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...most parents, the only response would be to call the pediatrician and rush the baby to a hospital. But for parents whose religious beliefs eschew medical care in favor of prayer, there is another, equally indubitable choice: Do nothing but pray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Freedom of Religion or State-Sanctioned Child Abuse? | 2/21/2001 | See Source »

...controversy are Congregants of Church of Christ, Scientist, along with members of other, smaller sects, including the Followers of Christ Church and the General Assembly and Church of the First Born. All are staunchly opposed to medical intervention in the case of illness, preferring instead to depend upon prayer to do the healing. Their devotion to what they call "God's will" has, according to their critics, led to the deaths of more than 172 children between 1975 and 1995 - all because their parents refused to seek medical treatment for their children's illnesses. According to autopsy reports, many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Freedom of Religion or State-Sanctioned Child Abuse? | 2/21/2001 | See Source »

...beliefs, that is widely considered a terrible insult. The Anti-Defamation League and other Jewish organizations denounce any efforts to convert Jews to Christianity. Mainstream Christian organizations avoid conversion campaigns and declare they are pleased for Jews to remain Jews. When the Southern Baptist Convention issued a prayer for conversion of Jews a couple of years ago, the A.D.L. called it "an act of theological arrogance," among other names...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Don't Want to Convert? Just Say No | 2/19/2001 | See Source »

...wish there'd been less rhetoric and more exploration of concrete legislation that could be implemented," Kuo said. "I felt some of them were saying that prayer and policy are mutually exclusive...which isn't necessarily true...

Author: By Juliet J. Chung, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Matthew Shepard's Mother Speaks on Hate Crimes | 2/15/2001 | See Source »

...were milling around the church foyer, Gong suddenly walked up to Bruce, muttered a few words, pulled a knife and stabbed him just below the heart. The 37-year-old American was pronounced dead on arrival at the local hospital. Valori showed up minutes later, and as a last prayer, repeated the scripture she had been teaching her daughters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Murder in Wuhan | 2/12/2001 | See Source »

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