Misguided Faith

In March last year an eleven-year-old girl from rural Wisconsin died of a treatable disease, undiagnosed diabetes. Her tragic death arose because despite not being able to walk, talk, eat or drink, her parents failed to seek medical help. Instead she was surrounded by people who prayed for her.
Her father, Dale Neumann, was found guilty by a US court of killing his daughter by praying for her recovery rather than seeking medical care. Neumann's wife, Leilana, was convicted earlier this year.
Medical experts told the court that the girl could have survived if she had received treatment, including insulin and fluids, before she stopped breathing.
Neumann, who in the past had studied to be a Pentecostal minister, was reported as saying, "If I go to a doctor, I am putting the doctor before God," he said "I am not believing what he said he would do."
This tragic act of misguided faith prematurely ended the life of an innocent young girl, who's parents lost sight of the fact that they had a duty to love their daughter as well as God.