Just like the religious nut job to blame their invisible being gods and devils for inability to be responsible for their actions,A good parent would have taken their child for medical treatment at first signs of trouble they both need some time to think about their actions.

Churches that encourage members to not seek medical treatment, such as the Church of Christ Scientist (if I am correct on that), do their members a tremendous disservice. If God didnt want us to use hospitals why would he heal many who are prayed for while in them? These churches are very much a minority. Unfortunately they allow critics of God and churches to point the finger at something the press is eager to print.

Clay,

Although I am pleased to see you reject blind faith (especially when it costs the life of an unwitting child), perhaps you should be reminded that unbelieving folk are healed every day, without benefit of prayer.

I dont know what "blind faith" means, but if you think that I dont believe that God can cure someone without the person going to the hospital or seeking treatment, that is mistaken. I have seen it happen. Does that mean that I would recommend these parents to not seek treatment? No. I would pray and seek treatment.

By "blind faith," I am referring to total, focused faith in the Divine, to the exclusion of all other forces -- nature, the Government, modern medicine (in this example), etc.

Clay,

People recover from illness every day, prayer notwithstanding. Sometimes, it's simply a matter of an infection having run its course; other times, there may not be a medical explanation. I simply reject the notion that supernatural forces are at work. Rather, I just chalk it up to science still having an incomplete understanding o how the body functions.