I think you're taking that part of the post out of context. The context was "when you later realise that inspiration and love can come from bullshit this is bound to have a pretty strong impact on your life. In my case it has given me a very skeptical outlook on religion and spiritualityWhere was I "universalising" my experience of religious conversion and joining a cult. I was placing it in a specific context at a specific and short period of time which I explicitly stated I later realised was based on a false set of ideas and values.
But it was very beautiful and inspiring then and if it wasn't the same for you at the same time in your life I cannot understand why you became a premie (in year 19xx) and remained one for n years. Revisionism by ex-premies is the same as revisionism by premies.
there is something profoundly demeaning in placing particular value on something that was of such dubious purpose. I think you're mistaking my making a bald statement about the period in my life and your mistaken belief that I still believe it to have been of great value. I have no such misconception and I also think you're overstating how demeaning it would be if I actually held such a value. Maybe "mildly demeaning" might be more appropriate.
