189)This page is a permanent archive of the comment below and its replies.
To view this comment in the context of the full discussion for the story, use this link.
Not a member? Sign-up today!
Helixbuilder
Tessylo
ProudBlueTexan
lvrofwolves
RussianThreats
madmaxine
dissent
tringtring
mesodude
globalwarmer
AtheismIsReality
slate
2sidestoeverything
dadesider
canadianrancher57
djn3nunez3
mozzer
smithichie
MereMortal
cowboygrandpa
TGrass3001
grungeplunge
Spadecaller
Neophile
About Propeller | Frequently Asked Questions | Help
© 2003-2008 Propeller. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use | Privacy Policy
Jeesh, where to begin. I feel bad for the parents because they didn't mean harm. That being said, they should be charged with child abuse resulting in death. The poor little girl must have suffered a horrible death. The other two kids should also be removed from the house until the parents are able to demonstrate that they are capable of exercising better judgment. It's fine to believe what you want, but your religious rights end at someone's else's health.
We had a case like this in Massachusetts a few years ago where some "cult" members starved a little boy to death.
Ummmm, I've seen more pity and less hostility toward Susan Smith who intended to kill her children.
well, actually...it wouldn't be the first time that someone paid lip service to a religion or deity while deliberately committing a crime...I grew up in a non-Catholic religious school, and saw less severe forms of such depravity on a regular basis without the camoflauge of 'tradition'...is a flagrant criminal actually deserving of less hostility than a cold and dishonest one?
of course, the parents could just be religious-reading-impared dummies that can't figure out when they're being swindled into phony religious beliefs because some twit in charge wants to hear himself talk or have a new excuse to bilk money out of suckers. (selling of indulgences, anyone?)
"... I think its very good news, one less religiously brainwashed human on this planet is a good thing. I just wish they would all commit some form of mass suicide, such as a holy nuclear war between isreal and Iran, and Pakistan. Now that would be wonderful. Billions dead. Good riddance."
Yep, knew you were a whack-job. That you are an intolerant lefty isn't surprising, either.
Right! You should be bending over for George Soros!
I'd think GOD would be more than just a little disappointed with you for not taking care of his child when left in your care. Prayer isn't supposed to replace medical attention.
But isn't faith suppose to? Faith conquered death, but not diabetes?
That seems a little unbalanced.
No, faith is being able to believe in something larger than yourself without being able to hold it in your hand or having a scientist telling you it's ok or not to do so. IMO
faith is a belief in something that can't be proven. it's kind of the next obsessive step after fantasy
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Faith by definition is believing in something that you know isn't true.
Put faith in one hand and crap in the other and see which gets full first.
That depends on what you believe. Something beyond the material world matters to many.
Faith has never been known to conquer death, even among the faithful. Nobody has ever been resurrected by his own faith or anyone else's. Faith the size of a mustard seed can move mountains, but these people were right. They did not have enough to do the job. If their judgement is so poor about such a fundamental matter as how much faith they have, they should not have children in the home.
Better tell Jesus to put Lazarus back in the tomb.
Not to mention, Frosty the Snowman.
Acts of God are not faith.
Got that wrong. See the New Testament.
Faith is what MAN has, perhaps in God, perhaps in other things. And it will not revive the dead. When God does this, it is not faith.
"Prayer isn't supposed to replace medical attention."
--But sadly that (or desperate hospital emergency room visits) is the approach Bush and the GOP Congress want the 10 million innocent uninsured American children (from whom they have fought ferociously to deny health insurance) to take when they need treatment for their cancers, decayed teeth, and broken bones. I guess it's just too bad our kids weren't born in Iraq. Sure, they'd live in fear of being bombed by us daily but at least we're funneling enough money into the infrastructure there (while our bridges and levees disintegrate right out from under us) such that Iraqi children can receive decent healthcare. God DAMN the Republican Party. ;-(
This is Bush's fault? You have to be a Democratic nut job. My god - I guess the rain here in Dayton this morning is his fault too.
No wonder your party will never be in power again.