http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:59:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24048/followers-of-christ-church-faith-healing-tiral http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24048/followers-of-christ-church-faith-healing-tiral#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:23:40 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24048 A doctor considered an expert in the disease that killed a 16-year-old Oregon City boy told a jury Thursday that the boy could have been saved right up to the last minute if his faith-healing parents had sought medical care.

The parents are members of the Followers of Christ Church and reject doctors in favor of faith healing through prayer, anointing with oil and laying on hands.

The church has left a trail of dead children in its wake.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24048/followers-of-christ-church-faith-healing-tiral/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24028/trial-raises-new-questions-in-faith-healing-debate http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24028/trial-raises-new-questions-in-faith-healing-debate#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:25:35 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24028 How can teenage children make informed decisions if they've never been to a doctor, have no understanding of their condition and have been raised to reject medical treatment? Do children have the right to refuse medical care?

How much responsibility do parents have for the health of teenage children?

These questions may be answered when yet again two members of the Followers of Christ Church cult will stand trial in the death of a child]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24028/trial-raises-new-questions-in-faith-healing-debate/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22634/followers-of-christ-church-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22634/followers-of-christ-church-2#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:04:56 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22634 Neal Beagley, 16, died because of bladder complications nearly four months ago. Authorities said his parents belong to the Followers of Christ Church, a religion relying on prayer in place of medical care.

Several of the Beagleys' relatives attended the arraignment, including their daughter, Raylene Worthington and her husband, Carl, whose 15-month-old daughter died under similar circumstances in March. The Worthingtons are awaiting trial on charges of manslaughter and criminal mistreatment.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22634/followers-of-christ-church-2/feed 0