And his family is guilty of child abuse and murder in my book.
Dunking him in the Ganges?! Why not just drop him in the local sewer? Pretty much the same thing.
some people are too stupid to breed.
The Ganges must be the filthiest water on the face of the earth. Lots of pics showing how disease-ridden it is, if you look around.
The procedure was adopted from the book of how to deal with witches.
If they they weigh the same as a duck...
Never heard of soaking somebody in poop curing anybody.
Per their Hindu culture, it was an extreme act of faith and humility before God (ok, Hindu gods...), asking for a grace/blessing.
The search for (miracle) cures through purely divine intervention is not restricted to peasants in India, but is common (and valid) throughout the world
BUT its important to understand - God gave us Faith, and also, Reason - and both should used
A family member who was stationed along china India border said the locals would take a dump in the river while others were down steam swimming and drinking the water.
Death cures all illnesses.
Had he survived, the bacteria in his airway would have had a party.
Let’s import 20 or 30 million of these idiots while we’re at it.
The child died of a false religion.
And we let people from India into the US...
Can they cure Biden’s dementia?
There are plenty of stupid people in the west who are doing awful things to kids. For instance, public school teachers.
Is it really superstitious when it is part of a religion?
Just to make sure I found a definition of superstitious that said "irrational fear of what is unknown or mysterious, especially in connection with religion."
Even with that definition, the parents were not being superstitious.
The article was actually an attack on faith however misguided.
I was going to say something similar.
Reminds me of how progressive non western countries really are. No one seems to be stampeeding to get there.