Archive for August 1st, 2009
Superstition kills : Part II
Praying man let his daughter die
A US jury has found a man guilty of killing his sick 11-year-old daughter by praying for her recovery rather than seeking medical care.
The man, Dale Neumann, told a court in the state of Wisconsin he believed God could heal his daughter.
She died of a treatable disease – undiagnosed diabetes – at home in rural Wisconsin in March last year, as people surrounded her and prayed.
…“If I go to the doctor, I am putting the doctor before God,” he said. “I am not believing what he said he would do.”