Indeed, many of the people who fell for mythology fanboy lies,did so because:
[1] They were targeted for indoctrination while still in infancy, before they had the opportunity to develop proper critical faculties, and were deliberately prevented from enjoying a proper education in this regard (that old Jesuit aphorism, “give me the child until the age of seven, and I will give you the man” springs very much to mind here);
[2] They were targeted for indoctrination after their physical and mental resources were exhausted due to some catastrophe. It’s a well known tactic to send out “missionaries” to disaster areas, with the explicit aim of recruiting new mythology fanboys from among the shell shocked.
Then of course, you have slimeballs like Ray Comfort, Kirk Cameron and Ken Ham, who realise that lucrative careers can be built upon selling lies to the uneducated and the vulnerable.
We’re dealing with a ruthless, strongly motivated enemy willing to play dirty to achieve hegemony for their venomous ideas. We need to devise effective and efficient means of halting their malfeasance.