Comments on: Terri S’s date with God http://questions-for-christians.com/2005/03/18/more-terry-s/ Seeking to understand the Christian right amidst a preponderance of wrong. Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:33:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5 by: edrie http://questions-for-christians.com/2005/03/18/more-terry-s/#comment-2 Fri, 18 Mar 2005 20:55:36 -0500 http://questions-for-christians.com/2005/03/18/more-terry-s/#comment-2 i am so with you on this one! i am also livid that the u.s.congress - the very congress that wants to cut health and welfare care to the poor WASTES time interfering in the lives of one couple while the rest of the country is hung out to dry! what a disgrace! these fanatics have another agenda - abortion - if they get away with forcing this woman to remain "alive" in a vegetative state - then they have established the "sanctity of life" argument to attack abortion rights. what a disgrace the republicans are that have chosen to use this woman and her husband so! i am so with you on this one! i am also livid that the u.s.congress - the very congress that wants to cut health and welfare care to the poor WASTES time interfering in the lives of one couple while the rest of the country is hung out to dry!

what a disgrace! these fanatics have another agenda - abortion - if they get away with forcing this woman to remain “alive” in a vegetative state - then they have established the “sanctity of life” argument to attack abortion rights.

what a disgrace the republicans are that have chosen to use this woman and her husband so!

]]> by: supak.com http://questions-for-christians.com/2005/03/18/more-terry-s/#comment-6 Fri, 18 Mar 2005 21:22:06 -0500 http://questions-for-christians.com/2005/03/18/more-terry-s/#comment-6 Not just Republicans! Florida Senator Bill Nelson, a Democrat, is on their side too. Not just Republicans! Florida Senator Bill Nelson, a Democrat, is on their side too.

]]> by: Eileen H http://questions-for-christians.com/2005/03/18/more-terry-s/#comment-9 Fri, 18 Mar 2005 21:31:28 -0500 http://questions-for-christians.com/2005/03/18/more-terry-s/#comment-9 Here is my opinion as posted on DailyKos. When I was 13 I buried my mother in the ground. I watched her body deteriorate for five years before that time. It was a hard thing watching her body waste away until at the end they were just skin and bones. She didn't even look like my mother anymore. She was alive. She could talk. She could laugh. But I am haunted by the times I helped her go to the bathroom. Her skin was sagging off her bones! I remember the last day I saw her. I ran to my room and watched the ambulance through the window. I just couldn't watch her suffering. I hid in my room for awhile after watching the ambulane disappear down the road followed by my dad on his motorcycle. She was placed on life support. And I understand that they took her off of life support and she died. It was hard. As a 13 child, to have to watch her suffer. And then to have to put her in the ground. I remember praying... one of the few times I have prayed. I distinctly remember asking God to make her better or to take her. Perhaps it was that very night, before I knew that she was gone. Of course, I was angry at God for along time. He was supposed to make her better. But even at that age I could understand that she was suffering. I could understand that no matter how much I wanted my mother with me, it was unfair for her to suffer so much. It is a sincere act of love to put aside your own needs and fears and to let someone be at peace. It's a shame that at 13 I could understand better than they at such a more mature age what would be best for a loved one. I know it killed my dad to say goodbye to his wife of 25 years. And his eyes still look sad to this day. But I think of my mom in heaven playing gin rummy with my grandparents and aunt. and she is happy and not hurting anymore. Here is my opinion as posted on DailyKos.

When I was 13 I buried my mother in the ground. I watched her body deteriorate for five years before that time. It was a hard thing watching her body waste away until at the end they were just skin and bones. She didn’t even look like my mother anymore. She was alive. She could talk. She could laugh. But I am haunted by the times I helped her go to the bathroom. Her skin was sagging off her bones! I remember the last day I saw her. I ran to my room and watched the ambulance through the window. I just couldn’t watch her suffering. I hid in my room for awhile after watching the ambulane disappear down the road followed by my dad on his motorcycle. She was placed on life support. And I understand that they took her off of life support and she died. It was hard. As a 13 child, to have to watch her suffer. And then to have to put her in the ground. I remember praying… one of the few times I have prayed. I distinctly remember asking God to make her better or to take her. Perhaps it was that very night, before I knew that she was gone. Of course, I was angry at God for along time. He was supposed to make her better. But even at that age I could understand that she was suffering. I could understand that no matter how much I wanted my mother with me, it was unfair for her to suffer so much. It is a sincere act of love to put aside your own needs and fears and to let someone be at peace. It’s a shame that at 13 I could understand better than they at such a more mature age what would be best for a loved one. I know it killed my dad to say goodbye to his wife of 25 years. And his eyes still look sad to this day. But I think of my mom in heaven playing gin rummy with my grandparents and aunt. and she is happy and not hurting anymore.

