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Gotta Have Faith, Maybe…

Posted on March 26, 2008 by Steve

I just read this.

WESTON, Wis. — An 11-year-old girl died after her parents prayed for healing rather than seek medical help for a treatable form of diabetes, police said Tuesday.

Yes, you read that correctly. Instead of getting medicine, the parents just prayed and this poor girl died.

ATTENTION CRAZY PEOPLE!

Praying for people doesn’t help them! I don’t care if you get the Pope to do it, it will not work. You fanatics are crazy.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not against religion. Just because I don’t believe in all of that hocus pokus doesn’t mean that other people can’t. But when you don’t take your kid to the doctor because you think that praying for them is going to help them get better you’ve crossed the line.

I try not to write about religion because people are to fanatical about it and freak out and post or email me crazy messages. Listen, I don’t care about your religion. I really don’t. If this story would have been about parents who just stared at their kid thinking that brain waves would heal her I would be just as mad about it.

The real question is, should these parents go to prison for this? They are investigating this right now. Personally I think they should. They are supposed to keep their child safe and well and they failed and should be punished.

What is your opinion on this story? Do you think the parents should be punished?

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11 Responses to “Gotta Have Faith, Maybe…”

  1. Lucky, on March 26th, 2008 at 6:36 am Said:

    I am not a religious person AT ALL. I believe when someone prays, they should be asking their God how/what they can do or for the strength to carry out what they already know to do… not pray that he “fixes” it FOR them. Wouldn’t he want us to help ourselves? Does that make sense??

    This is all a very gray area.

    On one hand, I think what they did could be considered abuse but on the other, should they be punished when have to live knowing they did nothing for their child when she needed them the most?

  2. Steve, on March 26th, 2008 at 6:40 am Said:

    Except for when you fly right? Haha.

    I know what you’re saying.

    In the story, the mother still thinks that the child can be resurected. So I don’t think living with it would be much of a problem for her.

  3. Lucky, on March 26th, 2008 at 6:53 am Said:

    EXACTLY! haha :)

    Oh wow. She is a fucking nut.

  4. jimsmuse, on March 26th, 2008 at 7:13 am Said:

    I agree that the parents are bonkers and should most certainly be punished for neglect. I’m surprised the story says that the other children weren’t removed from the home, even if they are teenagers.

    Reading this story it occurred to me that if the same situation were to happen about 500 years ago, it would be entirely reversed — parents who gave their daughter a “potion” of insulin that could save her but neglected to consult the local priest because they believed that praying would make no difference would be burned at the stake.

    I’m glad times have changed.

  5. adam, on March 26th, 2008 at 8:54 am Said:

    I do believe that prayer is a powerful thing. BUT, it is retarded to pray for healing and then not let doctors do their thing, especially when God’s answer to the prayer was the doctors that would heal her. Make sense? Pray for something, but make sure your eyes are open for the answer.

  6. bronsonfive, on March 26th, 2008 at 9:43 am Said:

    Man, I laughed out loud when I read that blurb. Does that make me a bad person? Oh well, so what. Hilarious.

    People are awesome.

  7. purefnevyl, on March 26th, 2008 at 1:21 pm Said:

    Life in prison would be far too kind for these delusional fuckbubbles.

  8. Steve, on March 30th, 2008 at 9:01 am Said:

    Jimsmuse - Yeah times have changed, but they peaked a long time ago.

    Adam - I pray for a million dollars every night. Heh. It never works.

    Bronson - Well, you’re just as bad as I am then.

    Evyl - I couldn’t agree more.

  9. evylsmoke, on March 31st, 2008 at 9:33 pm Said:

    the parents shouldn’t be punished.
    No, they should be killed. Period.
    Highly explosive grenades inserted in the anal cavity would work.

  10. Steve, on April 1st, 2008 at 4:45 pm Said:

    Who is putting the grenades up there? Not me, I’ll tell you that much.

  11. QueenBitch, on April 8th, 2008 at 7:31 am Said:

    Well if the parents were normal people they would feel guilty over the fact that they single handedly killed their own flesh and blood. However these are not normal people so i guess they’ll have to repent for their sins with god?

    Personally i say put them in jail.
    and also… FUCK GOD HES JUST LIKE THE EASTER BUNNY AND SANTA CLAUS.

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