The death of 11 year-old Madeleine Neumann could have been prevented. Her parents decided that prayer instead of medical science would save her life. She died of diabetes. This kind of religious extremist thinking really exists in the United States and it must be confronted. An article in the Chicago Tribune talks about the parents from Wisconsin who face reckless homicide charges. It also states that 309 cases like this have been recorded in the United States. That is pathetic. It's pathetic that compassionate and reasonable people have not shown their shock and alarm to a greater degree. Why does this keep happening over and over again. Madeleine could have led a full life, but ignorance stopped her in her tracks. She was a straight-A student who weighed only 65 pounds when she died from undiagnosed diabetes. Her parents, Dale and Leilani Neumann, told investigators she had not been to a doctor since she was three.
Are there lessons we can learn from this? Will stories like this help increase awareness? Or is it impossible to reason with people who do not like to reason? Hmmm.
1 comment:
It has been show through scientific studies (which in my opinion were a waste of money but probably beneficial) that prayer has no effect on the outcome of anything.
People who thank god for answering their prayers for some 'miracle' occurring might as well thank the pixies in the backyard.
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