Feel for you Oompa. My wife and I discussed the article as well. The spin she put on it is that it is all about the motive. In her mind, the article is referring to research for the purpose of 1) contradicting the FDS, or 2) promoting oneself. Never mind that the article does not talk about research for good motives vs. research for bad motives, this was how she reconciled it in her mind.
The funny thing is during our conversation she reminded me of the fanatical people I would sometimes talk to in service. At times when I made a good point to her, she would get very angry and tell me she doesn't want to hear it, or she doesn't want to talk about it anymore. You could see her mind just closing.
Sunday night, we had another conversation, and the end result of that one is she started crying. She was sad that I would not be with her in paradise. I pretty much had to console her and re-sell the paradise to her, reminding her how wonderful it will be --even though I wont be there.
There is no doubt in my mind, we are dealing with a cult here. She has pretty much handed over her thinking and reasoning abilities to the FDS. Whatever they say, MUST be the truth. Anyone who says anything to the contrary MUST be lying.
So you are not alone, my friend.