Court upholds homicide convictions of parents who chose prayers for dying daughter over medical care

[Andy823]

34. It's really amazing

There are a lot of religions that make outrageous claims they say come from the Bible, and have been able to get people to follow them. Seems like the views on health care in the Christian Science sect is pretty outlandish also. I know there are some groups in my area, they don't call themselves the same thing, but sound very much the same as far as praying away illness. I know one 17 year old boy died of a ruptured appendix and his parents refused to take him for medical help, they simply called in one of their "healers" to help him. It was very sad to see such a young person die over a belief that praying works better than medical attention.

JW's pretty much only have the blood issue that causes deaths, but many of them are into all kinds of "alternative" medical beliefs that are far from the normal. One women in the group around her actually thought she had the "healing hands" gift talked about in the bible, even though their religious leaders say those gifts are no longer given to people. She diagnosed people, treated then with some kind of acupressure she learned from some quack who taught her all the "secrets" in just one week for a price of course. It's simply insane that people are gullible enough to believe these things and actually allow some nut to work on them or give them natural medicine they get online and then sell it to their "friends" for a huge profit.

This is one of the huge problems I have with religious groups. The fact that many do not think for themselves they let others do it for them, even if it may cause their death, or the death of a loved one.