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JaydensMommy
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« on: October 18, 2008, 10:47:41 PM »
my hubbys mother had a stroke the other night (always these hapen at night, why) so we went down to the hospital and she was scanned and brain dead they thought. but her hand twitched when he went in to say goodbye, my hubby thinks she's still in there and wont do it. You don't have to pray for her she was a foul woman. I'd turn her off myself if it wasn't a sin.. is it a sin?
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kalindi_dasi
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« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2008, 11:55:30 PM »
in my opinion if its a machine keeping her 'alive' she is not really alive. if she goes as soon as its turned off she is not meant to be here. you could ask him - perhaps its a sin to keep someone god clearly wants to take, easier than having an argument about her
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KristinC
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« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2008, 01:03:19 AM »
There are so many things wrong with this question.  If you are religious, then, yes, turning it off is a sin.  Also, if you're religious, you're supposed to love everyone, or at least be tolerant.  But if you're not religious, then it wouldn't matter either way.
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Donna
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« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2008, 02:11:08 AM »
I thought you said your hubby was in Iraq?
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mulberry
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« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2008, 03:18:57 AM »
If you believe in god--no, it shouldn't be. it's not murder, it's letting die. it is god's will whether he survives without assitance.If you don't--congratulations, you have a functioning brain. (I had a feeling your questions were just stories)
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WolfechuII
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« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2008, 04:26:46 AM »
Weren't you arguing the pro-life cause not so long back?
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rhanjo
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« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2008, 05:34:35 AM »
No...The meaning of life support is that it keep one living, even though they might be technically dead.  If it wasn't for that "support" she would die anyway .   Even when a peson dies, sometimes the body will still twitch and move.   I hope it's done out of compassion and not out of ill will because you thought she was a foul woman.
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iaintknow
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« Reply #7 on: October 19, 2008, 06:42:24 AM »
We are all foul compared to a perfect creator ..pray for her soul..It may be a sin not to be praying for her   She very well may be in the middle of searching her own soul if in fact she is on the edge of dying .I don't think it's a sin to shut off machinery ...there's no way you will add or subtract ...she will die when she's supposed to ..we all will.
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docputer2001
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« Reply #8 on: October 19, 2008, 07:50:13 AM »
In my opinion, it is not a sin to turn off life support if the person has no quality of life, or hope of recovering it. Does he want her to be a piece of meat in a bed. Soon the insurance company will make the decision for him, unless she has really good insurance.Went though this with my father in law. We held out hope, and the doctors said it was pointless. The insurance company gave us a deadline that they would stop paying for life support in 3 days. My father in law was in a little different situation, he was conscious, and was aware of what was going on. We got together the night before they were to unhook him.  We said our goodbyes, and he knew that the hospital was pulling the plug in the morning at 8 am. After his wife kissed him and told him she could not bear to be there when he was unplugged, he squeezed her hand and died a minute later.
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gwhiz1052
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« Reply #9 on: October 19, 2008, 08:58:02 AM »
Whilst we pray for you I suggest you pray for her " A foul woman who suffered a stroke " In your case this would be murder,you want her dead.
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Aislynn
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« Reply #10 on: October 19, 2008, 10:05:51 AM »
Turning off life support is in it's simplest terms is Murder. "Thou shall not kill"If you are to argue that a life is life at the moment of conception and terminating/aborting that life is deemed as murder (remember a fetus at conception and for at least a month afterward has not developed a brain), then THIS would be exactly the same.
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Norman0361
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« Reply #11 on: October 19, 2008, 11:13:40 AM »
From a Catholic perspective, no it is not  sin.  My brother's best friend was suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease and was all but incapacitated.  The hospital bills were piling up and and he made the decision (my brother's friend) to have life support removed.  His family and friends each came by and to spend some time with him.  His wife was there too.  I believe he received the sacraments beforehand and the system was shut down.  There's no sin in letting someone die a natural death.When you said "You don't have to pray for her she was a foul woman", well that is probably a sin. That sounds like just the person that needs our prayers.  Remember the second great commandment... to love our neighbor as ourselves.  Christ said "but I tell you to love your enemy".  It's easy to love and pray for those who have treated us well, but there's nothing particularly unique about that.  To do the same for those who have treated us poorly is what differentiates a follower of Christ.  "Be merciful, just as also your Father is merciful."
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BellaB
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« Reply #12 on: October 19, 2008, 12:21:29 PM »
Hand twitches may be merely base responses (ie the body operating but the brain is dead)Have your partner talk to the doctors.  There are several tests they do to indicate brain death as opposed to loss of consciousness or coma for example someone who is brain dead does not respond to several types of stimuli like pain or noise whereas the brain of a coma patient does react.
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