My own opinion is that withholding life saving medical treatment over a belief is child abuse.
>> I guess I believe that to withhold medical treatment in your child > >It's a worthwhile discussion, but not a simple one. > >Many prominent atheists have raised the idea that any childhood religious >indoctrination is "child abuse"... but is it really? Don't parents have the >right to raise their children to the moral standards they hold dear? More >so isn't that absolutely expected of them? > >As an atheist I can't understand the belief, but I suspect that your friends >KNOW that transfusions are bad for their child just as I KNOW that they >should be taught to tell the truth and not to hurt others. I don't >understand, I can't understand it (and, honestly I think it's ignorant and >stupid) but that doesn't change the fact that THEY DO. > >Teaching their children not to transfuse, and protecting them from that >perceived evil, is as important (perhaps even more important) to your >friends as any ethical or patriotic teaching that I could name. > >IF you believe it would seem that a painful death on Earth is worth an >eternity in Heaven. Only a monster would sentence their child to an >eternity of damnation to save them some, temporary pain on Earth. My son >had his tonsils out: he went through painful hell. I voluntarily put him >through that because I KNEW it was best for him. True believers are just as >sure that their choices are best for their children. > >Working from this premise: how would you react if the law told you that you >could not, legally, do what you KNOW is best for your child? > >Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:265457 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
