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Originally Posted by Nikki+2  Most mother's would never intentionally endanger their child but sadly there are plenty of cases of children suffering (and even dying) due to IMO horribly misguided religious beliefs. Google 'religion medical intervention' and you will find more sad stories of children dying due to their parents' religious beliefs than you would ever want to know exist. To be more specific to this instance you can google 'Scientology deaths'- there are a lot of them.
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I would dare say that more deaths have occured (in this country) and more children have suffered more than they should from side effects, and more children have been hurt by prescription and over the counter drugs. The FDA and Big Pharma has more power than most people know, and things get swept under the rug all the time. Look how many kids have died from cough medicine alone! IMO thats like saying that Airplanes should be banned because some people have died while flying, when more people die in car accidents every day.
I think it's sad that these parents are mourning and people are speculating whether they could have done more to save him. I think that's sick. If it were a blatent neglect where the parents were crack heads and left a kid out in the snow to freeze to death I could understand, but these were loving parents that were doing what was in the best interest for their child. I really don't care about any doctor that was interviewed saying that it could have been prevented and to never stop meds, they get perks from pharmacutical companies to push their drugs. I also don't care what some website says. I can find websites that say that "experts say" that you will get cancer from cheese, or water, or leaf lettuce or that so and so is the next messiah.
I do believe that the Scientology religion is a joke, but I don't think that these parents were unfit for what they did.