you are holding forth at great length that if only they were INFORMED correctly, they'd "believe" exactly the same things you do.

Well, yes, but I don't care at all what people believe in and of itself. But the fact is that "being taken to hospital in an ambulance, being seen by doctors and having evidence-based medicine practised upon you" has been repeatedly shown to have a curative effect, and (as noted in the original blog post) prayer has been repeatedly shown to have no discernible effect. I am in favour of encouraging treatment that we have proved over treatment that we have repeatedly failed to prove. Freedom of belief is all well and good, but surely people have a right to see the relevant information before they make their decision? I'm totally against forcing anyone to have treatment they don't want, but equally, if their decision is not informed, or is informed by a delusion, then any freedom they may feel they have is illusory. Their decision is dictated to them, not by threat or intimidation but by the misinformation fed to them previously.