Theos-Talk Archives (April 1995 Message tl00022)

Paul: <I thought they or others might be interested
in an article I just read in the April Atlantic Monthly.
It is about the children of CS parents, including those
who have suffered and died as the result of withholding
of medical treatment. >

Thanks Paul. I haven't read the article, but I can imagine
what it says.  My father died last year of a stroke.  He
was a devout CS,  and requested that he be allowed to die
peacefully in bed rather than be taken to a hospital, and
that is what happened.  On the other hand, my mother died
over 20 years ago from complications with a brain tumor.
She was a good CS, but at that time my father wasn't so he
took her to a hospital.  They operated on the brain tumor.
The operation was a success, but she never came out of the
anesthesia.   So, although people die in CS, they die in
hospitals too.  I am no longer into CS at all, but my
formative years in that organization have left me today
with a healthy distrust of doctors and medical science in
general.   I read an article recently in USNews&WRep or Time
(??) about the internal probelms (including financial) that
the church is having in Boston.  Glad I am out of it.

The problem of children of CS parents has always been a
thorny issue.  My wife and I always took ours to the doctor
and gave them medication, etc.  None are in CS today,
including me and my wife (who is a good Methodist com
theosophist).

        Jerry S.