I didn't know that children had/have a right to medical care in this country. It seems if this were a right, all our children would be covered.
So we should allow children to die from preventable illnesses over the lack of universal health care??
I didn't know that children had/have a right to medical care in this country. It seems if this were a right, all our children would be covered.
If no one should be penalized for their own individual interpretation of who God is and what he is asking them to do, then God just told me that I am entitled to all of the belongings in your house, and my faith tells me that you are going to agree wholeheartedly and not have me arrested when I back the U-Haul up to your door. This is not theft, this is faith. This child died from that same brand of faith.
So we should allow children to die from preventable illnesses over the lack of universal health care??
But we do have Good Samaritan laws that punishes individuals for not rendering aid to someone in a life and death situation if they were able to do so, and didn't. These laws were designed as an incentive to do the right thing when the life of a fellow human being is at stake. Our legal system is a government entity and not God. It seems that this lifeless entity is a bit more merciful in this case.
The difference is that we have laws about stealing. We don't have a law stating that every sick person has to be taken for medical care.
We do where children are concerned. Failure to provide your children with basic care, including medical care is neglect. Adults, no, they can make that choice for themselves.
Let me ask you this, and I intend no disrespect at all. If the parents in this case simply chose not to get their child medical care and she died, would you still say it was their right to decide not to? I mean, if we took religion completely out of the equation and it was just lazy parents? Are they still in the right?
Police quote re: surviving siblings:
"They are still in the home," he said. "There is no reason to remove them. There is no abuse or signs of abuse that we can see."
How about removing them from home for a head to toe medical examination? Another sibling may have the same juvenile diabetes at an earlier stage...
Is this true? Many people cannot afford to take their children to get basic health care. Can we charge all of them with neglect? I am not being a smart alec - I'm truly wondering?
Can we charge the parents who do not vaccinate their children with neglect or abuse? I don't think we do that. Heathcare choices and non-choices for a child are rightfully left in the hands of the child's parents.
I've never heard of a case where a parent just didn't seek healthcare for a child because they were lazy. All the cases I read like this one at hand have a religious component - a thoughtful choice was made and the choice was made on principal and belief.
I will try to answer your hypothetical, but I need more details. Why did the parents in your hypothetical not take the child for medical care - were they watching soap operas and eating bon bons for 30 days while the child writhed in agony at their feet? I'm just trying to envision a scenario that makes sense - help me out - I am not offended by the question at all.
.....The family should be charged and prosecuted for allowing this child to die a horrific death by doing nothing to help her. It is no different than anyone else sitting by and not offering aide to their child for whatever reason. .......
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I can't remember names or places, but I do recall a fairly recent case where a Mom put her teenage daughter in a diaper when she was incredibly ill. She turned the other cheek. I don't remember if the daughter died or not.
What about all of the moms we see whose children are abused at the hands of the men in their lives...and the moms choose the men over their children? Those women routinely turn the other cheek and deny their children medical care.
...I wonder if they have ever had medical attention in there lives,
......I feel that everybody has the right to believe and pray and practice whatever religion they are comfortable with.
I have very strong feelings on freedom of religion even when that religion's teachings are ridiculous to me.
My condolences to the family.
The article stated that these parents operate a coffee shop in town. So are they employed there in order to earn money? Money for what? Money for all of those things that they do not trust God to provide for them?
That is what I mean by selective SCM. The Bible states that God will provide for ALL of your needs. There are verses about how you are not supposed to worry about food or clothing, and another indicating that God is even aware of birds and their hunger. This must be where these parents independently decided to draw the line in their faith. If they are allowed to randomly draw lines then what they are saying is that they are the final authority and God is not. This particular line came at the cost of their daughter's life. It was the parents who decided that and not their faith in God. They have already proven by the fact that they maintained a job that their faith is limited to their perception of convenience.