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I think the vitriol is based on the undisputed fact that a baby died.  That sort of thing upsets people, even the most tolerant of them.

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Many people who called themselves Christians in the Middle Ages believed that doctors were given their abilities by Satan (e.g. witches).  At least no one is burning doctors at the stake yet (although health care reform IS on the way...)

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It occurred to me that this case is quite similar to a case of human sacrifice.  If someone threw their daughter into a volcano to appease a god, I hope we can all agree that it would be wrong.  Isn't it therefore wrong to sit and watch that daughter die to appease a god?  It seems like the difference between human sacrifice and faith healing is the difference between murder and manslaughter: one is an "active" crime and the other is a "passive" or "negligent" one.  I realize that my language is incendiary, but it's just strange to me that everyone agrees that volcano healing is wrong but there's suddenly a debate when you use "faith" instead.

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"Because I don't think the government knows best how to school my kids."

Is she saying that the government has NOTHING to say about how people school their children? Or that the government can't say everything about how to raise her children? It seems like the latter is a strawman but the former is false on its face... Or would she agree that the government has no role to play in the education of children - hers or anyone else's?

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