When do we cross the line from 'animal' to 'person?'

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I'm an atheist. Always have been. To me, the gods of every extant religion have not met their burden of proof and thus, functionally, don't exist. Since I can't access religious experiences that other people have, nor have I ever had one of my own, I feel safe in tagging those religious experiences as fantasy. It's not that I'm not open, just that I haven't found anything there.

That's some impressive logic you've used,

1.Many people have religious experiences
2.I've never had one

therefore they must all be fantasy

wow 10/10, the cream of atheistic thinking..

No, the logic is that I've never had a religious experience, and I'm certainly not justified in believing in any god because someone else claims to have had one, any more than you are justified in believing in alien abductions because someone else claims to have been abducted.

Why on earth would I be that credulous? Can you think of a single other claim you'd feel justified in believing based on the experiences of someone else alone? Why should I believe in your god because you, a guy I've never met, claims to have had a religious experience?