Have You Heard About This?

[Greggy]

This little girl died from her parent's ignorance.

An 11-year-old Wisconsin girl died of complications from undiagnosed diabetes after her parents refused to take her to a doctor, stating that "all healing comes from God." The couple instead chose prayer.


Dale and Leilani Neumann have said they didn't know their daughter Madeline had a terminal illness, but autopsy results showed that the girl most likely suffered for a month with nausea, vomiting, and excessive weakness. The girl died in March 2003 on their living room floor, where she had stopped breathing, while people prayed over her. Someone present called 911 after the girl stopped breathing.

Separate juries ruled that each parent had a "legal duty to rush the girl to a doctor after she could no longer walk, talk, eat or drink."


The Neumanns will be sentenced on Tuesday and now face up to 25 years in prison each.

Respecting others' religious beliefs is important, but when do you think the line is crossed and it becomes child abuse and neglect?

I find this ridiculously crazy. Is this taking religion too far? Is this being completely psychotic? I mean, "All healing comes from God"?

SOURCE: http://www.momlogic.com/2009/10/parents_in_prayer_death_case_face_sentencing.php#

 

[K-3-V-1-N]

LOL, Religion has done worse. When your entire belief system is based on things which are unprovable, shit happens.

Poor little girl though .

 

[Schnell]

Poor girl. It shows how bad religion can be.

"The Neumanns will be sentenced on Tuesday and now face up to 25 years in prison each."
Any idea what the verdict was? I say guilty.

 

[djinn]

Uhm..Is there anything we can discuss?

 

[Dr Lauftstein]

That is pretty f***ing ridiculous. I think that it is true that God heals, but he's not gonna pick you up off the ground and carry you to the hopsital.

 

[Syed]

Wow, that is really taking religion too far. Why don't we just say god puts the power in the medicine!

 

[Acidman]

Don't be ignorant.
Rakes are not bad. I can use a rake to clean up my yard, or to dislodge a football from my rain gutter. Murdering people with a rake is bad.
Religion, in and of itself, isn't bad.

Extremists are bad; in every situation.

 

[tiger9110]

I don't think that religion itself is bad in anyway, It is good to have faith but you must do the BEST that you can on your side and let "him" take the rest, not just do nothing at all and wait.

 

[Grammar Nazi]

Wow what asshole parents...

 

[Krayzie-Bone]

Wow... I'm absolutely shocked. I'm speechless. This is ridiculous. 1 month of diagnostic terminal problems? WTF. What is wrong with them? "God will save you." Bullshit. That's just so sad.

 

[JulianMariano]

Fucking psychos that's all I can say

 

[Gemini Ed]

I just read this story this morning, I still do not see why the court won't take the children away from the parents. I mean they went way too far with this, this is also why I am an atheist, this kind of crap never happens. If I get sick I go to the doctor, if the doctors can't find anything well who cares I'm dead then.

 

[juvenilepunk]

Much worse things happen, this is terrible though. Religion strikes again.
God - 0
Man - 398219404

 

[Bring Me The Horizon]

Those parents are completely fucking beyond-belief the biggest retards i've ever had to read about.

Prayer helps, but God won't provide EVERYTHING. Your responsibility as a parent comes in play too and they deserve every minute they get in jail.

 

[Jaysive]

So, they watch there own daughter suffer?
Idiots get what they desevere.

 

[Schnell]

Don't be ignorant.
Rakes are not bad. I can use a rake to clean up my yard, or to dislodge a football from my rain gutter. Murdering people with a rake is bad.
Religion, in and of itself, isn't bad.

How is that ignorant? I don't say all religious people are moronic murderers. Religion in and of itself is bad, but not that bad.

 

[Swan]

I almost laughed.

 

[syrianska]

to far man.......

 

[D4rk Sp3rt4n]

Take her to the hospital then pray you fucktards. If there's help then get her help. Some parents these days...I just can't stand listening to these retarded stories of fucktarded parents killing them or no feeding them or anything.

 

[D4rk Sp3rt4n]

God is suppose to help you not just take you to heaven and cure you from the disease lol
That's too far lol, what are they catholic or something? I hate catholic, I'm Orthodox Chrstian tho