Terri Schiavo and God

[Eric J in MN]

Her husband:

"Terri died 15 years ago," (Michael) Schiavo said, referring to the collapse and cardiac arrest that doctors say virtually destroyed her brain. "It's time for her to be with the Lord like she wanted to be."

I hope that faith in the God helps ease Michael Schiavo's pain in this sad situation.

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Congressman Tom DeLay (R-TX):

One thing that God has brought to us is Terri Schiavo, to help elevate the visibility of what is going on in America...This is exactly the issue that is going on in America, of attacks against the conservative movement, against me and against many others.

I don't think God decided to give Terri Schiavo a heart attack so that 15 years later Tom DeLay could use her to boost the conservative movement.

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James Dobson, Ph.D, psychologist, founder of Focus on the Famiily , during a discussion of Terri Schiavo in which he says that no one should be able to decline extraodinary measures even if he or she writes a living will (Terri Schiavo didn't write one):

I don't believe in a right to die. I think that God is in control of our destiny.

James Dobson's comment raises many theological questions.

Why did God let Terri Schiavo have a heart attack in the first place?

When people express how they would want to be treated in the future if they were in a hospital bed and couldn't communicate, why isn't that expression part of the destiny God intends?

more at:
http://www.moveleft.com/moveleft_essay_2005_03_23_terri_schiavo_and_god.asp