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The story began in early 2017, when Abigail Piland was born without any obvious problems. But when the midwife who helped deliver her checked back the next day, Abigail didn’t look healthy. The midwife told mother Rachel Piland to take the child to a hospital because the baby “could suffer brain damage or die if not properly cared for.”

Rachel refused, insisting “God makes no mistakes.”

Days later, Abigail was dead. (Rachel and her husband Joshua then prayed for Abigail’s resurrection. Surprise: That didn’t work, either.)

A medical examiner later attributed the death to “unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia and kernicterus,” both jaundice-related problems that were treatable. Abigail never had the chance to see a doctor when blood was coming out of her mouth, or when she wasn’t eating, or when her skin became further discolored. All because her parents put more trust in God than someone who could actually help.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Hope they spend their lives (if not locked up) having that thrown in their face by every interaction they have with another human.

Stuff like "oh man, how old is your kid now? Oh wait..."

Or "oh man, this kid is beautiful. Having a kid you love is so wonderful. I can't imagine ever doing anything to hurt them. What kinda jerk would I be? "

Just constant, never letting up, never showing down. Every sentence from every person they try to speak to. Including their doctors.

Hopefully they'll clean themselves up pretty quick. If you know what I mean.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

You want to know the absolute saddest part of the whole thing? I saw this headline and my first thought was "Oh no, another one of these."

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

this site should be banned. It's posting crypto "news" aka misinformation after each of their posts. They use Murder Porn to get eyes on their site so they can push their bs crypto nonsense on to their visitors.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Why should it be banned just because you don't like crypto?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They are literally advertising speculative blockchain products

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Ok let me rephrase

They are literally advertising scams

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Crypto scams exist, yes, but crypto itself is not a scam. I'll admit I didn't dig deep into the website but from what I saw they were mainly talking about BTC, which isn't a scam coin.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago

Damn those atheist baby killers at planned parenthood! Taking good jobs from pious christians!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

I want to say "unforced error", but that really undersells how fucked up this is.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Maybe they’ll find god in prison.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

That site is so littered with obnoxious ads that I have trouble taking it seriously.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Amazing. They believe in God, they pray for their babies health, and when He sends the midwife to save the baby, they ignore His sign.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Do you think God stays in heaven because humans turned out to be far too irritating and self-destructive to be worth dealing with?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

For a more serious answer (from someone who still doesn't believe, especially in the moronic sky daddy of christians)... sort of. God kicked humans out of the garden of eden (and his presence) because humans accepted the gift of knowledge.

Just like how most parents aren't going to solve all of your problems once you're shipped off to college, God's not going to do shit for us. We've been specifically told as much, so religous people constantly praying and expecting miracles is particularly hilarous and pathetic to me. Braindead fools completely ignoring their own teachings.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What's the religious equivalent of taking all your laundry home on the holidays so your mother can do it for you? We need that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

No, that would be believing what ever "moral" BS your pastor imagines and spouts over the pulpit. We need FEWER people letting someone else do their thinking for them, not more...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There is a family guy episode about something similar. Stewie becomes friends with another kid from a very religious family. The kid has cancer and the parents refuse to get treatment and prefer to pray the cancer away. Crazy that these people actually exist. Though I can’t say that I am surprised…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

We really need them out of our world.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The system will go easy on them, being white, Christian, and Conservative. They'll do a few months. Then they'll have another kid, because bible.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago

The article literally says that they have been convicted for decades.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The sentencing is in the article. 20-45 years, largely because they showed no remorse and claimed they would do it again

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Here come the "fake christian" remarks we all know so well.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

aren't all Christians fake since god isn't real?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

True, but from their perspective, anyone who doesn't follow their interpretation of Christianity is a "fake Christian".

...but, the inverse is also true.

The "fake Christian"'s idea of Christianity makes you their "fake Christian".

It's almost like religion is based on bullshit and interpretive.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

oh right they are fake christians, not all of us are like this........ lmao

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