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Faith More Important Than The Life Of One's Child

I don't understand moderate religious people, much less Jehovah's Witnesses. Most people probably don't either. An Irish woman who happens to be a Jehovah's Witness, a cult of Christianity (all religions are cults in my book), was quoted saying that she would let her daughter die before consenting to a blood transfusion. I would understand if she wouldn't consent to a blood transfusion for herself but what gives her the right to decide whether her child lives or dies. When a medical situation is dire and a blood transfusion is necessary to save the life of the patient, I think it is pretty fair to say that the chances of survival without the transfusion are minimal or at least a lot less likely than with a transfusion.

What I find incredibly wrong is that this woman would give her daughter the "choice" to follow in her faith when she grows up while in the meantime she is bringing her up in that faith and refusing to allow transfusions. This whole religious nonsense is just wrong. Children end up dying because of their parents' beliefs. What about the child's right to life? I guess that's up to the parents.

The article I am referring to can be found here.

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I don't understand moderate religious people, much less Jehovah's Witnesses. Most people probably don't either. An Irish woman who happens to be a Jehovah's Witness, a cult of Christianity (all religions are cults in my book), was quoted saying that she would let her daughter die before consenting to a blood transfusion. I would understand if she wouldn't consent to a blood transfusion for herself but what gives her the right to decide whether her child lives or dies. When a medical situation is dire and a blood transfusion is necessary to save the life of the patient, I think it is pretty fair to say that the chances of survival without the transfusion are minimal or at least a lot less likely than with a transfusion.

What I find incredibly wrong is that this woman would give her daughter the "choice" to follow in her faith when she grows up while in the meantime she is bringing her up in that faith and refusing to allow transfusions. This whole religious nonsense is just wrong. Children end up dying because of their parents' beliefs. What about the child's right to life? I guess that's up to the parents.

The article I am referring to can be found here.