A religious couple didn’t believe in medical care. They’re headed to prison
4 points by BDGC 6 years ago | 4 comments- grawprog 6 years agoI really try to be tolerant of people's religions and beliefs...but anyone that lets their child die instead of getting medical care because it's 'god's plan' really should be charged for murder. My mom worked in an er when I was young. She had more than one story about children dying after parents refused them blood transfusions or other treatments because of religious beliefs. She seen people die all the time but those ones always got to her she could never understand not doing whatever it took to stop their child from dying.
- gamechangr 6 years ago"that this was a familiar occurrence with members of the Followers of Christ Church, a faith-healing sect numbering around 1,000 members"
I'm calling "BS".
How can it be "a familiar occurrence" with just a 1,000 members?
How many have babies? How many have infants that die?
This is such low quality reporting. Sad to see it on HN's.
- vowelless 6 years agoThey give some context further down:
> The Mitchells are the fifth set of parents from the Followers of Christ Church to face criminal charges after failing to secure medical attention for their children in the past nine years, according to the prosecutor.
> In 1998, the Oregonian reviewed the records of the 78 children buried in the Followers of Christ Church cemetery between 1955 to 1998. The newspaper’s analysis concluded 21 of the children could have been saved by modern medicine.
- eberkund 6 years agoI think you underestimate just how high the infant mortality rate was before modern medical care.
- WhiteOwlLion 6 years agoWhat year did "modern medical care" start?
Dependence on Jesus Christ is primary. Secondarily after prayer, God gave humans skills to carry out compassionate healing. There's no spiritual conflict with using an emergency room and modern medical care. They are all an extension of God's grace on Earth.
- WhiteOwlLion 6 years ago
- vowelless 6 years ago