<div dir="ltr"><div>This absurd and medieval "faith healing" "legal" child abuse/manslaughter/murder is nothing new... The fact this has been allowed for many years is unfathomable, an excellent example of the cruel and irrational influence of religious faith that denies credible well established science, in this case medical science.  </div><div><br></div><div>The article from <strong>The Guardian.com offered a link to a website, <a href="http://magicvalley.com">magicvalley.com</a>, that was headlined "Otter Wants Lawmakers to Study Faith Healing and Child Deaths" dated Feb.11, 2016, but the text was blocked out indicating perhaps a subscription is required to read the text:</strong></div><div><strong><br></strong></div><div><strong><a href="http://magicvalley.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/otter-wants-lawmakers-to-study-faith-healing-and-child-deaths/article_8019d1eb-ef36-5655-af86-38a562b679c1.html">http://magicvalley.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/otter-wants-lawmakers-to-study-faith-healing-and-child-deaths/article_8019d1eb-ef36-5655-af86-38a562b679c1.html</a></strong></div><div>--------------------</div><div>But the influence of irrational religious faith extends to other very important scientific issues, such as seeking to grant a zygote full human legal status (abortion), denying women opportunities that genetics indicates they are fully capable of pursuing, and the anti-scientific denialism of anthropogenic global warming, based on religious assumptions.  This anti-scientific religious based denialism has a footing in the US Senate:</div><div><br></div><div><strong><font size="4">Watch a US Senator Cite the Bible to Prove That Humans Aren't Causing Global Warming</font></strong></div><div><strong><font size="4"><br></font></strong></div><div><strong><font size="4"><a href="http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/01/inhofe-climate-change-bible">http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2015/01/inhofe-climate-change-bible</a></font></strong></div><div><strong><font size="4">------------------------------------------</font></strong></div><div><strong><font size="4">Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</font></strong></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 10:08 AM, Ron Force <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ronforce@gmail.com" target="_blank">ronforce@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid"><div dir="ltr"><div><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/13/followers-of-christ-idaho-religious-sect-child-mortality-refusing-medical-help" target="_blank">http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/apr/13/followers-of-christ-idaho-religious-sect-child-mortality-refusing-medical-help</a>?<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br clear="all"></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2">Ron Force<br>Moscow Idaho USA</font></div></div></div>
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