Comment on Ice Fishing. by AAtheist
In fact here is your list, all of these children had EASILY treatable conditions that could have been cured with quickly available medical care.
[link] Russel and Brandi Bellew, let their child die.
[link] Herbert and Catherine Schaibles let TWO children die.
[link] JaLea and Greg Swezey let their child die.
[link] Dale and Shannon Hickman let their child die.
[link] Carl and Raylene Worthington let their child die.
[link] Jeffrey and Marci Beagley let their child die.
I could easily go on, but here is a study from 1998 that shows that in families that use faith healing in lieu of medical treatment, out of 172 child deaths, 140 of them had more than a 90% survival rate if they were given conventional medical treatment. Eighteen more had expected survival rates of >50%. All but 3 of the remainder would likely have had some benefit from clinical help.
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[link] Russel and Brandi Bellew, let their child die.
[link] Herbert and Catherine Schaibles let TWO children die.
[link] JaLea and Greg Swezey let their child die.
[link] Dale and Shannon Hickman let their child die.
[link] Carl and Raylene Worthington let their child die.
[link] Jeffrey and Marci Beagley let their child die.
I could easily go on, but here is a study from 1998 that shows that in families that use faith healing in lieu of medical treatment, out of 172 child deaths, 140 of them had more than a 90% survival rate if they were given conventional medical treatment. Eighteen more had expected survival rates of >50%. All but 3 of the remainder would likely have had some benefit from clinical help.
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