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Originally Posted by CosmicPal
Here's my 2 cents, not that it really matters, but....
I can't answer for the parents, but I would bet you anything that if their daughter was riding down the street in her bicycle and some car came from out of nowhere and threw her off her bicycle that they would be taking their daughter to the nearest ER as fast as they could. Not a prayer in this world would've saved their daughter from the head-on collision with a moving car.
So, the fact that they used prayer as a means to heal their daughter's illness IS in fact, neglect.
However, the article did mention the diabetes was "undiagnosed." Therefore, it is possible they didn't know it was terminal. Which, of course, is neglect.
I have to wonder if the mother was such a religious fanatic that she wanted her daughter to make a complete recovery so she could run around telling everyone about her "Miracle" with prayer. She would've been so proud.
However, now that it obviously back-fired, does she still promote prayer as a healing mechanism? And is she now mad at her God for not listening?
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You make valid points, but you assume that their religion allows them to use doctors, hospitals and other medical assets that we all take for granted.
Undiagnosed illness is not grounds for neglect if your faith system is not in medical science. One of my co-workers does not believe in doctors, medicines, even aspirin, or emergency services. If an event happens in their family they deal with it to the best of their ability.
As for your last comment. I would say that their feeling is that it was Gods will for the kid to pass when she did and although grieved they accepted the death just as you would if your kid died in an emergency room. Death does not necessarily change someone's faith. Those without faith have a hard time seeing that, even those that claim faith (Jenson) has trouble seeing that.
People do not understand that God has the last say in all situations (I know there are more non-believers here than believers - or it seems to be indicated by the number of "kill them" type replies) even for the unbelievers.
Like I've said numerous times here. I believe that God put physicians here as tools for us all, but every strain of religion does not share my belief. I'm standing on the preface that each religion has different views and those that are not affiliated with that particular faith cannot understand the whys and why nots associated with that faith.