Another entry for "What's the harm?" with depressing familiarity. Child gets sick, parents pray for child instead of seeking professional treatment, child dies. In this case, the parents were charged with involuntary manslaughter, the same charge as if they had chosen to pray their child out of the street before it gets mowed down by a truck.
The newspaper report also throws up a poll, and the choices are telling:
Do you believe in the power of prayer to heal?
* Yes
* Yes, but in conjunction with medicine
* No
* Don't know
"Yes, but in conjunction with medicine." Standard cop-out for those who want to cover all their bases, which curiously shows a lack of faith. "Yes prayer works, BUT, you also have to employ professionals because God's not *quite* powerful enough to heal on his own without a lot of human help."
In other news, prayer plus aspirin cures headaches.
The newspaper report also throws up a poll, and the choices are telling:
Do you believe in the power of prayer to heal?
* Yes
* Yes, but in conjunction with medicine
* No
* Don't know
"Yes, but in conjunction with medicine." Standard cop-out for those who want to cover all their bases, which curiously shows a lack of faith. "Yes prayer works, BUT, you also have to employ professionals because God's not *quite* powerful enough to heal on his own without a lot of human help."
In other news, prayer plus aspirin cures headaches.
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