How prevalent is the faith healing thing over there? I know about the Christian scientists, but every once in a while an unrelated Church seems to pop up with another dead kid.
The mothers sister also killed her child by relying on prayer instead of medicine, seems like nothing was learned from that experience.
I don’t see why refusing vaccinations is any different at this point really. Result can be the same.
It’s a shame that children suffer for the ignorance of their parents. I hope this gets publicized and that the stupidity of it rings everyone’s bell.
I’m not sure that those who believe in such things are swayed by any kind of publicity.
Since it won’t happen to their kids, because they’re faithful and obviously these two parents weren’t. That’s the thinking.
Personally I’d take away all the kids of parents who claimed membership to such Churches/organisations, or professed such beliefs.
That would of course be violating all sorts of constitutional rights and so can’t be done, but it’s a bit late to step in when one of the kids is already dead.
Oh, and as to whether they might have learned anything from killing their child, this couple didn’t:
"The Schaibles lost a first child in 2009, a two-year-old who died from pneumonia. They were sentenced to ten years probation for involuntary manslaughter for that death. Part of their probation stated that they must seek medical care if another one of their children became sick.
Herbert Schaible told police last year that medicine violates their religious beliefs. “We believe in divine healing, the Jesus shed blood for our healing and that he died on the cross to break the devil’s power,” he said."
Why did Jesus not throw himself from the top of the temple to the ground when asked by Satan? This is Christ’s opinion on the matter.
I’m not sure scriptural arguments will get through to them either.
At what point does it go from mere religious belief to membership of a cult? Are these people cult-members?
That…I do not know but they have been convicted of murdering their child and will have the rest of their lives to meditate on that.
The Manuel of the Mother Church prohibits the church from publishing membership figures.
Didn’t phase that other couple, seems like.
Mmmm, quite a few pentacostals out there. Wonder how fringe the hardcore faith-healing wing is.
Not as prevalent as children dying in the care of a physician.
Think a sick childs odds are better going with prayer over modern medicine?
Why can’t we have both?
I think it takes both.
Wonder if they ever considered God gave man the intelligence to heal through medicine. God designed plants on the earth to heal as well.
God gave them gifts and tools. It’s like drowning and someone throws you a life saver but you decline it because it isn’t the right color.
They should have found a Christian doctor.
Prevelance is the wrong statistic.
The relative risk is far more important.
It doesn’t. This has been studied.
It’s been tested for, no improvement on prayer.
That’s not the problem.
They refuse all care not because it comes from non-christians, but because they believe Jesus has them covered.
