If I remember, the devil “bowed his head because he knew that he’d been beat”. So why did the devil give up so easily? Surely the trickster would have come up with some obscure reason for him to win the contest, unless he deliberately lost for an ulterior motive.
I don’t wish suffering on them. Their child is dead. They’re suffering enough. They’re likely to just hold stronger to whatever beliefs they have and blame whatever bs reason they can think of.
I hope they learn. They learn that there are truths and things in this world that are real, and everything isn’t some messed up conspiracy theory. That you can challenge others beliefs as long as you also challenge your own.
The fact that their choice to not vaccinate contributed directly to their child’s death is a hard pill to swallow, but let’s hope they swallow it all the same.