If we are free to just use logic and the scientific method on the experiences we choose and rely on other criteria when we don't like the implications of science, where are we?

Pretty much right where we are right now, Bill. *G*

I'm sure that if there WAS good scientific basis for paranormal phenomena, science would be touted highly..

Not for me, Bill. Here's my reasoning... the way I see it, each person experiences what is appropriate for him or her, for whatever reason. We're all different, and we all have our own reasons for the different kinds of experiences we seek out and/or recognise. I don't want science to try to define what, to me, is something that defies definition. If what I experience is not valid for you, I don't see any reason at all why it also needs to be invalid for me.

This is why I don't see any need to try to make you understand the nature of my experiences. What you experience is obviously valid for you or you would be experiencing something else. For science to "prove" the existance of my experience to you would deny you the opportunity to continue to not recognise its existance. Maybe not recognising the existance of what I experience is exactly what you need to be doing.