Well said. I'm happy to be called ignorant and delusional all day by my peers on the internet, since it doesn't happen anywhere else.
Based on the fact that we're both on baseops.net, HLF, I'd wager that we have had similar experiences and success in this world. By your definition, all of us religious folk have been able to do it while devoting part of our time to a delusion, while you've been freed from that burden. I'm not sure whether that supports your claim...