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Ex-member of faith-healing sect faced agonizing choice over son's illness
Original: WATCH: Marshall Phillips was a sixth-generation member of a faith-healing sect. When his son became gravely ill, he had
Marshall Phillips, a sixth-generation member of a faith-healing sect, was forced to decide whether to defy his religious community and seek medical care for his gravely ill son or let him die. His decision later placed him at the center of another family's tragedy. The story, reported by ProPublica, has drawn attention to the clash between religious practices and modern medicine.
Why now: People are reacting to the painful conflict between religious faith and medical care, and its fatal consequences.
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- WATCH: Marshall Phillips was a sixth-generation member of a faith-healing sect. When his son became gravely ill, he had to decide: defy his faith and seek medical care or let him die. That choice eventually put him at the center of another family’s tragedy. https://www.… · ProPublica@newsie.social · 29
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