OT: changing youtube video

[Christopher Browne]

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 7:58 AM, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> Eric B wrote:
>>
>> You claimed that you do not believe in the theory of Darwin.
>> Is that a way of saying that you deny the fact of evolution
>> or Darwin's theory of "natural selection"?
>
> I recall something on the news a while ago, about a seriously ill child that
> died.  The parents said they didn't believe in science and so let their
> child die, relying on faith to save her.

This happens fairly frequently with, erm, "supplicants" of Christian Science,
which bears relatively little resemblance to other things with "Christian" in
their name, which essentially holds that all material things are illusions, so
it's merely an illusion that the child was "seriously ill."

Their group is a tiny microcosm; I think it would be an error to tie the
(fairly rare, though commonly well-publicized) cases where their folk
reject medical treatment with broader religious communities that have
extremely different behaviours.
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