The Schiavo issue

[MickeyD]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

Or we could just let her die and let God sort it out - provided she believes in God, of course

From what I hear, she does. And that's exactly what I keep coming back to. Her parents, who are supposedly Catholic, are keeping her in a permanently vegetative state in this life instead of letting her be with God in the next life.

Catholic dogma was mentioned way earlier in this thread. Here's the deal, Catholic dogma states to protect the sanctity of life, from conception to natural death. Terri Schiavo is alive due to a feeding tube, if the feeding tube is removed, similar to a situation where a respirator is removed, there will be natural death. Therefore, removing the feeding tube is acceptable according to "Catholic dogma."

Also earlier in the thread, someone mentioned that removing her feeding tube is similar to stopping feeding people who are spoon-fed. It's not, really. Spoon fed = ordinary means to keep someone alive. Feeding tube = extraordinary means.

It's all so sad to me. I certainly can't say that I would do the right thing if I was in her parents place.....or the husband's for that matter. They're all in my prayers.

And that this is all the result of an eating disorder....breaks my heart all over again.