|
It's like the adage of the drowning man who refuses help from passing boaters because he believes God will save him. When he dies and gets to heaven he demands to know why God didn't save him. God replies that he sent three boats by to rescue him, but he refused their help.
Perhaps instead of taking the tack that we know what is best for those who believe in faith healing, we should posit for them the possibility that God has sent to them medical solutions in lieu of miracles.
It's not as though these parents want their children to die. They're just severely misguided. And taking children away from their parents, against everyone's will, is no less traumatic than the alternative. We should be working harder to find middle ground, because that's what tolerance really means.
|