Posted on 03/26/2005 12:44:12 PM PST by pageonetoo
I am a Christian. I call myself conservative. I vote for Republican candidates, and helped elect (and re-elect) George Bush and his dad, with my vote, and my pocketbook.
I am tired of the people who know what is right. I studied the Bible in a formal setting (Bible college), and have been brought up with the teachings of the church.
Why is this hysteria taking place? Is it because a Florida judge has ruled on a valid law, or that we disagree wth him and that law? Are we taking a biblical approach to this situation? Do we believe there is a God?
People are threatening Michael, like he is the angel of death. He's not. He's a guy that has loved a woman so much that he has taken the abuse of thousands of professing "Christians' who have no real interest, nor an accurate knowledge of the events taking place. I read where he spent years of his life trying to get some help for her. Now, he is a beast, since he has decided to let God have her...
We have portions of both sides' news, and positions being dispensed. We are led to believe, by the "right to lifers", that she is ready to get up and walk. Her parents say she is speaking, but doctors have said that it is not possible, she has no reasoning capability. Nurses eport that he tried to murder her with insulin, tyet, even the cops don't believe them. Of course, your histrionics are going to change her situation...
I don't know. I can't make the decision. I don't want ot be faced with a similar decision (but I have a DNR set up).
I do know that there is only one entity that can change her condition. He is our Heavenly Father. His Son is honored in our corporate memory tomorrow.
I have read of people making comparisons of Terri to Jesus in His sacrificial death. Please spare us that one.
I have seen that people expect the courts to join their delusions about her condition, and fly in the face of that reality when it is face down...
Get a grip.
God is still in control If Terri Schiavo is so important to you, as a believer, you should be spending your time on your knees... not browsing the Internet. God doesn't sign on here...
James 5:7ff-
7Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord's coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop and how patient he is for the autumn and spring rains. 8You too, be patient and stand firm, because the Lord's coming is near. 9Don't grumble against each other, brothers, or you will be judged. The Judge is standing at the door!
10Brothers, as an example of patience in the face of suffering, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. 11As you know, we consider blessed those who have persevered. You have heard of Job's perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
12Above all, my brothers, do not swearnot by heaven or by earth or by anything else. Let your Yes be yes, and your No, no, or you will be condemned. The Prayer of Faith
13Is any one of you in trouble? He should pray. Is anyone happy? Let him sing songs of praise. 14Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well; the Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. 16Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.
What if her husband kept up the payments?
Well said.
Employer-provided life insurance doesn't work that way...
The record's been broken.
There's now a thread on FreeRepublic, which begins with a column in which the author uses the Nazi word. (And he even uses the Kill word.)
Killing Terri - There was no need to play God.
To do otherwise makes us recall Nazi Germany where retarded people and those with serious disabilities were "euthanized" (that is, killed).
I feel like I have almost taken on the role of self appointed hall monitor in this case. I have tried to very simply read the facts and educate myself before coming to a conclusion. And have spent more time injecting corrections of misconceptions and stating facts that I have dug up than actually sharing my personal opinion.
I hate to say this, but I guess as a nurse I can talk about people in my own profession. I have met some nurses who are idiots and I can't figure out how they passed their state boards for licensure.
Regarding that statemtent by the RN who was an LPN at the time...If MS was as big a pain in the rear end to the nurses in the facility that TS is being kept, then they HATE him, regardless of the quality of care she is getting from him. I want to take her word for it because I trust most of my fellow nurses until they prove otherwise, but her affadavit was presented to court and did not stand scrutiny. I really don't want to downgrade a fellow nurse, but well, it is old news and I wonder if she wasn't seeking her 15 minutes of fame.
But if Terri was wasting potassium then why did the medical records indicate she had an increase in potassium that caused her to go into cardiac arrest?
GIve me a break. Just because a procedure is deemed "legal", doesn't mean doctors have to perform it." It's because of profits that they perform it. It has nothing to do with their profession which is TO PRESERVE LIFE. When was the last time you read your hippocratic oath to which you swore to uphold? Or did it turn into the hipocritic oath now?
You are missing the entire point of my exchange with Bill which even Bill himself came to terms with in his Post 496 ;.........."OK OK you are correct, I cant blame all dr's for the misdeeds of some. For that I apologise ".
I do not perform abortions and do not participate in any procedures leading up to abortion so why are you ragging on me and my other medical colleagues that do not perform nor approve of abortion?
You are an American. You are a member of a society that has legalized abortion. Does that make you and every other American personally responsible for abortions?
That is analogous to blaming "veterans" for the assassination of JFK and the Oklahoma City bombing and blaming "Heisman Trophy winners" for the death of Nicole Simpson.
Good Lord! FR has crossed into DU territory on this topic!
I only wanted one thing - to err on the side of life. I am not convinced that all the evidence has been heard. Perhaps it would take another three months. However long, it should be sorted out to make sure. If she truly didn't want to live like that, her wishes should be honored. Yours should be honored. I have a real problem with hearing that a nurse was able to feed her. And I have a real problem with the guardian being someone with another woman and family. He may truly have her best interest at heart, but I'm not sure.
I agree with you and respect your courage to take on the hysteria that has erupted here on Freeper. I made a similar point in a response yesterday. We should all pray for the souls of those involved in this horrible situation and trust that God's will will be done.
Not necessarily! Like K2blader so aptly put it there is evil and supporters of evil. There is also misguided. Don't know your views on this so it would be hard to discern your true intent. Others have written much concerning this so it's apparent to me they support evil whether knowingly or unknowingly. Either way the results are the same.
Like K2blader I struggle with 'loving' those who support evil. However there's a method to that madness and it's a spiritual love, not a lovey-dovey physical love.
It was my understanding that it was a lack of potassium, not too much, that caused the heart problems.
For all I know, the potassium in her cells was excreted in an attempt to create balance in her bloodstream, causing it to be too low in her cardiac muscle, thereby playing havoc with the sodium/potassium exchange required for the heart to work properly. But that is just speculation on my part and not a statement of fact, so don't quote me on that one.
Even more pertinent to this case....Judge Greer said a statement by Terri's childhood friend, that Terri would want to live, was not credible.
Of course, later, Greer had to admit he made a mistake in the date he used as a justification to discard her statement. But he said it didn't matter anyway. (IOW, he had made up his mind).
Greer decided to rely on the statements of Michael's brother and sister-in-law.
Stonewalling helped Nixon only for a while.
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