How Many Christians Will Declare Their Atheists?

The phenomenon of self transcendence is generally interpreted in a religious context, and it is precisely the sort of experience that tends to increase a person's faith. How many people who have never felt anything of the kind become atheists? I don't know, but there is little doubt that these mental states act as a kind of filter. The faithful count them in support of ancient dogma, and their absence gives non believers further reason to reject religion. No serious adherents of any faith can believe these things because most religions make claims about reality that are mutually incompatible. It is impossible for any faith, no matter how elastic, to fully honor the truth claims of another.