I was a devout Catholic child

[Irish_Dem]

14. Yes the epiphanies could have been a meditative state.

People have worked on having those since time began.

I don't really have a problem with people inventing a spiritual delusional system
if it is healthy, good, beneficial and makes them better people. Gives them
calm, a sense of right and wrong, makes them cooperate and leave the planet in
better shape than when they arrived.

It is when it becomes destructive to self and others that it is a problem.

I myself have made my own belief system. Whether it is true or not, it gives me
comfort, support and moral core.

Yes what we know of reality is limited. That is why we have to do the best we
can to make sense of things and find our way.