I just read a news story that broke my heart and left me shaking my head in dismay. The headline reads:
Girl Dies After Parents Pray for Healing Instead of Seeking Medical Help.
This story (click here) describes how 11-year-old Madeline Neumann died from diabetic ketoacidosis. Authorities said that she became increasingly ill over a 30-day period, while her parents did nothing other than pray. From the story:
The girl's parents, Dale and Leilani Neumann, attributed the death to "apparently they didn't have enough faith," the police chief said. They believed the key to healing "was it was better to keep praying. Call more people to help pray," he said.
I’m not a religious person. I believe in God, just not in religion. Whether you do or don’t doesn’t really matter. How could any parent watch their child suffer in this manner and do nothing other than pray? I know how lousy I feel if my BG is even a little high for one day. I can’t image the agony of 30 days of increasing DKA symptoms. I only hope this young girl was too “out of it” to feel anything.
Shame on her parents for not seeking medical help. Even if they were unaware of her type 1 diabetes, which I suspect they were, they should have recognized that she was very sick and needed medical treatment not prayers. I can’t fathom any God that would condone that kind of willful neglect.
Girl Dies After Parents Pray for Healing Instead of Seeking Medical Help.
This story (click here) describes how 11-year-old Madeline Neumann died from diabetic ketoacidosis. Authorities said that she became increasingly ill over a 30-day period, while her parents did nothing other than pray. From the story:
The girl's parents, Dale and Leilani Neumann, attributed the death to "apparently they didn't have enough faith," the police chief said. They believed the key to healing "was it was better to keep praying. Call more people to help pray," he said.
I’m not a religious person. I believe in God, just not in religion. Whether you do or don’t doesn’t really matter. How could any parent watch their child suffer in this manner and do nothing other than pray? I know how lousy I feel if my BG is even a little high for one day. I can’t image the agony of 30 days of increasing DKA symptoms. I only hope this young girl was too “out of it” to feel anything.
Shame on her parents for not seeking medical help. Even if they were unaware of her type 1 diabetes, which I suspect they were, they should have recognized that she was very sick and needed medical treatment not prayers. I can’t fathom any God that would condone that kind of willful neglect.
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