]]> by: Rob http://questions-for-christians.com/2005/03/18/more-terry-s/#comment-23 Fri, 18 Mar 2005 23:33:29 -0500 http://questions-for-christians.com/2005/03/18/more-terry-s/#comment-23 Thanks, Eileen, for sharing your pain. It evolves into growth through maturity, something I hope the people that loved Terry S. can achieve. Thanks, Eileen, for sharing your pain. It evolves into growth through maturity, something I hope the people that loved Terry S. can achieve.

]]> by: Robert Spiotta http://questions-for-christians.com/2005/03/18/more-terry-s/#comment-24 Sat, 19 Mar 2005 00:27:25 -0500 http://questions-for-christians.com/2005/03/18/more-terry-s/#comment-24 Congratulations. Very cool. It could be the start of something big. Keep it up. Why is the heading cut off so it reads Questions for Christia" and "seeking to understand the Christian right amids..."? Congratulations. Very cool. It could be the start of something big. Keep it up. Why is the heading cut off so it reads Questions for Christia” and “seeking to understand the Christian right amids…”?

]]> by: Rob http://questions-for-christians.com/2005/03/18/more-terry-s/#comment-26 Sat, 19 Mar 2005 01:57:44 -0500 http://questions-for-christians.com/2005/03/18/more-terry-s/#comment-26 I don't know, Dad, it's probably aol, like everything else that's crappy in this world... I don’t know, Dad, it’s probably aol, like everything else that’s crappy in this world…

]]> by: M ichael J, McLaughlin http://questions-for-christians.com/2005/03/18/more-terry-s/#comment-27 Sat, 19 Mar 2005 10:08:14 -0500 http://questions-for-christians.com/2005/03/18/more-terry-s/#comment-27 When my brother Pat crashed hi Harley and crushed his head the standard then was life could be ended when there was an absense of brain activity over a determined period of time. And I mean NO brain activity. Pats commatose state and nonexistant chance of recovery put my family and myself through hell. But to starve someone you love and who still has brain function, however limited, to me is murder. She's not on a respirator or heart machine/pump. From the video made available it shows that she still reponds to outside stimulus so this decision is one of convenience for the living not sympathy for the afflicted. When my brother Pat crashed hi Harley and crushed his head the standard then was life could be ended when there was an absense of brain activity over a determined period of time. And I mean NO brain activity. Pats commatose state and nonexistant chance of recovery put my family and myself through hell. But to starve someone you love and who still has brain function, however limited, to me is murder. She’s not on a respirator or heart machine/pump. From the video made available it shows that she still reponds to outside stimulus so this decision is one of convenience for the living not sympathy for the afflicted.

]]> by: supak.com http://questions-for-christians.com/2005/03/18/more-terry-s/#comment-30 Sat, 19 Mar 2005 10:16:58 -0500 http://questions-for-christians.com/2005/03/18/more-terry-s/#comment-30 I find it ironic that so many people, including Mike here, think they can tell--from a video alone--more than Terry's doctors, her husband, and the judge who has had this case for years and studied the testimony, tests, and actual facts of the case. It's a good thing public opinion, shaped by video put out by Terry's parents, doesn't decide these matters. They are, thankfully, decided by her legal guardian, her doctors, and judges appointed to their posts because they are wise and impartial. If anyone would like to be more impartial on this matter, I suggest they start with <a href="http://www.miami.edu/ethics/schiavo_project.htm" rel="nofollow">the facts</a>. I find it ironic that so many people, including Mike here, think they can tell–from a video alone–more than Terry’s doctors, her husband, and the judge who has had this case for years and studied the testimony, tests, and actual facts of the case. It’s a good thing public opinion, shaped by video put out by Terry’s parents, doesn’t decide these matters. They are, thankfully, decided by her legal guardian, her doctors, and judges appointed to their posts because they are wise and impartial.

If anyone would like to be more impartial on this matter, I suggest they start with the facts.

]]> by: mkm http://questions-for-christians.com/2005/03/18/more-terry-s/#comment-35 Mon, 21 Mar 2005 08:37:40 -0500 http://questions-for-christians.com/2005/03/18/more-terry-s/#comment-35 So the President of the US cut his weekend short to sign a reprieve for a comatose woman in Florida because of his "respect for life, every life is important". Not so much though for the more than 1,500 Americans who have died in the President’s war in Iraq or the more than 100,000 Iraq civilians who have been killed. So the President of the US cut his weekend short to sign a reprieve for a comatose woman in Florida because of his “respect for life, every life is important”. Not so much though for the more than 1,500 Americans who have died in the President’s war in Iraq or the more than 100,000 Iraq civilians who have been killed.

]]> by: Lily http://questions-for-christians.com/2005/03/18/more-terry-s/#comment-38 Mon, 21 Mar 2005 12:12:30 -0500 http://questions-for-christians.com/2005/03/18/more-terry-s/#comment-38 If her parents are Christians why do they have a problem letting Terry die? I'm sure she'll find heaven is a wonderful place to be! Let her go. If her parents are Christians why do they have a problem letting Terry die?
I’m sure she’ll find heaven is a wonderful place to be! Let her go.

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