Very well stated - I agree whole-heartedly.
One of my close friends is a category 3 atheist (although has been so since grad school 30+ years ago). He and I were talking one day about how he had met one of the Sitka 'serious' fundies (the ones that see all of Christianity as a simple series of steps with everything black and white. No discussion, no other sides, etc.). He asked the man if he was raised that way, and was told that he was raised in a weakly religious, agnostic household, and became a Christian in his early 20's.
The conclusion of this discussion was whether or not my friend was doing the right thing raising his son as an atheist, as it seems the most knowledgeable atheists were those raised religious. He said (and I love this comparison!) that possibly fundamentalism is like chickenpox, it is fairly mild if you catch it when young, but pretty devastating as an adult.
Of course he was not serious, he would not delude his child. In fact, his son is pretty amazing. I watched him (he is 13!) absolutely pwn the college chaplain on how Genesis 1-2 simply do not tell the same story that science has discovered.
Doctor Bashir: "Of all the stories you told me, which were true and which weren't?"
Elim Garak: "My dear Doctor, they're all true"
Doctor Bashir: "Even the lies?"
Elim Garak: "Especially the lies"