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Meri -
Very true.
posted by
sannhet
on April 1, 2005 at 8:16 AM
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Sadly, Terri did not die with dignity.
Further, the Christian principle of marriage is that the husband and wife become one, leaving the parental family behind, and are to care for each other during times of illness and strife. Terri's husband did that for four years, until he was told that there was nothing to be done to bring her back to good health. His decision as her guardian, as the husband who loved her, was to let her go to a more peaceful place.
If her parents had any respect for or recognition of the union between this husband and wife, they would have honored his decision to let her die in peace and with her dignity intact.
posted by
myrrhage_
on April 1, 2005 at 7:33 AM
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Meri -
I agree with you to a point, I think. I too do not understand why we fight the natural process of death so much. But I also think that choosing to die with dignity (which I guess puts us in control) should be something that anyone who wants to do can do legally.
posted by
sannhet
on April 1, 2005 at 7:23 AM
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Some mysteries are meant to be just that: mysteries.
The decline of the body is a natural process, enabling the soul to leave in its own time. Christians have long believed that God calls his children when their time comes. I fail to understand why we are taught to accept God's plan, but then turn around and do everything in our power to preserve our bodies at all costs in order to prevent death.
Therein lies the rub. To accept scripture as the truth - or to believe that we have the power to choose when we enter and leave the earthly existence.
posted by
myrrhage_
on April 1, 2005 at 7:17 AM
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Chrysalis -
I agree. I think there was some part of her soul still with her. Thanks for stopping by.
posted by
sannhet
on April 1, 2005 at 7:05 AM
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Painter -
You're probably right. But it might be possible to know, if one has reached the appropriate level of spiritual maturity.
posted by
sannhet
on April 1, 2005 at 7:04 AM
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Avant -
Thanks. I couldn't remember the specifics.
posted by
sannhet
on April 1, 2005 at 7:04 AM
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No
posted by
chrysalis
on March 31, 2005 at 7:21 PM
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we will never know
at least not here
and not now.
posted by
Xeno-x
on March 31, 2005 at 3:07 PM
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sannhet
i've read about the silver cord as well. it's attached to the solar plexus chakra and snaps at death.
posted by
avant-garde
on March 31, 2005 at 1:39 PM
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Roof -
Out-of-body experiences definitely happen. Mystics write of them as common occurances once one has reached a certain level of spiritual maturity. But even with that, the soul has not left the body completely. There is also the notion of the silver thread - the thing that connects the soul to the body. Some say that when you are dreaming, your soul has actually left your body, traveling on a different plane. When you wake up, the silver thread is pulled so the soul comes back in. It is an instantaneous kind of thing.
posted by
sannhet
on March 31, 2005 at 1:28 PM
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My father-in-law brought this up during Easter. His argument was that having a soul is what gives us the chance to choose wrong or right, and Terri could obviously no longer do that, so didn't that mean her soul was no longer with her? It was an interesting argument.
As for me, I'd like to think that her soul was no longer confined within the shell, but I have no doubts that if somehow she had come to back to conciousness, her soul would have returned. Wouldn't that argument explain out of body experiences? My grandmother actually had one of those - she was literally dead for a minute or two in the ambulance that carried her, but later on she said that she could remember dreaming of chasing after the ambulance as they passed the shopping mall, and that's exactly when she "died." My uncle was in the ambulance at the time so he verified it.
posted by
roofpig
on March 31, 2005 at 11:46 AM
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