That's right, JohnP. Well said. One cannot "prove" the reality of an experience that does not leave behind any physically observable data nor should one be expected to prove it. Yet we all have many such experiences. We have them every day of our lives. We have inner mental and emotional and, quite possibly, spiritual experiences that ARE real experiences, but that do not leave behind any physically observable data.

As you say, it isn't about proving anything.

It's about not prejudging reality strictly on the basis of your own prejudices...and not prejudging others' experiences and perceptions of their experiences strictly on the basis of your own prejudices.

And that sort of pre-judgment of others is exactly what is done by both the religious fanatic and the anti-religious fanatic or the confirmed skeptic. They prejudge on the basis of their own prejudice.

My reaction to such an attitude is the same as yours: "When I have been badgered into describing experiences I've had that can't (yet) be measured in a scientific sense, I've been asked to prove the reality of the experience to the skeptic. I've come up with a good response: "I don't feel any need to do so. I don't care if you believe me or not."

Exactly.