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Originally posted by Corbett:
Originally posted by SVTatGT:
I don't really understand why the group does rally around this. You think that this would be a case of man interfering with god's will by keeping her alive.
The problem with this statement is that it is not God's will for anyone to die!
According to who... If god wanted everyone to live forever than we would all live forever. Unless of course you are referring to dying in an eternal heaven and hell sense, in which case we are talking about completely different things.
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Originally posted by SVTatGT:
Originally posted by Corbett:
Originally posted by SVTatGT:
I don't really understand why the group does rally around this. You think that this would be a case of man interfering with god's will by keeping her alive.
The problem with this statement is that it is not God's will for anyone to die!
According to who... If god wanted everyone to live forever than we would all live forever. Unless of course you are referring to dying in an eternal heaven and hell sense, in which case we are talking about completely different things.
According to the Bible.
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Originally posted by Corbett:
Originally posted by SVTatGT:
Originally posted by Corbett:
Originally posted by SVTatGT:
I don't really understand why the group does rally around this. You think that this would be a case of man interfering with god's will by keeping her alive.
The problem with this statement is that it is not God's will for anyone to die!
According to who... If god wanted everyone to live forever than we would all live forever. Unless of course you are referring to dying in an eternal heaven and hell sense, in which case we are talking about completely different things.
According to the Bible.
I don't want to turn this thread into a religious debate, so this is as far as I am going to go, but if thats in there somewhere I must have missed it...
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Originally posted by SVTatGT:
Originally posted by Corbett:
Originally posted by SVTatGT:
Originally posted by Corbett:
Originally posted by SVTatGT:
I don't really understand why the group does rally around this. You think that this would be a case of man interfering with god's will by keeping her alive.
The problem with this statement is that it is not God's will for anyone to die!
According to who... If god wanted everyone to live forever than we would all live forever. Unless of course you are referring to dying in an eternal heaven and hell sense, in which case we are talking about completely different things.
According to the Bible.
I don't want to turn this thread into a religious debate, so this is as far as I am going to go, but if thats in there somewhere I must have missed it...
Agreed. PM me if you would like some verses.
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Originally posted by Corbett:
I did not hear much from the religious right to have Congress do anything, and still have not. I currently live in the heart of the Bible belt and have not seen anything around here about this case (other than national news on TV ad newspapers).
Not one mention of it in the Church I attend or even the Bible school I am currently studying at.
I frankly find that hard to believe. There are countless examples of the activities I referenced above going back years in FL. Not to mention all the past and present protests regarding this case, and, last but not least, labeling the bill the "Palm Sunday Compromise."
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Originally posted by 18psi2300:
Officials are elected to represesent the entire population of their elected districts, not just the people who voted for them.
Then if their consituents disagree with what their representation has done, they will vote them out of office. Great how this republic operates, huh? There is nothing wrong with doing something to please your base, right? Is it okay for Democrats to support tax increases?
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Originally posted by Viss1:
I frankly find that hard to believe. There are countless examples of the activities I referenced above going back years in FL. Not to mention all the past and present protests regarding this case, and, last but not least, labeling the bill the "Palm Sunday Compromise."
I'm only stating what I am seeing here in the heart of the Bible belt. I have not seen one protest or service or meeting about this case here. Were the activities you are talking about "religious" activities or just protests by people. There could be 20723 protests about this, but that does not mean they are religious people protesting this. And its being named the Palm Sunday Compromise is because it was on Palm Sunday at midnight, not to satisfy the religious right.
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There's plenty of info available on the web about the various ways religious groups have protested the case over the years. With all due respect my Google skills are no better than anyone else's.  I don't agree that they decided to include "Palm Sunday" in the name is purely because it happened to fall on that day. Do you think they would have called it the "Ramadan Compromise" if it had fallen on that holiday?
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Originally posted by Viss1:
There's plenty of info available on the web about the various ways religious groups have protested the case over the years. With all due respect my Google skills are no better than anyone else's.
I will do some googling then. But from my personal experiences and what I have seen on the news, I have not seen much of any religious influence on this decision.
Originally posted by Viss1:
I don't agree that they decided to include "Palm Sunday" in the name is purely because it happened to fall on that day. Do you think they would have called it the "Ramadan Compromise" if it had fallen on that holiday?
Ramadan is a month so I will stick with my original position on that. 
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Originally posted by Corbett:
Ramadan is a month so I will stick with my original position on that.
 Good point, got me there
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