Prayed to Death
This is a story that really angers me right down to the core.
An 11-year-old girl in Wisconsin (pictured to the right) was suffering from a treatable form of diabetes. But her uber-religious parents refused to take her to a doctor because they believed they could pray her illness away. They also believed that illness is God’s punishment for sin. She was freakin’ 11 years old! How sinful could she possibly be? Did she not share her crayons in school?
Ironically enough, she died on Easter Sunday. How weird is that? Low insulin. I feel so bad for her. I know diabetics, it’s not a walk in the park. I can’t believe this little girl was told by her parents that she was possessed by sin and had to suffer to death… literally suffer to death.
I do consider myself to be spiritual, and I do believe that humans can be healed. But this is downright crazy. I would never prevent anyone, child or adult, from receiving medical attention simply because it conflicted with my “religious” beliefs.
Her parents have been charged with murder and are going to jail. Good! Let’s see them pray their way out of that one.
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So needless.