I came across this in the New York Times

This is exactly the type of story that confirms me in my belief that religion can be extremely dangerous. Thankfully the world isn't full of people who consider faith healing to be a viable solution to problems such as bacterial pneumonia in infants, but I think what disturbs me most about this article is the fact that the parents were sentenced to PROBATION and "ordered to ensure regular medical care for their seven surviving children", when a more appropriate charge would have been child abuse and neglect. These parents let their 2 year old son suffer for two full weeks, ignoring an obvious medical condition that was not improving on its own. I am deeply disturbed that bringing religion into the issue seems to have downgraded the crime and resulted in a punishment of probation because the parents had no "intent" of neglecting and killing their child, even though it was exactly what had happened.

This is a lesson in what brainwashing can do to people. It is sad mostly because the parents thought what they were doing was right.