However it really is a matter of one ‘wanting’ to know the truth....’to want to know’ what God wants.....I believe when God sees the heart truly seeking Him HE then begins to open their eyes, ears, minds and heart to that truth.
And yes, it's difficult to explain after you step away...but that's what deception and seduction do......blind the individual of what reality is and the consequences.
It's so much like an adulteress relationship....it begins much the same way, unless you're raised in it, and it moves along like one, and unfortunately it also ends like one......
It seemed to me at least, that many in my cult, were somewhat self satisfied, that somewhere along the way, it would turn out ok for their immortal souls. I was never like that. I never felt like I could live a good enough life, to work my way to Heaven, but I did not know what to do about it. I just wanted to know the truth, and God put people in my life, who showed me the truth. The only thing I asked, was, what took you so long to get here?