Oh look. Another kid died from Faith Healing.

By just doing it, instead of boasting about it?

It's not a quality that lends itself to showing off, though.

And in a religious context, everyone seems to be doing it, because when was the last time God overtly saved anybody?

Ummm, lemme think.....

you doubt Charlton Heston?!?

True thought.

Not that it matters but as long as we're doing side notes, that is an old saying without any real religious significance, kind of the opposite in fact. It's interesting to hear it's misused in other languages as well.

So yeah. Faith healing = lousy remedy.

That really annoyed me that I was forced to lie to my kids about that stuff. I mean, I couldn't tell a 3 year old, sorry, no Santa. I probably would have had my kids taken away! They figured it out pretty early on their own.

The only one I was cool with was the tooth fairy. OK, you're a tiny little kid and parts of your body are falling out and there's blood and stuff. FREAK OUT!!! But wait!! You get this FABULOUS loose change collection!!! SWEET!! Kids no longer scared shitless that their head is coming apart. I never figured out what the tooth fairy was for until the first time I had to dig through the couch for some change to slip under the kids pillow summon her for my kids.

What's that supposed to mean? The article clearly stated that Oregon doesn't allow the use of religious freedom as a defense for child mistreatment. Oregon is also the only state that allows euthanasia, which is what that law above is for, and I absolutely agree with it and think we're progressive for having it.

He saved these people.....

http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/0094/0094_01.asp

sorta. on the one hand, you've got verses like Jeremiah 17:5, which warn against trusting solely in yourself. on the other, you've got verses like 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15, which state in no uncertain terms that god don't truck with no layabouts. moreover, the parable of the talents in Matthew 25:14-30 seems to generally contraindicate waiting around for god to handle your business.

Yeah.

you've never seen Chick tracts before? they're awesome, man. i highly recommend them--comedy gold.

"i hate you and your jesus!"

I thought that was a joke as I was reading it. Poe's law in action!

Lets not forget that alot of super religous families have alot of 'control' of their childrens lives. Yay sure the kid had legal rights to say that he wanted treatment or not, but sure the parents may have either scared him saying "god will hate you if you get treatment" or "I will disown you if you dont go with what I say" kinda stuff. I think it should be better looked into

beware of... DARK DUNGEONS!

Real DMs don't give saving throws!

Jack Chick lives in a parallel universe.

That shit would be so funny if it wasn't so scary.

Or just surrounded with like minded people....

Millions of em.

Man, I've been gaming for 16 years, and I still haven't gotten to the level where they start teaching me real spells...

*rolls more dice*