That was a very good discussion - not least because nobody hogged the microphone!
You mentioned Sheldrake and the fact that he is a Christian. Having communicated with RS on a fair number of occasions by email, and hearing him talk about it, I have come to understand it like this:
My feeling is that RS feels the spiritual value of a group of people engaging in a ceremony of some sort - somewhat regardless of what religion it is - so he participates in his local church. I.e. he doesn't really integrate Christianity into his philosophical ideas.
I very much liked the story about the woman with Alzheimer's who was visited by a psychic.
I thought Alex's explanation of Pizzagate was interesting - I hadn't realised that some of those emails linked Podesta with Dennis Hassert. Alex, as you pointed outpointed out, it is inconceivable Podesta would write a friendly remark about the spirit cooking to DH!!! I felt Rob didn't want to believe Pizzagate, but you put the case very cogently - probably the better than I have heard it before.
Can you supply the quote from the emails?
David