Do you still believe that these parents were acting within their rights by not seeking medical attention for their child?
It’s a dicey question. I believe that if you want to know if you have the God given right to choose to do a certain thing, try to do it. If you can do it, God gave you the right to choose to do it. It does not mean you will not suffer consequences for it both in the hereafter as well as in this earthly body.
So they were acting within their God given rights, but the state limits those rights. The real question may be, what God given parental rights does the state have the constitutional authority to limit? And everyone has a different opinion on that one. I think most of us here think this pair crossed the line.
I'm going to have to disagree with you on this one. See my
post 58. This sounds like a common ailment that is easily treated in the US today. It was a very horrible way for the child to die.
The parents could have prayed while they spent the 8 hours or so at the hospital changing diapers and cleaning the bed. The only intervention would have been a simple IV to maintain hydration. That IV was all that was required to save the child.
The parents did not choose life for their child.