http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,341869,00.html
The mother of an 11-year-old girl who died of untreated diabetes said Wednesday that she did not know her daughter was terminally ill as she prayed for her to get better.
Madeline Neumann died Sunday from a treatable form of diabetes.
…an autopsy determined Madeline died from diabetic ketoacidosis, an ailment that left her with too little insulin in her body.
She had probably been ill for about 30 days, suffering symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, excessive thirst, loss of appetite and weakness…
The family does not belong to an organized religion or faith, Leilani Neumann said.
“We just believe in the Bible, that’s all,” she said. “This is our faith.”
Her husband added that, “We believe the word of God and live according to its precepts.”
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I once heard Todd Bentley teach that a person’s lack of faith can forfeit a healing. He used the example of an individual being healed of some malady - I believe it was cancer - by a faith healer, and then being told the next day by a physician that the cancer was still present in the person’s body. Bentley argued that the individual now needed to decide who he would trust: man or God. If that individual allowed the physician to sow doubt in his heart, he would forfeit the healing.
So, when Benny, or Todd, or any number of other “faith healers” proclaim a healing over you, and it does not come to pass, it’s your fault.
Bentley & Co. are directly responsible for this girl’s unnecessary death. Anyone who teaches “God vs. Medicine” played a part and should repent. Shame on you, Todd.
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http://www.americaslastdays.com/?page=theyshall-leilani
The dead girl’s mother posted twice on the above site. This tragedy should awaken us to the necessity of local church membership. We need one another to bring correction and rebuke when we stray from the faith into all kinds of sillinesses that sometimes have very serious consequences.
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Similar situation happened in my city last year wherein a woman and her newborn died due to lack of medical attention while the father/husband, a police officer, threw “The Book” at all those who tried to intervene (family and friends with varied philosophies on faith) on behalf of the woman before she died. How tragic that some can’t open their eyes to the gifts God gave us, including modern medicine. The horrors some suffer at the misuse of Free Will…
Wow, I really hope someone brings criminal negligence charges against this family.
Prayer usually works %100 of the time. I don’t know what could’ve possibly gone wrong. Was there a homosexual parade going on in the town at the time? Homosexuals can ofttimes fiddle with the prayers of decent God-fearing folks and thereby jam the signals that are meant for God. We must stop the scourge of homosexuality before it kills more little girls.
Er,…Jethra. That was quite a sweeping statement. Mind giving us a little scriptural back-up for how God suspends the prayers of His saints because others around them are committing sin? if that were true no prayer would ever be answered. Hope you were being sarcastic, because if not you are way off the grid.
I’m pretty sure Jethra was employing sarcasm. And I don’t think she’s the Scripture-citing type. But I could be wrong…
Whew, that’s a relief because I thought maybe by some chance we might be talking to yet another radical fringe type who was seriously out there in la-la land.
http://thegreycoats.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/an-e-mail-to-unleavened-bread-ministries/
Nate at The Grey Coats has responded to Unleavened Bread Ministries (the site above where the dead girl’s mother had posted) in light of this unnecessary tragedy.
Well done!