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Bristlecone

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19. Always with the god excuse.

Reply to erronis (Original post)

Thu Feb 19, 2026, 10:00 PM

18 hrs ago

No shitty decision is ever their own. No perverse outcome by their own hands too terrible that it can’t be explained away as gods plan.

I hope the kid is gets better. But I hope the parents suffer for life.

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This Is Child Abuse -- Digby [View all] erronis 20 hrs ago OP

parents sound like religious nutcases Skittles 20 hrs ago #1

"We're negligent assholes, but it's really God's fault - CERTAINLY not our fault!" hatrack 20 hrs ago #2

Oh, but they're "not blaming God for this" Wednesdays 20 hrs ago #10

Yes, it is. Solly Mack 20 hrs ago #3

They'd rather have a dead child than a kid with autism. WhiskeyGrinder 20 hrs ago #4

Which isn't even BigMin28 20 hrs ago #6

Not only are they willing to kill their child for Jesus, mercuryblues 20 hrs ago #5

Why's he in the hospital then? Take him home. See if god wants to save him. IcyPeas 20 hrs ago #7

She is a terrible mother Bettie 20 hrs ago #8

"But God has chosen Ethan for a reason. God is doing something, and we're gonna glorify his name regardless". chouchou 20 hrs ago #9

Disgusting excuse for a mother. wnylib 19 hrs ago #11

We're not blaming God for this. But God has chosen Ethan for a reason. God is doing sometning. patphil 19 hrs ago #12

religious nutcases Skittles 19 hrs ago #13

Dead children don't get autism. twodogsbarking 19 hrs ago #14

And we wouldn't change it any other way," the mom continued. "If I knew this could be the outcome, I still wouldn't have choie 19 hrs ago #15

"We're not blaming God for this," Intractable 19 hrs ago #16

they shouldn't blame god. god, from what i've heard, gives people FREE WILL orleans 18 hrs ago #18

stupid burns. but the majority of the unvaxed survived. pansypoo53219 18 hrs ago #17

Always with the god excuse. Bristlecone 18 hrs ago #19

NO child... GiqueCee 17 hrs ago #20

This says it all, Buddyzbuddy 17 hrs ago #21

All of their children should be taken from them. SamKnause 9 hrs ago #22