“I think we have to be careful not to toss this term around too readily, as though there is such an entity, just because we have a word for it.”

-- Leslie Brothers, M.D.
Psychiatrist, Author

That's a maxim that should be adopted with regard to lots of concepts, not just consciousness. I study religion, and I think it goes for religion just as much.

couldn't have said it better, enbar! well said, thx