What's worse is that we now have some evidence that psychological trauma can be passed down via malformed sperm from the father.

Apparently, stress from psychological damage can inhibit the abilitiy of males to produce healthy sperm, thus the offspring of said male are implied to have inherited some of the same damage, which leads to life difficulties and then more stress, and so on.

And since there's no question that ingraining children with an unjustified sense of fear is one notable crime religion must answer for, it can now be inferred that some flavors of religious expression cause biological harm, thanks to science.

I, if course, speak from experience on this, owing to the fact that there are two distinct facets of my family history which stand out prominently - deep religious devotion and mental illness.