Re: cruzan v schiavo what a difference a decade makes

----- Original Message -----
From: "jack syme" <drsyme@cablespeed.com>
To: "George Murphy" <gmurphy@raex.com>; "Glenn Morton"
<glennmorton@entouch.net>; "'ASA'" <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2005 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: cruzan v schiavo what a difference a decade makes

> George,
>
> Who makes these decisions, what to do if there is a conflict, when it is
> appropriate to withdrawal, and what level of evidence is needed, has all
> been "worked out" so to speak over the last 15 years or so.
>
> As far as I know each state has statutes addressing this. The debates
> about this likely occured in your state legislature a few years ago, so
> the time for just theoretical discussion has passed. Not that there is
> still not any value to it, I am just saying that this has already been
> discussed many times, and there is a lot of case history already behind
> us.

I'm aware that the legal issues have been dealt with - which of course
doesn't mean that the law will never be changed. I was simply trying to
make make the necessary distinctions between different - though of course
related - issues.

Though the legal standards are fairly well defined, the theological &
ethical ones are not for many Christians, & for others their theological &
ethical views are in conflict with the legal standards.

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
 
Received on Sat Mar 19 10:59:29 2005