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Originally posted by Xantar
Also, what would happen if the kid had died of tuberculosis? I may be wrong, but I believe tuberculosis is generally fatal but also 100% curable by simple antibiotics. So now the decision is much starker. Give him medicine and he definitely lives. Withhold medicine and he definitely dies. Should the parents still have to the right to withhold medicine from their own child?
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Your basically asking the same question again. So you get the same response. I aksed my friend about this prayer healing thing and he said he doesn't believe it...cause he thinks God put the doctor there and put the medicine there for humans to use or something to that extend I can't remember what he said exactly......but then that can go both ways....I mean guns were invented.
But again it comes down to the age of the child.....I mean a 1 to 6 year old would not understand the situation so I think that a law should be put in place stating that under a certain age children should automatically be given medicine as doctors see fit....but that would cause an upstir in the religous community and sort of take away part of the whole freedom of choice thingy.
So I don't know...if that law would work.( but then public opinion really doesn't have that much influence on the goverment)
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LoudHoward raised an interesting point. The child obviously didn't have a choice in forming his own religious beliefs. However, we recognize that there are always certain restrictions on what we end up believing. Given most of our upbringings, it is highly unlikely that we can force ourselves to espouse the views of Hitler. So a child doesn't have control over his own beliefs, but on the other hand, neither do grown ups.
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True True, at a young age we can be swayed either way...children with a strong belief installed in them when young usually don't grow out it. So I would suggest that parents only make suggests in which path to take...and let the child choose his/her own path. However make sure they don't stray to far....after all wouldn't want them joining a cult and stuff
As for me I was raised to have an open mind ...so I try to understand where people are coming from with certain points..although there are some points that I wouldn't consider even trying to understand. Like Hitler or anyone else who thinks other people in the human race are inferior because of whatever reason they see fit.
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fingersman, that was a good post. Now, if only you could spell...
j/k
P.S. Chapter 3 is starting to shape up, but I honestly can't tell you when it'll be posted. It could be tomorrow, it could be next
week. It all depends on my schedule.
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Of course it was a good post, I am fingersman, the voice of wisdom...well sometimes.
Oh I can spell...I think
thanks for doing the chapter I think I should wait till all of them are finish so I can read all one time.