Still Waters Posted July 13 #1 Share Posted July 13 Members of an Australian religious group have gone on trial accused of killing an eight-year-old diabetic girl by denying her medical care and offering prayer instead. Elizabeth Struhs was found dead at a home in Toowoomba - about 125km (78 mi) west of Brisbane - in January 2022, after she had allegedly gone without insulin for several days. Prosecutors say the sect shunned the use of medicine and trusted God to “heal” the child - “extreme beliefs” which had already almost ended Elizabeth’s life in similar circumstances three years before. The girl's parents are among the 14 defendants, all of whom have refused lawyers. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c97dq22nj0lo 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grim Reaper 6 Posted July 13 #2 Share Posted July 13 2 hours ago, Still Waters said: Members of an Australian religious group have gone on trial accused of killing an eight-year-old diabetic girl by denying her medical care and offering prayer instead. Elizabeth Struhs was found dead at a home in Toowoomba - about 125km (78 mi) west of Brisbane - in January 2022, after she had allegedly gone without insulin for several days. Prosecutors say the sect shunned the use of medicine and trusted God to “heal” the child - “extreme beliefs” which had already almost ended Elizabeth’s life in similar circumstances three years before. The girl's parents are among the 14 defendants, all of whom have refused lawyers. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c97dq22nj0lo This makes me very angry, and religious practices are certainly not an excuse. Lock them all up and through away the keys! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted July 13 #3 Share Posted July 13 I look upon this crime the same as the tiny group of churches in the US who have a tenet of faith that they can handle poisonous snakes through faith and be safe. The verse - "thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God" comes to mind when I hear of one of them dying from being bitten. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlitterRose Posted July 13 #4 Share Posted July 13 I'm wondering why they didn't take her away 3 years ago when she almost died from similar circumstances. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendy Demon Posted July 13 #5 Share Posted July 13 Maybe someone should have enlightened these so-called 'parents' that god had already answered their prayers by making common sense treatments available to them. Prayer is ok so long as real treatment is first and foremost. But I agree, these people need to lose custody of their kid and be put in prison and therapy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Wearer of Hats Posted July 14 #6 Share Posted July 14 23 hours ago, and-then said: I look upon this crime the same as the tiny group of churches in the US who have a tenet of faith that they can handle poisonous snakes through faith and be safe. The verse - "thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God" comes to mind when I hear of one of them dying from being bitten. No, this is wilful murder of a child, something we can agree that Jesus will be quite cross with. What the snake fondlers do is casual stupidity. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bendy Demon Posted July 14 #7 Share Posted July 14 21 minutes ago, Sir Wearer of Hats said: No, this is wilful murder of a child, something we can agree that Jesus will be quite cross with. What the snake fondlers do is casual stupidity. Unless children are forced to handle venomous snakes then it is not casual but deliberate and willful stupidity, ignorance and maliciousness. Whatever happened to common sense? Did it die an anguishing and lingering death somewhere with people like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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