Stupidity and Fundie-ism lead to the willful neglect of their child's health in the name of Jesus. That's abuse, just as much as beating a child 'to get the Devil' out is.

They caused their child's death just the same as that crazy mother who drowned her children because 'Satan was in them!' did. They were just more passive about it. They LET her die because they were deluded into thinking that chanting would heal their sick child. Their other children are thus now at risk and need to be removed from their care, lest they too be subjected to prayer as a cure-all over proven science.

I hope they get a jury of fellow parents of a broad variety of faiths. That's the most fair way to deal with it. Not by stocking the jury with fellow sycophants.

Spirituality should not preclude the needs of the body which HOUSES said spirit. One has to balance body and soul to be happy in this world, and these people aren't either. Their spirits clearly cry out for something and they neglect their body in pursuit of God. This causes their children to suffer, and for that, they deserve the same punishment as someone who, through inaction, causes their child to starve to death. When a child dies, because the parents didn't do everything to save them, they MUST be held responsible for the death. It may not be murder, but it certainly is death by neglect.

If one thinks that it is spiritual to let your children die, or to die the death of a martyr, then yes, maybe there is a depth of ignorance of that kind of spiritual knowledge here. However, one should realise that not all forms of spiritual knowledge require the premature death of innocents.

Separating the body from the mind leads to death - regardless of beliefs. Duh!

Did Peter pray over whether to flee when he was released from prison? Did God have to tell him "Run for your life!" ? It was pretty clear what had to be done. It always is and has been.

Just believing it doesn't make it true. Praying deeply doesn't change physical conditions, nor the future. If her parents really walked the talk, they would have walked her to a doctor to make her well. Granted, there are many other factors involved in any infection, but if her parents didn't seek medical advice, then why didn't they just have her eat nothing but garlic? That would have stopped her infection cold.

Oh wait. Nutrition is science so it must be evil, never mind that God made all the animals and plants for us humans.

This almost seems like the Islamic faith. Their religious faith seems to be more important than their children or their wives, both of whom are expendible to further male dominance and secure the male's 72 or 73 virgins. I'm waiting for the church to say it was God's will. Of course, Islamic religion says it's Mohammad's will. Wher's the difference?

None of which means a damn thing to this poor little girl who's parents didn't love her enough to get real help for her.

Well I suppose it doesn't matter when a person gets an abortion to you does it? Religion is the nothing more than cultural ideals wrapped around the belief in god, people like you who try and justify easily avoidable deaths are less than human and are unworthy of divine forgiveness, and according to your own beliefs you will suffer everlasting punishment. I know what I'm talking about, I was raised as a christian scientist and have learned the evil of your kinds cult like practices from their examples.

Nothing shocking there Pacific231. It's just more small-minded zealots who have been conditioned to use the Bible to rationalize their way to heaven.

It was fun to see some of the old words taken out of context. "The righteous shall live by faith" for example, because if these nutjobs - and I used to be one - read their bible they would know that faith and hope will pass away, but love is all that remains.

Let love be your aim has become direct your prayer against those who don't think, believe nor dress like you. It's the Pharisees and Sadduccees all over again.

Agreed. If the rethugs had stumbled across the Virgin Mary at term, they would have aborted Christ, called it divine and worshipped the stillborn to create a new religion in order to make money.

"But the parents have no right to make that choice for a child, that has no choice. "

If not the parents, then who do you think should decide when the millions of American children see a doctor and what treatments are given?

The government?

unfortunately your wrong, they still got three left