An article that got a we bit lost in the shuffle as I was waiting for more information to possibly come forth. So in the mean time I pondered, and this is what I pondered about,,,
I will be gentle and say most religionists consider themselves to be "pro-life." The idea being that a child has a right to not being aborted; a right to live based on their religious belief system. So why the fuck do these same stupid ass people have the right to kill their children after they are born based on the same religious belief system? How freakin stupid is that? I guess life isn't so precious after all!! (See meme posted earlier on cognitive dissonance,,,)
I also ponder this: If God is the creator of all things then didn't God also "create" the knowledge obtained and used by doctors? So if one ignorantly chooses prayer over medicine, isn't that disobedience to God?
After several recent child deaths, an Idaho lawmaker wants to follow Oregon's lead and require parents to seek medical help for kids suffering from potentially fatal conditions — even if their religion frowns on it.
Since 2009, numerous children of members of the Followers of Christ in Marsing, Idaho, have died of treatable causes, according to their autopsy reports. Many children are buried at a cemetery overlooking the Snake River that is favored by the church.
The church, with locations in Idaho, California and Oregon, relies on faith healing, not medicine, to help sick members.
Democratic Rep. John Gannon of Boise says Idaho's existing faith-healing exemptions for injury-to-a-child crimes should be updated. He has support from Linda Martin, an Oregon woman who left the church in Idaho decades ago and has returned this week to champion the changes.
"These children need a chance to grow up," Martin told The Associated Press Thursday.
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In Idaho, Gannon wants to introduce his bill in the Legislature, but there's already resistance.
Rep. Christy Perry, R-Nampa, said she fears the bill tramples on religious freedoms and parental rights.
"This is about religious beliefs, the belief God is in charge of whether they live, and God is in charge of whether they die," said Perry, whose district is not far from the Followers' Idaho church. "This is about where they go for eternity."
Religious freedom or medical necessity? Idaho rep tackles faith healing after child deaths - Daily Journal
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