the fact that many people including two friends of mine have had "supernatural" experiences, the fact that everyone who believes and changes their life experience a happiness psychology can't imitate
Dawg,
"psychology can't imitate"??? This is psychological. Belief and faith are very powerful and can result in "supernatural experiences", "mystical states", "bliss", all kinds of things. These manifest for Christians, but also for Hindus, Sufis, and Buddhists and others. These manifestation can be attributed to a divine agency. I think a more plausible explanation is these are experiences generated by the mind and part of that experience is the attribution of it to a deity.
I think your faith is a powerfully good force in your life. But individuals from many different religions can be found who have experiences that parallel your own. Is it also possible you've lived in a fairly homogenous community?
Faiths of several different sorts have powerful effects on individuals. William James book, THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE is a very interesting study of only some of possibilities. Franklin Merrel-Wolff's book PATHWAYS THROUGH TO SPACE, tells of his mystical experiences but by a different path.
Buddhism and Advaita Vedanta are approaches to spiritual life with a richly developed understanding of the mind. Both traditions state that the experiences of bliss, mystical states, etc. are not the highest truth but merely experiences that demonstrate the power of the mind. These traditions claim that the highest truth lies beyond transient experience in the profound revelation of the true nature of the self.
lfen