Comments on: Parents' Prayers Could Not Save Daughter

Investigation Launched Into 11-Year-Old's Death From Treatable Diabetic Condition

[jumkey]

"Parents'' Prayers Could Not Save Daughter"

From CBS News "duh" file.

I''m not a law-and-order type but a little slap at the magical thinkers is necessary here - jail time for the parents will do nicely. The religious nuts actually respond to reality quite well when it kicks them in the a$$, which leads me to believe their "belief" is less than sincere.

It''s remarkable that the right-to-lifers are mute on this issue. What 11-year-olds are now less human than a fertilized embryo?

Interesting.

[rasabaka]

How could they not know something was wrong with her...she had been sick for over a month...nausea, vomiting, excessive thirst, loss of appetite and weakness... she was probably also severely dehydrated too...duh!!! They should be punished.

[barbaraf4]

"They did not know she had anything seriously wrong until the autopsy!!" Posted by Bikermomx2
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Unfortunately, the child had to die to receive an autopsy.

[fibonacci_]

I think it is unbelievable that they are having to "think long and hard" about whether to charge these idiots. Makes it clear to me they have some lord-believers in that prosecutors office...little too much sympathy for believing Christianity would solve the problem. Hey - maybe they should have prayed to Allah?

[republic1776]

The Parents should be charged with a crime.
Would they have suffered for a month like they impossed on their daughter?

[fibonacci_]

Praise the lord, singinrich. I am glad that the therapy paid off and that you are now happily (and openly) living with Kevin.

[khanghi-2009]

Recently, I celebrated three years cancer free(!)

Did God almighty cure me? Yes. But God needed the hands of some pretty incredible doctors here to work His miracle!

I thank God every day for my life and add names to those I pray for all the time. I''m not "religious" in the conventional sense of the word, but I know a miracle when I see one. I shave that miracles face every morning!

[fibonacci_]

"And she called my mother-in-law today ... and she explained to us that she believes her daughter''s in a coma now and she''s relying on faith."

- They didnt know something serious was wrong, huh?

[fibonacci_]

Oh you Christians knew I would have a field day with this one. Good job, religion.

[iknowbest-2009]

Home schooling - there you go. Not mentioned till the very end, of course, because the RepubliKKKans support it. It should be banned, and parents that take children away from public school should be jailed. How many more will die until home schooling is show to the be crime that it truly is?

[bikermomx2]

Hello people...did you read the article. She didn''t have drastic signs of sickness. She just wasn''t feeling good. I don''t take my kids to the doctor every time they don''t feel good. They did not know she had anything seriously wrong until the autopsy!!

[jimtapp]

If consenting adults want to choose superstition over science, and die in the process, that should be their right. But these morons sacrificed an innocent child to their own ignorance and arrogance, and they should be punished for it. The time has long passed when this kind of barbarism should be tolerated in the name of "respect" for religion. Somebody explain to me why this kind of idiocy deserves any respect.

[barbaraf4]

God also invented medical science.

[mgsmom2004]

I am so angry at these people I can hardly see straight. How could they let their beautiful daughter die - just sit there and watch her die from something that could have been treated?? I just don''t understand this at all. Another life, wasted, by neglect. And that is what it is - neglect. If you as a parent don''t do everything within your power to keep your child safe from harm, then you have not fulfilled your duties - you have neglected them. I hope they take the other three kids away from them lest they too become sick and be allowed to die. Disgusting....

[venkata4--2008]

"I think it is ridiculous not to seek treatment when you know your child has an illness. I pray, and I believe in God very, very much also. But I also believe that God gave the doctors the know-how to treat these illnesses. They should have seeked medical treatment as soon as their daughter was diagnosed with the illness. I feel compassion for the family, but also a little bit of "shame on them". There is nothing I wouldn''''t do for my children - especially when it concerns their health.

Posted by bunnybaum at 09:42 AM : Mar 28, 2008"

I agree with you. This is a treatable disease and treatment is available. What made these parents to deny treatment for their child. One has to do human effort first before asking GOD for help. Poor child.

[bunnybaum]

I think it is ridiculous not to seek treatment when you know your child has an illness. I pray, and I believe in God very, very much also. But I also believe that God gave the doctors the know-how to treat these illnesses. They should have seeked medical treatment as soon as their daughter was diagnosed with the illness. I feel compassion for the family, but also a little bit of "shame on them". There is nothing I wouldn''t do for my children - especially when it concerns their health.