Man prays instead of taking daughter to hospital

[strudel]

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Am I the only one who thinks this could erupt into something major?

[EDLT]

Mormons do it all the time.

[grumbledoak]

Smiling.

Well, he'll be praying before Bubba's ten inches shortly, by the sound of it- both convicted. "Praise the Lord!"

[ShadownINja]

25 years won't do much. These people have proven without a doubt they're not fit to be parents. Much like chavs in this country, really.

[mikechandler]

Crazy, how could somebody be so stupid... At least God will forgive him

[rhinochopig]

...and they'll rationalise it as either they didn't prey hard enough, or that she was chosen by God to now be in heaven.

Bloody religious types and their imaginary friends.

[AndrewW-G]

It was God's will that she died when she did, anybody who doesn’t understand that will spend eternity in the fires of hell









Hopefully this loon like any other religious nut behaving like this will choke to death on the cockmeat sandwich he'll be eating in prison

[Jasandjules]

EDLT said:

Morons do it all the time.

EFA.

At least he was found guilty. Poor little kid, didn't deserve that.

[Mark-C]

The only good to come out of this sad story is that he was prosecuted and convicted. With some of what you hear about the Religious Right in the USA that's quite a relief.

[10 Pence Short]

He let his daughter down, he let his family down but, most of all, he let himself down.

[glazbagun]

10 Pence Short said:

He let his daughter down, he let his family down but, most of all, he let himself down.

I dunno, I'd be inclined to say that he let his daughter down a little bit more than himself.

Or am I having a whoosh moment?

[10 Pence Short]

glazbagun said:

10 Pence Short said:

He let his daughter down, he let his family down but, most of all, he let himself down.

I dunno, I'd be inclined to say that he let his daughter down a little bit more than himself.

Or am I having a whoosh moment?

Little bit of a whoosh moment.

Isn't it sad that there are people out there who don't seem to live on the same planet as the rest of us? At what point do you override your natural instincts in the name of an imagniary friend?

[T89 Callan]

EDLT said:

Morons do it all the time.

EFA

ETA Too late. Anyway at least they have been prosecuted and found guilty.

Edited by T89 Callan on Sunday 2nd August 14:28

[nonegreen]

As Dawkins says it is one thing to believe in a supreme being that created the universe and all contained therin. It is something completely else to believe that that being can hear your personal prayers and moreover act upon them. The sanity of this is only in existance because the numbers of believers is huge. It is only at the next level when they believe god replies to their prayers in morse code via the rain on their bedroom window that we step in with a padded cell and a soft ball to play with. We need to move just one step nearer to sanity by daclaring anyone who believes in the power of prayer clinically insane and therefore subject to sectionning.

[Steve748]

It's not the first time that some religeous dhead has thought they know better. I seem to remember parents not allowing their child to have a blood transfusion when they would have died without it. I think the doctors did the transfusion and the parents tried to get the doctor prosecuted for assault.

[sirtyro]

EDLT said:

Mormons do it all the time.

Trying to find a news story where a mormon let someone die because they were praying rather then getting medical attention....cant find one?!?

[350GT]

So the law has now proclaimed that God, in fact, has little say in these matters, and that praying does not work? I presume "In God We Trust" will be removed from the currency?

[Airbag]

It's like those two pilots who prayed instead of trying to control their plummeting aircraft who were jailed in Italy.

Twerps!

[350GT]

haworthlloyd1 said:

i'm not really religious but I can understand how if you are a strong believer then it would be a sane thing to do

Sane would imply logic, which is at odds with most religious belief.

[glazbagun]

350GT said:

haworthlloyd1 said:

i'm not really religious but I can understand how if you are a strong believer then it would be a sane thing to do

Sane would imply logic, which is at odds with most religious belief.

I disagree. Sanity is related to belief, which is largely something we're taught. If I were raised indoors and taught that direct sunlight were lethal to humans, and later assaulted someone to prevent them from leaving the house on a sunny day in the mistaken belief that the sunlight would kill them, it would not make me insane. My actions would be quite rational.

If I were raised to believe in lethal sunlight and left because I thought it looked pretty outside, then my sanity would be questionable.

Edited by glazbagun on Sunday 2nd August 21:25