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>"jetgraphics" wrote in message
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>> If we accept that we're simply biological entities, and that every day of
>> life, no matter how bad, is precious, then maintaining that life to the
>> bitter end is logical. The next question is whether an existence in a
>> vegetative state is any different from oblivion?
>
>
>I already ask this in several newsgroups a few days ago. No one answered it.
>
>I like the question though. :)
>
> -- Franklin Hummel in Boston, Massachusetts
>
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Christians believe that people have a soul.
It is not known whether the soul is in the body or the brain.

Terri Schiavo's brain was dead but her body was alive.
Therefore, it would not be known whether her soul was in this world or the next world.
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comatose = deeply unconscious
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[a]
A comatosed person is not aware that food is in front of them.

[b]
It is possible for a comatosed person to be physically capable of picking up food and eating it.
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Some comatosed persons cease to be comatosed persons.
They sometimes change from a comatosed person to a conscious person.


There have been cases of the day arriving when they become aware that food is in front of them.
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Is such a day possible in the case of Terri Schiavo ?

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Bob Felts wrote:
> wrote:

> > >
> > Is it too great of a thing to comprehend that God designed man's
> > freedom such that He could determine him without destroying his
freedom?
>
> Well, yes, it is. It happens to be a self-defeating statement
because
> of the inherent contradiction. Which is one form of hypocrisy (in
> thought instead of action).
>
Calvin quotes Augustine: defining liberum arbitrium (free will) as "a
power of reson and will by which good is chosen when grace assists and