Which is the cause, which the effect: religious fundamentalism <=> brain impairment

[drfuzzy]

GC,

I was raised in a fundamentalist evangelical Christian church; I know all about Christian fundamentalist beliefs.  As a preteen, I used to have night terrors where I would run around screaming because I was "in Hell", as I was taught by my Church that such is the eternal destiny of homosexuals, or, in my case, transgenders.

I think that Christian fundamentalism is a form of child abuse.

Dawn

^^^  
"I was raised in a fundamentalist evangelical Christian church; I know all about Christian fundamentalist beliefs."  My Mother would always say (when I had done something wrong, like miss some dust on my baseboards) that I hadn't prayed hard enough, and God knew about my evil heart, and if I didn't mend my ways I would be left behind when Jesus came back.  One day I came home from a lesson and nobody was there.  I ran to the neighbors house and nobody was there either.  They came home from the store 15 minutes later to find me curled up in my closet, sobbing.  I had been left behind!   My Mother was delighted.  What a wonderful lesson!
    And don't even get me started on what the Christian Bible School library books said about homosexuality. 
    Or about the preachers who gave lectures on how all scientists were servants of the devil, or about the demonic messages hidden in rock music, or about various popular games led to demon possession, or how women who worked outside of the home would eventually murder their children.  

"I think that Christian fundamentalism is a form of child abuse."  Seconded.