Summary Of Trust In God By Winston Ross

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In the article “Trust in God” it’s obvious that author, Winston Ross, wants us to be against the Worthingtons, although they did have the right to do what they did. The Worthingtons believed that they could heal their child with the help of God, but they also tried some things on their own, and fed her diluted wine and took out phlegm from her throat with the kind of suction bulb used to baste a turkey. The Worthingtons might have been within their rights, but what they did was kill their child. In the article, the coroner clearly explains, “Almost up until the end, if they had gotten her adequate medical treatment, they would have been able to help her.” Phil Davis, the church's director of legislative and media affairs, insists that

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