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well.... i did go to a private christian school... and was raised around this sort of insanity. its not "the bible" generally as much as it is the church and what they are taught or how a person chooses to interpret the "messages" and which ones they choose to ignore and which they choose to live by.
i am not defending what she did. its absurd and its murder.
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Agreed, so far so good.
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who decides which messages are just parables or symbolic and which are records of actual events that actually occurred? did jesus wake up and walk up to heaven? you can't say no to that because that is the very foundation of christianity... but did he turn water to wine? no? really? is that somehow less silly and "just a symbolic message"?
who decides where to draw those very subjective lines?
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That's what pastors, preachers and ministers are for I suppose. Of course no one is holding a gun to anyone's head to believe what they telll you, but some of them are quite good at advising others on such matters. (and some are God-awful)
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its all very subjective and open to interpretation...
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Very much so.
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i am simply saying that its not all that unreasonable to see someone thinking "God will heal her"..
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It's also not unreasonable for others to point out that their faith is misdirected.
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maybe you need to go to church and watch 1000 people pray to make someones cancer go away? thats no less retarded.
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Actually I don't see where it hurts for them to pray. Is it retarded or are they exploring all options? I've known plenty of people with life-threatening cancer including several members of my own family, and have some understanding in me about why they would choose to pray for help.
I stand by my initial statement in this thread. I think the title is wrong and it's the parent's who "let the girl die in Wisconsin". Jehovah witnesses do the same thing, they are notorious for refusing certain treatments, such as blood transfusions, and many of them do die because of it. THAT to me is retarded.