ok, here is a question: How does one strip religion out of a subject that is as deeply entrenched in religion (regardless of the brand of religion) as the study of the spirit world is even if you are examining it from a scientific perspective?

The reason I am asking this question is because I was yelled at for passing along a note of warm holiday wishes for the Sabbat of Mabon, which is a harvest festival in the Celtic calendar, and for bringing in "religion" to the conversations of paranormal research. As our focus is exclusively on hauntings and other spiritual manifestations, not bringing in a balanced discussion in my mind is a reprehensible oversite.