Faith related death trial wrapping up.

Closing arguments have concluded in the Oregon trial of two parents who knowingly let their 15-month-old daughter Ava Worthington die from a treatable cyst because their church does not believe in medical treatment. As their baby girl lay on a bed dying of pneumonia brought on by an untreated cyst Raylene and Carl Worthington simply joined hands with friends and prayed. The Oregon City based church The Followers of Christ have also lost two other children to their beliefs in the last few years. A 16-year-old boy, Ava’s uncle, died four months after Ava from the very treatable blocked urinary tract he painfully suffered from for months. Doctors have said routine antibiotics would have saved both of them from their parent's faith. Ava died from pneumonia and blood poisoning after a cyst on her neck was left untreated for almost a year, according to news sources. In case you agree with watching children die there is a defense fund for you. A county prosecutor is asking for conviction on manslaughter and criminal neglect, which sounds rather kind.The Worthington's are hiding behind freedom of religion, despite the fact that the children of their cult had no protections from it.

I wonder what these folks do when their toilet clogs? Do they all gather around the toilet and pray, or call a plumber? Or what if Ava had been shot? Would they gather around and pray while she bled out?  Ava’s uncle could have used a plumber to unblock the urinary tract that killed him.

"There's nothing they've done to prove to me that they could've cured her. Maybe yes, maybe no. They wasn't sure they could've done anything themselves. I know all things are possible with God. So that's where I wanted it at. That's where I would've been anyway if they couldn't have done anything," the girl’s father Carl Worthington said.

I can’t even begin to point out the major fallacies with that statement. And the fact that it cost an innocent young girl her life is beyond sad.

Did God not provide man with the knowledge to heal? Is healing the Devil’s work? If this is some form of God related fatalism, then why bother even getting up in the morning? Why not just lay in bed and wait for God to call? This may be an extreme case of religious insanity, but it is yet another example.

"So you think her chances of survival were just as good as she lay in your bed, as they would have been if Dr. Mattea would have seen her?" the D.A. asked.

"I think they were better," Carl Worthington replied.