Bože, uzeo si krivog Thompsona

Baltimora (SAD)–  Javon Thompson (1 god.) umro je od neishranjenosti jer nije bio u stanju reći “amen” nakon jela. Odgovorne osobe za djetetovu smrt su njegova majka Ria Ramkissoon (21), poznata kao aktivna članica vjerske sekte Mind Ministries, te stanovita Queen Antoinette (alias Toni Ellsberry, aka Toni Sloan, 40 g.), poznatija kao glavni guru navedene grupe vjerskih fanatika. Sudski akti koji opisuju cijeli slučaj navode da su članovi sekte odbili potražiti medicinsku pomoć nakon što je Javon prestao disati, te da su isti prethodno nagovorili majku da prestane hraniti svoje dijete zbog navodne demonske prisutnosti u njegovom tijelu:

The documents show police interviewed two school-age children who had been part of the group but were removed from it by Philadelphia police. The children told investigators that members stopped feeding Javon in December 2006, in part because the boy refused to say “amen” after dinner. The children also claimed that members of the group viewed Javon as “a demon”.

Javon je umro u majčinom naručju, a u istražiteljskim iskazima stoji da je njegova neishranjenost započela u 15 mjesecu života, odnosno u prosincu 2006. Nakon Javonove smrti, sekta je čuvala leš u nadi da će svemoćni Bog spasiti njegovu dušu:

After Javon died from starvation his body was left in a room for more than a week as Antoinette claimed “God was going to raise Javon from the dead”, according to police reports. Police also allege the boy’s body was then placed in a green suitcase and left for such a long time that Antoinette would periodically open it and spray with disinfectant to mask the odour.

Baka nedužne žrtve tvrdi da je glavni krivac sama sekta, a ne njezina kći:

“My daughter was a victim, just like my grandson. She didn’t willingly decide, ‘I’m going to kill my son.’” Mrs Khadan-Newton told the paper.”It’s not like that. Somebody made that decision to not feed that child, and my daughter had to follow instructions.”

So much about the usefulness of religion, especially within the family. Amen.

Izvori:

UAAR (Unione degli Atei e degli Agnostici Razionalisti)

TIMESONLINE