2nd child of Pa. couple dies after only praying

AP Yahoo ^ | 4/23/13 | MICHAEL RUBINKAM and MARYCLAIRE DALE

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

“I came here for the full half hour argument. ;-)”

I’m sorry, but I’m not allowed to argue anymore. You’ll have to pay for another five minutes.

[shibumi]

I’m only talking about the attitude evinced by “the law” toward people’s personal affairs and decisions.

The same can be seen in many other representations of life in the past couple of centuries. I can distinctly remember a similar episode in one of the old Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone.

Don’t worry - I’m not confusing life with art. I’m merely saying that some aspects of this particular art reflect a different sensibility toward personal decision making than what we see today.

[PA Engineer]

I can be like a bull in a china closet in some of these threads. My apologies.

I see now. No apologies required. You may want to have the admins pull the one post. I see the grief you are getting now. I sometimes which FR had an edit function.

[cuban leaf]

I would object to the govt forcing unwanted care on an adult in most cases.

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I feel the same way about children who are not wards of the state.

[cuban leaf]

That was never five minutes!

[driftdiver]

Children need protection. These parents failed to protect their children and in fact sacrificed them for their religion.

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Look, I told you, I’m not allowed to argue unless you’ve paid!

[RinaseaofDs]

neglect is inaction, by definition.

[familyop]

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[stuartcr]

that’s called the past

[shibumi]

Yup. The past.

It’s that thing that if we don’t learn from it we’re condemned to repeat.

[stuartcr]

Well, if things were different then, I guess we learned from it

[Yashcheritsiy]

Good grief.

Not only are these people morally suspect, but they’re also theologically suspect. What they do is called “tempting the Lord.” Hint - you’re not supposed to do it.

BTW, if they’re into the “faith healing” thing, then they are not “fundamentalist” Christians. They’re probably more akin to some strain of pentecostalism/charismatism.

[shibumi]

I’m agreeing with you that a sea change has occurred.

I’m just not 100% sure it’s for the better. I’m not going to argue at this point - I’m still overthinking it.

[stuartcr]

Change is change, and we won’t know if it’s better or worse until the future.

[Revolting cat!]

I read theological cousins of these two every day here on this forum.

[shibumi]

"Change is change, and we won’t know if it’s better or worse until the future."

That sounds an awful lot like passing the bill to find out what's in it.

[stuartcr]

People can always read a bill before it’s passed, they can’t predict the future.

[daniel1212]

Three children died. If the Constitution can be invoked to excuse this, then I’m for gutting it.

I was not saying it can, but that both Scriptural faith enables and and the intent of the Constitution requires doing what is necessary to save them.

[Arthur McGowan]

They are murderers, and should be treated as such.

I’ve always wondered what motivates people to latch onto such totally irrational, wicked ideas under cover of religion. My own theory is that some people need to feel morally superior, and believing something that only a tiny minority believes accomplishes that for them, by proving their superior “faith.” Never mind that the REASON it’s a minority belief is that it’s whacko.