End of Life....Is it ok to advise someone to let their loved one go if you know it's what they would want.

Question

Friend suffered a stroke & brain hemmorage 1 week ago. The docs have urged her husband to pull out her respirator, but he feels movements and reactions are real. I think they are involuntary due to brain damage. I can't watch anymore. He is VERY religious, is there some passage I can quote to help this decision....it's not what she would want. I just know it. I've only come up with 2 quotes so far that I've found from Yahoo Answers...
1. Psalm 90:2; 1 Timothy 1:17 says that only God is eternal. He has no beginning no end.

2. God is the Light of Circle of Creation with Infinite radius thus it zooms into a straight line with beginningless and endless creation.

The Lord is immortal and beyond the comprehesion of human senses and thus we need spiritual knowledge to know the Glorious Lord.

Answer 1

Giving advice in that kind of situation is a bit much, in my opinion. Support your friend's husband in the decision he makes and listen. Listen. You may be able to help him to clarify what he thinks, but why do you want him to let go before he is ready? Is it costing him too much money? Does she seem to be suffering somehow? We all end up making terrible decisions like this at some point in our lives, but he is going to have to decide. Don't push and do keep watching even if it disturbing to you. That is what friends do and you will learn a lot from the experience.

Answer 2

he knows whats going on. just let him have time, there is no way you can just come up to someone and say "she's going to die, forget about it". Only God knows.

Answer 3

I think so. Too bad there isn't a living will. I don't see it as murder. They just aren't able to feed themselves.

Answer 4

awww when she is ready she will do what is right for him..