I thought she was only a few months from turning 18 last year when all that was going on.
She turns 18 next Tuesday, and they are still trying to “force” her to do something?
That girl will never have any peace, poor child.
Rifqa:
You are stupid.
God gave us the gifts of science, Doctors, mitigating therapies, outright cures and medicine.
You were not healed by some Bennie Hinn, Bozo, wannabe.
I implore you to seek medical treatment and save your life.
God loves you.
Oh dear.
Perhaps she’s worried about being given an overdose by some Muslim doctor or orderly.
She’s a world-famous apostate after all.
He almost made it five years to the point where it would be unlikely to reoccur. It did though and he went through more radiation. Chemo-therapy would not have made a difference to the final outcome but it would have caused him tremendous suffering.
Under 0bamaCare will even adults have a choice about what they can and can't do?
I have to side with the God healers here. Although I go to the doctor, I pray as well. I never use the common Christian prayer of “giving wisdom or guidance to the doctors” because God doesn’t need a doctor to perform healing. I ask God to perform the healing. He can use doctors if he wants to and often does. BUT, I’m not going to tell Him how to do it. Pet peeve if you will. I know those asking for God to give the doctors guidance mean well, but like I said, I let God decide how to do it. I am against FORCING medical care on anyone who chooses to rely on prayer for healing. It’s their decision. Not the one I would make, but I don’t know the strength of their faith.
I think she should be able to make her own decision once she turns 18...apparently in the next week or so. Unfortunately, she’s fallen into the hands of some scam artists who will probably accuse her of having a lack of faith if she seeks a 2nd opinion on good advice.
Isn’t she an illegal immigrant?
And who is paying for all this medicine? US taxpayers?
In light of several of the comments made here, I think the following responses are warranted...
(1) It still amazes me that people — even Conservatives — are willing to take reports in the MSM at face value. This “news story” was quite probably written to portray Christians in the worst possible light, while portraying the Muslim parents of Miss Barry in a sympathetic light. Don’t be quite so gullible...
(2) Miss Barry has been treated with surgery for her cancer, and has apparently decided not to have follow-up with chemo-therapy. Since WE don’t know whether there are signs of metastasis, we don’t know if that was wise or not. The indication is that there was no spread, so she decided against chemo. If you’d ever have been through chemo, or seen someone go through it, you might understand.
(3) Miss Barry’s treatment may have been guided by the Christians who are in charge of her foster care, or they may be her decisions alone. They appear to be in conflict with her Muslim parents desires according to the media. Is this a real conflict, or one conjured up for the media and the courts?
(4) As to the theological suppositions regarding Christians and healing — some have speculated that those Christians who believe that “if you believe you can be medically healed according the the scripture ‘by his striped we are healed’” are silly. But look at it another way — can we as followers of Christ receive ANYTHING except through the ATONEMENT of Christ? NO. One more Question — Does Jesus still heal today? (I’m NOT speaking of “faith-healers,” the Benny Hinn’s of the world, but in general...?) Biblically, my understanding of scripture says emphatically, YES. So, believing in healing theologically is not the issue, in my view...
(5) Practically, should Miss Barry RELY SOLELY on “faith healing” to cure her cancer? Well, she didn’t, since she had surgery. If she still has signs and symptoms of cancer, and she is being advised to seek further treatment by medical professionals, but her “Christian” gaurdians or advisers are advising her not to seek treatment but merely to trust God despite the signs of problems, then the gaurdians are being negligent.
(6) The above points, however, are moot as of next Tuesday, because Miss Barry will be 18 on that day. She has the Liberty (as of now anyway) NOT to be treated for anything. It is indeed her l ife.
(7) No religion should “condemn” this young woman to death by “prohibiting” medical treatment. Nor should a religion — nor a government COMPEL someone to seek treatment that they do not want and that might not help. For an ADULT, this is a personal decision. For a child, this is a complex decisison that needs to be decided by the family itself... Should the Government step in and “save” a young person should the family decide the child should not have Chemo? Wow — that’s an argument I’m not comforrtable making — and one I’m NOT saying I wouldn’t make.
I’m just glad I don’t have to!
God watch over her. She has such different extreme challenges in her life at the same time and with those challenges complicating each other as well. Give her strength to “walk through the valley of the shadow of death”; knowing His peace is with her.
If this is a sane world at all, she’ll be free from legal interference in a couple of weeks. The court will have nothing more to say to her or about her. Her parents will find it hard to get the court clerk on the phone. They’ll have “it’s out of our hands” coming out of their ears.
And we will, if Rifqa wishes, hear HER side of it all at last.
Continue to pray for her.
Meanwhile...Rifqa, praise the Lord and pass the chemotherapy! Remember that joke about the fellow who prayed for a lottery win and God finally explained to him, “You have to buy the ticket.” It could be that the healing will miraculously occur during chemo. Buy that ticket, Rifqa. Long life to you.
Praise Jesus for Rifqa’s healing. I have been one of the many praying for this.