Ashya King, a five-year British boy with a brain tumor was snatched from his Hospital room by his own parents this week. This boy needs medical attention and medicines of the contrary could die in few days. The boy is fed through feed system by batteries that will expire on few days.
Upon seeing, his parents belong to religious group(or sect) Jehovah's Witnesses who don't allow the blood transfusions.
It's incredible to think in some parents seeing to die to their own son obeying their own religious rules. How a religion can blind to a man!
Finally these parents, looked for Interpol by European arrest warrant, were captured to Spanish police near Marbella, South of Spain. And the boy was sent to nearest hospital.
I have always learned to respect other religions but how is it possible to respect religions that don't respect life?
Link from Spanish police asking help.
Ashya King, a five-year-OLD British boy with a brain tumor, was snatched(1) from his [h]ospital room by his own parents this week. This boy needs medical attention and medicines, OTHERWISE HE could die in A few days. The boy is fed through A feedING system by batteries that will expire IN A few days.
ReplyDeleteAPPARENTLY, his parents belong to religious group (or sect) CALLED Jehovah's Witnesses, who don't allow [] blood transfusions.
It's incredible to think OF some parents seeing [] their own son DIE, obeying their own religious rules. How a religion can blind [] a man!
Finally these parents, looked for BY Interpol WITH A European arrest warrant, were captured BY Spanish police near Marbella, IN THE South of Spain. And the boy was sent to THE nearest hospital.
I have always learned to respect other religions, but how is it possible to respect religions that don't respect life?
Link from Spanish police asking FOR help.
(1) Great verb, meaning "to take quickly or surreptitiously". Now you have to look "surreptitiously"! :-)
This is a difficult situation. We value freedom of religion, but we also have a responsibility to protect children from neglect and mistreatment.
I didn't know that Jehovah's Witnesses were opposed to blood transfusions. I wonder what they base that on.
According to them, it is said in the Bible:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.jw.org/es/ense%C3%B1anzas-b%C3%ADblicas/preguntas/biblia-transfusiones-sangre/