Thank you for saving me from having to expand on/defend my 'deleted' post
I suppose another angle on my OP is that I've reached a stage where it would be a HUGE help to me to know, to whatever degree possible, that IM/LoA is real. If it's true that belief is key, how much injury is done to my endeavor when my doubt-demons find fresh allies (and thus, out of self-defense, ignore-list entries

) in every third thread?