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Well, the other 3 kids have been removed from the Neumann home during the investigation.  What keeps coming up is how there wasn’t any ‘intent’ on the parents part.  They honestly thought they were doing the right thing.
Parents who physically abuse their children often say the same.  ‘They had to learn a lesson’ or ‘my [...]

They called their church the night before
On the night before 11-year-old Madeline Kara Neumann died of complications from untreated diabetes, her parents did not call a doctor. Instead, Dale and Leilani Neumann prayed over the telephone Saturday with the founder of a religious Web site named americaslastdays.com
So lets make sure the record [...]

One Higher Power: Why does the media only cover when prayer goes wrong
Where is the ABC News report of the higher power saving my grandfather’s life from a diabetic episode based on a “hunch” – a “still, small voice” my uncle heard and heeded?
Well, first off, the media often does these kind of human [...]

Again, we take kids away from parents all the time. But if ‘god’ or ‘faith’ enter into it, they are untouchable.
Wisconsin’s faith-based healing law
Peters is referring to state statute 948.03(6), against failing to act to protect children from bodily harm. It contains an exemption for what it refers to as ” Treatment through prayer.” To [...]

911 call. Aunt knew child was very sick. Parents must have.
A couple of people have said that, if they parents didn’t know how sick Kara was, they aren’t really responsible. I believe that, by the time the Aunt was calling, the girl MUST have been very sick for days.

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Parents: Its OK, so long as you really believe
It’s important not to be moralistic or pass judgment on parents who think they can heal a child through prayer, said Dr. Norman Fost, professor of bioethics and pediatrics at the University of Wisconsin Medical School in Madison.
“They believe they’re helping their child; they love their child, [...]

Exactly why shouldn’t we condemn these people? Because of their faith? What if their faith said ‘Hold your daughter submerged in holy water until she is cured’? There is exactly no difference. Simply, we MUST judge their choice.
Don’t Condemn Those Who Do What They Believe God Wants Them To Do
The Rev. Ted Nelson, leader of [...]

The fact is that they did exactly what christians are supposed to do.  They put their faith in god, they beleived that everything will work out they way it is supposed to work out.  That is exactly the what christianity asks you to do.  Every christian who goes to the doctor is basically saying that [...]

They Shall Speak with New Tongues Something nutjob Neumann wrote on a site proclaiming that the end of days are upon us.  Their particular flavor of insanity found a home at Unleavened Bread Ministries. Here’s their section on medicine:
“Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners.”
These monsters, with their delusions of holiness [...]

You think you become immune, after a while, to insanity, to death, to people blowing up.  I thought I had.  I guess that, in some ways, I can’t relate, can’t understand things like 9/11, Iraq, etc.
But this is almost bringing me to tears.  A little girl, Madeline Kara Neumann, is dead for no reason other than [...]