Another instance of paranormal beliefs causing harm.

I am terribly saddened by this.

Interestingly, it doesn't identify their religion nor state whether they still have custody of the son.

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I agree. The worst thing is that their punishment will never lead to any kind of regret or them questioning their religion. Instead they will always be convinced that it's all part of God's divine plan to test their faith.:mad:

I seriously hope that they haven't got any more children. They probably consider birth control a sin too, so the chances of that aren't great.
 
Idiots. Whenever I see a story like this I wonder why they think modern medicine is somehow incompatible with prayer. It also reminds me of this little story:

There was a flood forecast and the people were advised to evacuate, one couple remained convinced of their salvation by God. And as the waters rose, the couple climbed to the roof to avoid the waters. The water kept rising, and some people came by in a boat, offering rescue. "No we will stay, God will save us" and the couple remained on the roof.

The waters kept rising, and a helicopter came offering rescue, but "no we will stay, God will save us". The helicopter flew away. The people were then drowned in the flood.

In heaven, they asked God, why didn't you save us? God replied, I sent you a warning, I sent you a boat and a helicopter, had you accepted my help you would be living still...
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The couple, members of the Church of God in Upland, treated their 11-month-old daughter's high fever, vomiting and convulsions with home remedies and prayer instead of taking her to a doctor. Julia Wiebe died in July 2001 of what doctors said was a treatable form of bacterial meningitis. The couple said their religion shuns modern medical treatment.
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I wonder what "home remedies" they used.

I don't know how extensively the rejection of modern medicine is practised by CoG members, but I did find this statement on a website about CoG beliefs :

DO YOU BELIEVE IN DIVINE HEALING?

Yes. We believe that in a broader sense all healing is divine. We therefore encourage consultation with medical professionals in matters of physical health and with other professionals in matters of emotional and relational problems. We believe these professionals can be used by God to bring health to ill and injured persons. We put into practice James' instructions to the church in James 5:14. "Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord."
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Church of God beliefs
 
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. -- A couple whose infant daughter died of meningitis after they treated her with prayer instead of medicine were sentenced to a year of weekends in jail.
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Deliberate gross child negligance...

Oh, it was in the name of faith, so I guess its all better now...

I think the baby Jesus is crying right now...
 
reprise said:
Maybe God is pissed off with these people, Garner Ted Armstrong died on Monday (in hospital).
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I think that deserves it's own thread. One thing that's interesting is a quote from the printed Dallas Morning News version of the story.

"We cannot fully understand why the healing we begged for was not granted," Mark Armstong said in a written statement. "I know that my dad fully expected that his work will continue, and we all have an enormous responsibility to make certain that his work has not been in vain, and that his voice will not be silenced."
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Well, personally I have some thoughts on why the healing wasn't granted, but since I'm not a certain teenaged petulent f***, I'll refrain from sharing them. I'm also not the type to dance on graves either, so I say this as nicely as possible - the "work" Garner Ted Armstrong was doing wasn't all that important.
 
What annoys me more is when you refer to such instances whenever people ask 'what harm can alternative medicine / prayer / woo-woo medicine do?', and they scoff at you as if it never happens.

Perhaps the papers should have these articles on the front page. If it were my newspaper...

Athon
 
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