I'm no longer in a cult. I was in one. Sorry you think my example had no bearing to the conversation. It was allegory and meant to draw parallels in a simplistic way you could see it. (edit: Also wanted to mention I've had years upon years of therapy already after leaving the cult, thanks for your concern!)
FYI, I'm not angry at all..I feel pity for you thinking you've got all the answers and we're nothing but liars. It's how I felt when I was a cult member...everyone else were liars and I had the truth.
I've built not a single strawman...I haven't done any gaslighting of you at all...I've questioned your evidence you presented...which is something even YOU admitted it wasn't up to par.
My last post was meant to have you question your own intentions with what you post. You're posts are not swaying anyone to your 'truth'. That's the benefit of being able to see things with evidence...if there is a mountain of evidence that is stacked against you...you need a mountain of evidence to tip the scales in the other direction.
Your mountain is a mole hill and you're trying to convince us all without evidence that it's a mountain.
That's not how proof/evidence, logic, and debate works.