Faithfulness to Faith

There is a debate in the courts about Christian Science.  It is saying that children of this faith need to be protected from it, that they should not have to rely on spiritual healing, though their parents are free to.  It is the same argument that would say Christian children of the early centuries would not have to join their parents in the Coliseum, since their lives were more important that the community's faith.  If believing, and in some instances believing on behalf of our children, did not sometimes require risk it would not be believing.  There is a risk, and as in this case, there was death but death is not always the worst prospect.  Faithfulness to self and to the faith itself is sometimes more essential.