How I See It

The Terri Schiavo case is an occurrence in history that is begging for the voice of the Body of Christ. I just want to share my personal opinion in this case, hoping that it will add to the dialogue of many followers of Christ on this subject.

Without getting into legal speak (i.e. the Senate's intervention, courts, etc.), I want to focus on the big picture. We have a woman whom God has created who is by some accounts "alive" and by other accounts "brain dead". With this bit of information alone we, as believers in Christ, should at this point always be on the side of life. There is no room for error in this situation, there is not room for ideology. If we genuinely believe in the sanctity of life, and we have a full grasp of the gift that it is, then by no means should we advocate the removal of a feeding tube which may or may not kill this woman. This also begs the question of living wills and so forth...I'm not going to go into those ethics, but what I want us to be aware of is that we do not have a living will in this case. We only have word of mouth testimony (which is also sketchy at this point, but I digress).

This posting was put here on the fly, so it isn't perfect, but I wanted to just voice the opinion that I have regarding life. I am by no means advocating what the Senate has done, what the courts are doing, what the family, or husband is doing, but I have posted to share with you that in any case when there is ANY doubt, we should always err on the side of life, always.