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He's Mennonite. They don't believe in any English medicine/science. If someone dies, it's God's will.
I'll never understand the position. If a deadly disease is God's will, then so is the vaccine which prevents it.
Mennonites have no problem using blades to cut their hair, wearing glasses when their vision is faulty, or using soap after wiping their ass. Why are they against medicine?
Because they don't like it, and like all religious groups... if They don't like it, then its against gods will. And if they like it, then it is gods will.
Which is why god hates vaccines, but loves child rape and wife beating, at least for these Amish-type religious communities. (and probably most of the republican party....)
"It's easier to fool a man than to convince him he'd been fooled." - Mark Twain
There are many kinds of Mennonites. Most that I know are pretty scientific and well-educated.
Then why are they mennonites?
I think this question could be interpreted in many ways, but typically education is correlated with more religious participation.
For Mennonites specifically, education is one of their core values. They also did a study on what matters most to their members that you can check if you're interested: https://www.mennoniteusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/MC-USA-Report-FN-compressed-1.pdf
Personally, I think a lot of their belief system and activism efforts just make sense and appeal based on their own merits.
Then why are they anti-vaxxers?
Unpopular opinion: I actually respect this. It's a personal decision not put upon anyone else, has nothing to do with political mis/disinformation, and is entirely consistent with the rest of their beliefs.
I don't have to agree with them to respect how they choose to live their lives. Especially if they will keep their kids in seclusion if displaying symptoms and wear masks themselves when coming into town.
Maybe they'll die, but that's not my call to make, nor can I force them to live my way (nor do I want to).
Your premise is faulty. The dead child had their personal decision made for them. Its one thing to deny yourself medical care, its another thing entirely to deny a child medical care.
yeah the kid 100% had their dumbass parent's decision 'put upon' them.....how this is anything other than child abuse/manslaughter is beyond me - whether they're in a fringe religious group or not, they are still killing people that didn't have a real say in that outcome.
Do, ingest or smoke whatever the hell you want. Bring a kid into it and that’s a whole different ballgame. PD tends to get involved, for better or worse
Except the dead kid
Yes there is that. It's a tricky one too bc likely if you were to ask the kid, they would consent to whatever the family says to do. On the other hand, it's definitely not "informed consent".
Then again, I choose not to become thought police, so long as the parents themselves give informed consent. The alternative would be to take the child away from their parents, which is also a bad outcome.
Like I said, it's "tricky".
Strong disagree. I'm not talking about thought policing, I'm talking about punishing actual decisions that directly lead to the death of a child. People can think and say what they want about vaccines. But when their decision to not get their kid vaccinated directly leads to that kid's death, that crime leaves the realm of thought.
We as a society don't hesitate to take children away from parents who beat them, or punish parents who kill them by a malnutrition, and we go rabid over hot cars. These aren't thought crimes, they are physical actions that physically harm children, and they deserve punishment.
I'm not into being supportive of people that want to live in the 1500s for dumb reasons.
1500's? The measles vaccine was first developed in 1963. The MMR vaccine came out in 1971.
I'm sorry your struggling with my statement. Do you need help figuring out how >before< works?
what do you mean "not put on anyone else"? you think if it's a personal decision the disease they catch becomes respectful and tries not to infect vulnerable people around them? yes it is put upon everyone else.
and that's for adults. in this case the decision was put upon the poor little girl who needed them to shield her from the most basic preventable ailments. what other personal decision would you respect? "yeah she ran around with that kitchen knife but we decided not to interfere with god's will." wow parents, at least she only hurt herself with that knife, good job on not stabbing other children with it.
Except herd immunity is actually important.
These people tend to live apart from society. And I did say:
To address that exact issue.
Perhaps you meant within their own society, but that's different bc it is consensual. I am not about to force others to share my viewpoints, so long as they likewise respect mine.
big difference between Mennonites and the Amish I'm pretty sure you're thinking of
It depends on their sect. The ones that are around where my grandparents used to live did not believe in science or technology. Seemed a lot like the Amish, but definitely were not.