Are doctors playing God? There have been many controversial debates over whether or not it is religious to be saved from death. Every religion has its own opinion on how to accept modern medicine, but more than that, each person must decide where religion and medicine intersect in their own faith. The fact is that medicine is progressing more and more every day and we must find a balance between religious beliefs and medical reality. Probably one of the most recent and high-profile events was the Terri Schiavo conflict. Terri Schiavo entered a vegetative state in 1990, due to an iced tea diet linked to her bulimia, which caused irreversible brain damage, and may be the cause of Terri's vegetative state; Terri would remain in this same state for fifteen years. Terri's husband, Michael Schiavo, disputed that his wife would ever have wanted to be kept alive for medical reasons. However, Terri's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, had proven that Terri could eventually recover. They attracted the attention of local politicians and eventually passed a law "Terri's Law" which required Terri to have a feeding tube again, after her husband had it removed. However, on March 18, 2005, Terri Schiavo's feeding tube was finally removed and she died thirteen days later ("Terri"). All this disagreement really highlights the question: If people believe in heaven, why are they afraid of dying or letting their loved ones die? Terri was Roman Catholic and believed in God, so her parents should have respected her wishes and allowed her to become one with God. Are doctors crossing their religious boundaries? There is a growing trend that doctors should become clerics or spiritual advisors. Those in the middle of a paper are where medicine and religion meet in their own lives. For me, God created humans and it is humans who are responsible for advances in medicine, and when the time comes to decide whether or not I need medication to live or die, I will know what to choose . Works Cited Dreweke, Joerg. “Contraceptive use is the norm among religious women.” Guttmacher Institute: home page. Guttmacher Institute, April 13, 2011. Web. November 6, 2011. .Sloan, Richard P. and Larry VandeCreek. “Religion and medicine: why faith should not be mixed with science.” Medscape News. Medscape General Medicine, August 4, 2000. Web. November 6, 2011. “Terri Schiavo”. NNDB: track the whole world. Soylent Communications, 2011. Web. November 6. 2011. .