For decades, Idaho laws have allowed parents who belong to the Followers of Christ and other faith-healing sects to pray rather than seek medical care. Since 2015, at least 15 children have died of treatable conditions.
For some families like Liam and Malachi’s, the death of a child wasn’t a one-time tragedy: Records show at least five sets of parents have lost multiple children, a phenomenon that has not previously been reported.
“My neighbor said God keeps killing his babies so I asked how many babies he has and he said whenever a baby dies he just makes a new one so I said it just sounds like he’s just feeding babies to God and then his wife started crying”
“My neighbor said God keeps killing his babies so I asked how many babies he has and he said whenever a baby dies he just makes a new one so I said it just sounds like he’s just feeding babies to God and then his wife started crying”