Is “love” significant?

[bennyboy]

Couldn't a theist use this exact argument (about one's experience of consciousness) to validate their own religious experiences also

No, because no one doubts that religious people genuinely have profound emotional experiences--it's their unjustified metaphysical claims attached to them that we rightfully mock.

That's the answer.

It's one thing to have a warm, fuzzy feeling when you dance and sing about Sky Daddy. It's another, very different, thing to take your warm, fuzzy feeling as proof that Sky Daddy is more than a myth.

Proof? Monsters are very real to my son. He feels strange when he's alone in the dark, so he thinks there are monsters in his closet. Should I a) tell him if he feels they're real, they're real, so he'd better not masturbate because monsters don't like that, b) tell him even though his feelings about all kinds of crazy things are bad evidence, my feelings about God are sufficient proof that God is real, or c) tell him feelings don't always represent a literal reality? And if you're reading this and you're not sure, remember the rule-- always choose "c."