This is bad. This is really bad. And this is only one of the really many bad things that religion (of any kind) imposes on humanity.

The infant girl, Ava Worthington, died March 2 from bacterial bronchial pneumonia and an infection, both of which could have been cured with common antibiotics, the medical examiner said.

But police say that instead of going to a doctor, 28-year-old Carl Worthington and his wife, Raylene, 25, opted to pray for their daughter.

as ABC reported (emphasis mine). Which sane parent would do this to their child? No sane parent I answer. Only highly deluded, religiously brainwashed, mentally retarded fundamentalists…

Though the revised law removed the so-called “spiritual-healing defense,” there is still a provision that allows judges to give parents a lighter sentence based on their beliefs.

Why?!? Why does the poor child have to suffer and eventually die because of his/her parents stupid beliefs?