“The universe is shaped exactly like the earth if you go
straight long enough you'll end up where you were”
I would never be naive enough to claim I have a stronghold on morality or the afterlife or hold all the answers on right or wrong. I think that level of arrogance would only serve to anger the God I know. So why then has this Schiavo situation become such a political hot button? I am glad she now has peace and in time that same peace will ascend on her family and friends and all those who are touched by this event.
It does seem funny to me that the same people who preach about forgiveness or fight to keep a vegetative person artificially alive are also the first to throw the switch on someone who may or may not be a criminal. Many times that situation is far less black and white than it should be. So why then can you justify executing a criminal who is clearly a living conscious being but then keep an unanimated shell alive?
As a Christian, I firmly believe in the power and value of the human soul. You can show all the footage you want of someone twitching and blinking, but that does not mean they are alive. It also may not mean they are dead. I don’t know. No one knows. I tend to think God’s will is done in all things. Sure that is easy to say now when life is relatively uncomplicated. Perhaps if I lost a limb or came down with a terminal illness or had to watch my daughter starve to death, I would feel differently. My only hope as that the family will begin the process of healing, loving and forgiving. It is only when we make peace with how truly powerless we are in the universe that we find the calm to endure even its harshest punches.
Rest in peace Terri Schiavo. In death you are once again beautiful and free.
straight long enough you'll end up where you were”
I would never be naive enough to claim I have a stronghold on morality or the afterlife or hold all the answers on right or wrong. I think that level of arrogance would only serve to anger the God I know. So why then has this Schiavo situation become such a political hot button? I am glad she now has peace and in time that same peace will ascend on her family and friends and all those who are touched by this event.
It does seem funny to me that the same people who preach about forgiveness or fight to keep a vegetative person artificially alive are also the first to throw the switch on someone who may or may not be a criminal. Many times that situation is far less black and white than it should be. So why then can you justify executing a criminal who is clearly a living conscious being but then keep an unanimated shell alive?
As a Christian, I firmly believe in the power and value of the human soul. You can show all the footage you want of someone twitching and blinking, but that does not mean they are alive. It also may not mean they are dead. I don’t know. No one knows. I tend to think God’s will is done in all things. Sure that is easy to say now when life is relatively uncomplicated. Perhaps if I lost a limb or came down with a terminal illness or had to watch my daughter starve to death, I would feel differently. My only hope as that the family will begin the process of healing, loving and forgiving. It is only when we make peace with how truly powerless we are in the universe that we find the calm to endure even its harshest punches.
Rest in peace Terri Schiavo. In death you are once again beautiful and free.
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