There are two well known religions that avoid conventional medical treatment the Jehovah Witnesses and the Christian Scientist

There are numerous examples from many different states. An 11 year old boy named Ian Lundman, living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, a child of Christian Scientist followers, died of diabetes. He was treated by a Christian Science Practitioner, and an unlicensed Christian Science nurse. He exhibited symptoms such as vomiting, labored breathing and eventually a diabetic coma. The nurse never attempted to get medical care and she never encouraged the mother to contact a licensed professional to look at her son. A 16 month old named Matthew Swan died from spinal meningitis in Detroit, Michigan, under the care of a Christian Science Practitioner. The practitioner told the parents that the child was being healed, after 2 weeks he told the parents that he believed that the child may have had a broken bone. They are allowed to seek treatment for bone setting by a professional. By the time he received care he was diagnosed with Hemophilus influenza meningitis, it was to late and he only lived for a week. Harrison Johnson a 2 year old from Tampa, Florida was stung by wasps 432 times. The family, believers of The Fellowship didn’t seek medical treatment till 7 hours after the stings occurred. They did, however, have neighborhood children and church members pray for him during that time. When the EMT’s arrived he was no longer breathing and there was no pulse (“Victims”, 2000). In each of these cases the parents and the church believed that they were doing what was right in the eyes of God, and that they were giving the child proper care. They hold the tenant that God will heal them if they are meant to be healed and that it is left in God’s hands according to Wallace (2002).

s, there are many other smaller sects that carry similar beliefs and they are as follows: The Body “The Body of Christ”, Bible Readers Fellowship, Church of the First Born, End Time Ministries, Faith Assembly, Full Gospel Deliverance Church, Faith Tabernacle Congregation, Christ Church, Grace Baptist Church, and Home in Zion Ministries, there are probably others but these are the ones currently recognized according to Robinson (2002). The one thing that all these religions have in common is that somewhere in their translation of the bible they believe that God has told them not to allow for any other form of medical treatment other than prayer, and occasionally the use of oils or everyday h

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