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Looks like you haven't been indoctrinated into fundamentalist religion then. Maybe you are a part of the indoctrination cycle and this is some defense mechanism. Its not far off. I don't think you understand what a toxic doctrine is or what makes it toxic. For example Jesus teaching that thinking something "sinful" was just as bad as doing it (oh the OCD this creates.)... Heres another one....that you are worthless, damned and evil to the core. Heres another one, Without our belief system, you are going to burn and be tormented forever and ever and ever.(This is very impactful with kids, fear anxiety, coercion to conform). These are what one would call oppressive beliefs. You wouldnt know that if you hadnt actually tried to live them before. The graph and post are not intellectually dishonest, or hard to understand.
Children dont really develop strong critical thinking or rational thinking skills strong enough to withstand or fend off religious pressure until about the ages of 15-20. 86% of converts to christianity do so before the age of 14(children). 96% before age 30. Indoctrination is about pounding these ideas, beliefs, dogmas, etc.. into a child's head as effortlessly as possible; the child trusts and cannot mount an arguement against it. The child also wants to please the parents because it depends on them for survival.
Faith is actually the inverse of critical thinking. In a sense, it is backwardness. Critical thinking is about evidence based truth. Faith is about belief without or in spite of the evidence. Many philosophers have recognized that religion suppresses critical thought. Dogma, fear, isolation.. well all the factors she listed basically play into this. How many well adjusted critically thinking people have you met that were raised in strict fundementalist households? The proof is in the pudding.
She has a book called leaving the fold on amazon. You can read the reviews, there are basically like testimonials on damage healing from people who have bought and read the book. Its rated 4.5/5 stars. http://www.amazon.com/Leaving-Fold-Marlene-Winell/product-reviews/1933993235/ref=dp_db_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1