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Sure, but science experiments results are generally not considered valid until they have been reproduced or confirmed by others.

Psychopaths are very manipulative and can switch on the charm, but I'm not sure that's real empathy. I dont know how that relates to being "evil", since it's how they actually behave that matters, not how they might behave.

Sorry but I'm still not clear what your interpretation is here. Are you saying there is a personal essence which continues? Or not?

Christian and Hindu scriptures describe quite different things, and I don't think these false equivalences respect either tradition. And in my view, universalism and perennialism are usually the result of woolly or wishful thinking. They remind me of a stoned hippy saying "It's all one, man". :p

People observe, either directly or via instruments.

I find it all rather ambiguous.

The scientific method is based on empiricism, which involves observation. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method So if there is nothing about God which can be observed, then the scientific method can't be applied.

So what specifically is the wrong view referred to in the first paragraph of your post above?

What's the practical difference between "Pagan" and "Neo-Pagan"?

And happy winter solstice, which was on the Sunday before Christmas. I met with some friends to watch the sunrise over the sea, though it was very cloudy so we didn't see much! The summer solstice was very nice though, around a hundred people gathered where I was.

I do care about the intent of the authors, trying to understand what they were really trying to communicate. Why bother reading these texts at all if you're not interested in that stuff?

I'm sure the Quaker lady wouldn't be pleased if for example a Hindu told her she was misinformed about "heaven", and actually her aim was liberation from the cycle of rebirth (whatever). Imposing your religious beliefs on others is patronising and arrogant, in my view.

Anyway, it seems like sex, religion and politics are best kept separate, since mixing them up only leads to trouble. :p

"This is not my self. This is not what I am". It's a variation on Neti-neti ("not this") which is interesting. Though I guess here there is no assumption of a true Self "beneath" the five aggregates.

Check what "empirical" means.

So if a gay person joins Bahai they have to stay celibate? Do you have many gay members? And how do they respond to this "rule"?

Most major religions are dominated by men, and many men are uncomfortable with homosexuality. I think it really is as simple as that.

So you don't know? Maybe somebody who IS moderating here could explain what is going on?

So what are the "non-empirical" sciences?

Gambling is a choice, a behaviour. It is nothing like homosexuality, which is a sexual orientation. So I don't consider your comparison valid, or moral. These bigoted attitudes cause real suffering to real people, both inside and outside your faith. It saddens me that you don't seem to care.