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Originally Posted by gettin2dizzy
This child was visibly dying for a long long time. To not even consult a doctor is reckless, and inexcusable. It wasn't malicious as they weren't wishing her to die. But that doesn't mean that they weren't neglectful in their care of the child.
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Ah, but you're judging them on your belief system, not theirs.
Considering that they truely believed God was the sole being that could remedy their daughters illness, they did everything they could to ensure their daughter was returned to health. They preyed.
By our belief system, yes, what they did was completely atrocious. Someone in our society should (and probably would) at least be taken to court to attempt prosecution on one of possibly a few different charges for doing similar.
I view it though as they are clearly in a different culture. Would anyone want to prosecute a mother in Africa for watching her child die of malnutrition, whether or not the mother chose to give herself food over the child (human nature can be very dark at times)? That afterall is a different culture too.