Second child dies when parents chose faith over medicine. (state, support, million)
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Nobody knows exactly how many children's health problems are exacerbated by a parent's religious beliefs because "the system can only kick in if people become aware that a sick child is not getting care," says Dr. Sara Sinal who co-authored a July 2008 article on religion-based medical neglect in Southern Medical Journal. "It is suspected that many deaths go unreported and unrecognized, particularly in closed communities." Former Christian Scientist Rita Swan, executive director of the nonprofit Children's Health Care Is A Legal Duty, estimates that since the 1980s 300 children have died of "religion-based medical neglect" in the United States. Shawn F. Peters, author of the 2007 book When Prayer Fails: Faith Healing, Children, and the Law calls the situation an unfolding tragedy. "Americans treasure religious liberty and it's one of our bedrock freedoms," says Peters. "Most of us realize that there have to be some limits to such freedoms.
a similar thing happened in my hometown. they lost one child. after the second child died they were jailed. God gave us knowledge and medicine. I don't understand "Christians" like this.
I hope you can pocket your hatred for one second, enough time to understand that probably 99.9999% of Christian Fundamentalists do, in fact, seek medical intervention when necessary.
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Originally Posted by ditchlights
This type of crap is not as uncommon as some make it out to be. In fact, there are some CD posters that I am sure prescribe to these tenets.
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Burden of proof is on you, bud. Prove it.
Can you prove your rediculously high % figure is fact? I didn't think so either.
A couple serving probation for the 2009 death of their toddler after they turned to prayer instead of a doctor could face new charges now that another son has died.
"Herbert and Catherine Schaible belong to a fundamentalist Christian church that believes in faith healing. They lost their 8-month-old son, Brandon, last week after he suffered from diarrhea and breathing problems for at least a week, and stopped eating. Four years ago, another son died from bacterial pneumonia."*
Can you prove your rediculously high % figure is fact? I didn't think so either.
I already did. If 250 million Americans identify as Christian, and only a handful of cases are identified each year of that happening, I would say my 99.999% figure, is spot on.
I already did. If 250 million Americans identify as Christian, and only a handful of cases are identified each year of that happening, I would say my 99.999% figure, is spot on.
Focus partner. We're talking about fundamentalist Christians here.
This is why the government needs to take the kids away from any families practicing anything but Atheism.
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