in thoughts...

I was watching Chicago Hope yesterday, and it was about this guy C, who was in a state of unconsciousness, and could possibly remain that way without another operation. His mom insisted that if God wants him to stay this way, he will stay this way. But if God wants C to wake up, C will wake up. The doctor in charge of C happens to know C personally, and insisted that C would have wanted them to at least try to save him, even if there was an amount of risk involved in the operation. C's mother wanted to arrange to take C home the very next day. The doctor tried to convince C's mother to allow this operation, and C's mother started telling the doctor about God's will, and how only Christians will go to heaven to God when they die. The doctor got angry and said, so what about all the Muslims and Jews and millions of others who do not believe? I think the people who deserve to go to Hell are parents who deny their children of medical attention. (not exact words) So this doctor decided to secretly operate on C without his family's approval that very night. She succeeded with the help of a small group of assistants. When C woke up the next day, his mom believed that God had wanted C to wake up.

Now now... this brings me back to one of the questions that always fascinates me: Should we leave all tasks, all chances to God's Will, or do we try to do something ourselves and see what happens?

With or without the operation, C will one day die... But was it God's will that C should remain unconscious? Did the doctor defy God's will by performing the operation? Was her act of defiance also planned by God? If she did not perform the operation, will C suddenly wake up one day? So when should we just leave things to God's will and when should we attempt to do something that seems risky?

I was given a card by my aunt, who's a Christian, and it says: Expect great things from God. Attempt great things for God.

This brings to mind an operation that took place in here, in real life, a couple of weeks ago. A pair of Iranian twins joined at the head for 29 years, came here to be operated on, to be separated so they could lead their own lives. The operation was not successful, and both of them died, one after another, shortly after the operation. After the operation, some people claimed that they died because they had tried to defy God's Will. And God's will was that they were to be together all their lives; that was why they were joined at the heads since birth.

Just about a week ago, the same team that had operated on the Iranian twins, performed another operation that successfully separated a pair of baby Korean twins joined at the tail bone. Both babies are faring well. Explain that to me.

Is this back to the Illusion of Choice again? That it doesn't matter what I choose, because what happens in the end is not up to me?

I don't think doctors should play God, but in so many instances, they do seem as if they are the ones controlling life and death. During another episode of Chicago Hope, another doctor, who believes in God, says that she is just helping God to correct some little mistakes that He overlooks...

Does God make mistakes? Does he overlook things?

Isn't God supposed to be perfect and infallible? Or is that just Man's wishful thinking?