Never the Twain Shall Meet?
Truth be known, I have "issues" with both sides of the coin.
Yes my friend! because to not have issues with both sides of the coin.
You would need to decipher this equation first: 
Or maybe, a minimalist representation of that one: 
A War of Semantics?
Seems to me it's more a battle of semantics than anything.
Oh! of course that all this is clearly a battle of semantics!! };)
But I'm not going to belabor the point. Just wanted to lay forth the possibility that staying open minded is possibly a wiser path than getting locked down in either the path of "scientific proof" OR the path of "Wishful Woo-woo Thinking."
You are a pretty prudent & heedful wise man my friend.. :)