The op its not arguing it has a metaphisical component.

Yes they are. They might scream in your face that they’re not, but the argument they’re making is based not on science and observation but rather the chains of a christian culture they do not feel and cannot see.

A faulty metaphor forces you to think the wrong way.

The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, if it’s accurate at all, does not have a strong effect.

whats a metaphor if not a model?

To quote the dictionary; “a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.” Which seems to be the real problem, here; Psychologists and philosophers hear someone using a metaphor and think they must literally believe what the psychologist or philosopher believes about the symbol being used.