I agree....

This is really sad and if people didn't love trying to play God she should have been at peace years ago.
The politics of this whole issue makes me sick.
For the last 15 years what kind of life has she had? To me that's not life,that's just existing.

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Cuban_Liberal

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Wed Mar-23-05 08:32 AM
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6. Man cannot know what God's will is. n/t

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Donailin

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Wed Mar-23-05 08:38 AM
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7. It was never God's will that anyone die

it was also never his will that she stick her fingers down her throat and force herself to vomit everyday in order to be thin, which is what got her into this unfortunate situation.

What is God's will is that we stop chasing that which cannot add a day to our life and start chasing that which makes life worth living. Being thin aint it.

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