Do you feel the presence of God ever?

[cbayer]

60. Did I not make it clear that a line should be drawn when one's beliefs

infringe on the rights of others?

That's a pretty bright line for me and I feel justified in drawing it. We may not all always agree about which side of the line certain things fall on, but those are personal positions around the issues of civil liberties and social justice.

I didn't say I saw any of those as delusions. I said that a delusion is a belief that is firmly held despite strong evidence to the contrary.

Alien abduction experiences can sometimes, but not always, be explained as a hypnagogic or hypnopompic phenomenon. I know perfectly sane and rational people who make claims of experiences that can not be explained. But they also can't be disproved, and as long as they do not present a harm to themselves or others, or impair their ability to care for themselves, why would I bother to try to dissuade them.

I certainly would not be in a position to categorically state that they were wrong.

And no one is in that position when it comes to a belief in god.

There are many things that can not be measured where personal feelings are the only way to judge the reality of something. To reject those feelings is to lose one's humanity.