Very good post @honeyscribe. I can't remember speaking to you before. Nice to meet you :)
We all have the option to choose what we believe in.
I have a question: What was the decision making factor for choosing to believe in magic, but not believing in religion?
I believe religion is based in magical thinking, but generally requires a strict adherence to a set of "acceptable" behaviors, often founded on terms of success or failure. Magic requires no such adherence.