That kid sadly became a victim of her parents belief that opinions are better than facts.
this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2025
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If he had gotten her the vaccine, what was she going to do? Die harder?
Nothing says love like preventing your child from having 1 small shot. Why even bother having kids?
Should've tried Brawndo- It Has What Measles Doesn't Want!
"We don’t like the vaccinations, what they have these days. We heard too much, and we saw too much."
I want to know what he heard and saw about vaccines, and where he heard and saw it.
I think a lot of the issues in these extremely conservative communities is due to them being unable to rectify the contradictions between religious beliefs and the scientific method.
Probably has less to do with religion and more with not being able to distinguish between reputable and non reputable sources.
Seriously, what exactly do you think "religious faith" is, if not strongly believing in something despite lack of evidence (i.e., exactly the antithesis of the Scientific Method)?
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if it's not from the church it's not reputable, and they're trained that way by the church from the moment they're kids.
I live in a country where nobody goes to church (France) and we have the same crazy persons.
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Totally rational point of view and not at all cult-like behavior. /s
The kids don’t deserve to die, but the parents deserve to lose them.
No shit. His choices are to either double down or admit to himself that he killed his daughter.
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