Since I first saw this new article on an online forum, I’ve been watching it for updates to see how this unfolds. Long story short, the parents of 11-year-old Madeline Neumann decided that it’s best to pray and hope their daughter recovers from a deadly, but easily treatable, case of type-1 diabetes.
Normally I don’t get too worked up about the news, since with all that goes on, the homicide here and car bomb there just seems like the normal everyday world. This is one exception to that. Being a recent convert from Christianity to atheism after deciding that 1) I don’t believe in anything that I should and 2) learning more about how completely inaccurate the Bible is and that there’s even doubt to whether Christ even existed (I’m still undecided on this). Although this isn’t really the time to go into detail about this.
What I want to bring attention to is the parents of Madeline Neumann. While I couldn’t care less about what story you believe in, when what you believe in gets in the way of someone’s well-being, that is just absolutely wrong. So far I didn’t see anyone actually be on the side of these people, the closest I got was some who believe that they shouldn’t be charged with murder. We’re in the year two-thousand and eight in the twenty-first century. I seriously can’t believe that people will actually ignore all the knowledge we have.
The grandmother has told an investigator that Madeline was sick for about 1 week and was tired and weak, even to the point of being unable to stand up. At this point, she told the mother that she should see a doctor, which she decliend to do so, saying “that Madeline would be fine and God would heal her,” according to the police report. It was then on Easter Sunday when she fell into a diabetic coma and stopped breathing. It appears rather than calling 911, she instead called a relative in California who in turn called the police, although it was too late.
Right now investigations are still underway as to whether they should be charged with murder. The Neumann’s three other children have been placed in an undisclosed family member’s care. To me, they are murders and let their daughter die, despite efforts from family members to give her professional medical care.
May you rest in peace, Madeline Kara Neumann (1996-2008).
I hate cases like this, especially when the cure is so simple. Lots of kids get Type 1 diabetes — lots of Christian kids also. And guess what? They’re all alive because they had access to the medicine. It’s one thing to see a poor family refuse treatment because they can’t afford it, but a well-off family? I hope they charge the parents with murder. This is abominable. It is unfair and cruel to let someone suffer and die because of your beliefs, especially your own child.