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...there are those who simply believe that, by definition, God is unknowable to our limited, fallible human minds and souls. If God is ultimately unknowable, then how can we be so certain of what God's real position is on, say, the fate of Terri Schiavo? Or the morality of contraception? Or the role of women? Or the love of a gay couple? Also, faith for many of us is interwoven with doubt, a doubt that can strengthen faith and give it perspective and shadow. That doubt means having great humility in the face of God and an enormous reluctance...
...limitations such as small sample sizes affected their accuracies, according to HMS researcher Jeffrey Dusek. About 43 percent of American adults have prayed for their own health, and 25 percent have had others pray for them, according to a 2004 survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics. Terri Cisse, a graduate student at the Harvard Divinity School, questioned the validity of the study. “I’ve seen firsthand from working at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute how people are consoled by prayer. Prayer is so transcendent and metaphysical that it can?...
...with GOP leadership or the President. He helped push John McCain's campaign finance proposal through the House in 2002, annoying GOP leaders. Last year, he was one of the first Republicans to call for Tom DeLay's resignation and one of the few who opposed intervening in the Terri Schiavo case. Back home, though, Shays has taken flak for backing the GOP leadership on some key votes, particularly a provision signed last December that cut funding for Medicaid...
...their book, A Life That Matters, Terri's parents and siblings disagree. The Schindlers blame Michael for her death and slam U.S. courts for allowing the removal of her feeding tube, equating that with the inhumanity of Nazi Germany. "Terri was killed for no reason," says her sister Suzanne...
Michael says telling his story has been healing--but again, Terri's family disagrees. "There will never be closure," says her father Robert. The only thing the two sides apparently agree on is that reconciliation seems impossible. "That bridge," says Michael, "is burned...