Killed by religion

A truly tragic story from Wisconsin, where a couple of religious whackos allowed their 11-year-old daughter to die needlessly:

WESTON -- An 11-year-old girl died after her parents prayed for healing rather than seek medical help for a treatable form of diabetes, police said Tuesday.

Everest Metro Police Chief Dan Vergin said Madeline Neumann died Sunday.

"She got sicker and sicker until she was dead," he said.

Vergin said an autopsy determined the girl died from diabetic ketoacidosis, an ailment that left her with too little insulin in her body, and she had probably been ill for about 30 days, suffering symptoms like nausea, vomiting, excessive thirst, loss of appetite and weakness.

The girl's parents, Dale and Leilani Neumann, attributed the death to "apparently they didn't have enough faith," the police chief said.

They believed the key to healing "was it was better to keep praying. Call more people to help pray," he said.

The mother believes the girl could still be resurrected, the police chief said.

Some religious adherents ask why freethinkers speak out against the folly of superstitious belief, and here is  prima facie evidence to demonstrate  the harm that occurs when people substitute religious fantasy for reason.

This couple should have taken their daughter to the hospital where she could receive proper treatment for her illness, instead of leaving her in agony while they chanted their useless nonsense.

These cretins allowed their daughter to die painfully from a treatable illness, yet the cops think that is not abuse.

That's insane.