@ronedee You didn't respond to anything I said, but I noticed something at the end of your post (jeez, that's long). In regards to your point about us not knowing your experiences: Unless your experience includes actually seeing God himself, as a former 'born-again' Christian, I think I've a rather good idea of your experience of the Divine. But what is really important is a bit long, so I'll refer you to my thrwad in the philosophy section titled "Argument Against Religious Experience as Validation". There's nothing about apparent experience of the divine itself that tells you the source of that experience. Otherwise, you'd have to agree that Muslims, Wiccans, various Hindu and other theists know their gods exist. Unless you'll arrogantly and unjustifiably claim that only you and other Christians prima facie know the true origins of apparently divine experiences? I'd prefer you respond to that thread though, as it's more in-depth than I feel like getting into here where I can be misunderstood again. 
