Comments on: Faith healing in Oregon: A picture worth a thousand words

By: ServeTheWay

ServeTheWay — Tue, 10 May 2011 15:27:21 +0000

I don’t see anything wrong with doctors attempting to treat an external physical problem, but it is also important to understand medicine and science isn’t addressing or healing the underlying cause of any disease really. The real cause stems from a more subtle level of Spirit, mind, emotions then effecting the physical.

The parents should have sought help, but it is concerning that a state can hold the power to forcefully remove children from their parents. Where there can be help given to someone it should be – but where do you draw the line? Children being removed from parents because they won’t teach them evolution and atheism is the true world view? Children removed from parents because they disagree with homosexuality? next stage in secular social brainwashing…

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 10 May 2011 02:27:53 +0000

Im a christian i have a relationship with God…i fully believe that god can heal but this is just stupid. No other way to describe it. People like this are just nuts

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 04:00:17 +0000

I grew up in Oregon City, and have heard about this church for years…children have died because they did not obtain necessary medical attention for them…court cases, the works. My great-grandmother used to talk about this particular sect. Apparently, they believe that when the end comes, God is going to send them a ‘space ship’ and whisk them (and only them) away to safety….a small sect, but very strange. In school, we used to refer to our classmates from this church as ‘kissers’, because they often married cousins….no joke.

By: Sereta

Sereta — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:17:00 +0000

This article kind of makes Oregon out as a bit of a crazy place. I lived there for five years and never came across any faith healing of any kind, though it might be more prominent in the smaller towns, I’m not sure. I’m really glad someone was able to intervene and get the authorities involved though. I really hope she gets better soon.

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:54:00 +0000

Mango: Refusing treatment was NOT the baby’s personal choice though, was it?

By: LvLike

LvLike — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 01:56:05 +0000

But… Jesus can raise the dead! Of course faith can miraculously heal everything!

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:58:05 +0000

melika says:
people need to open their eyes and see.

Interesting choice of phrase.

By: EthanCaineDotCom

EthanCaineDotCom — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 07:15:13 +0000

I have been to churchie parts of the states and holy shit….it really is this bad. People are so brainwashed. 50% of the billboards I saw in Texas were for churches!

By: mango

mango — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:35:42 +0000

it seems many readers here are very quick to judge.

the medical industry have themselves been the cause of far worse suffering and deformities. the fact is, that things happen, and choosing to consult the medical industry, or not, is a personal choice, and the consequences, either way, cannot be predicted.. I feel it likely the parents are suffering enough in their own way without the proposed beatings or imprisonments..

it is of course unfortunate that the child is suffering, but it will not help anything by rubbing the parents face in it.

I am not stating my opinion as to what I personally might do in any given situation, but merely expressing sympathy for all parties concerned.

By: Jack

Jack — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:23:43 +0000

If god had meant people to rely on prayer then why did he make it completely ineffective?