Allo Vera
Allo Vera thanked Virginia Lou's answer

Dear Nina Varganov,

Well I love to explore philosophy of life which of course encroaches on religion v. atheism...where I am an equal-opportunity offender, managing to irritate everybody...

I actually discovered this on the old Ask.com...I was atheist for 30 years and believed atheism was something of a "higher ground"...

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Ha ha that was funny because … Read more

Allo Vera
Allo Vera thanked Didge Doo's answer

Genuine awe is experienced all too rarely. It's what we feel when we become aware of a numinous presence (a term coined by Rudolf Otto, who died the year I was  born). It's an intensely spiritual feeling.

C.S.Lewis, in his autobiography, Surprised by Joy, gave it a different connotation, but he was talking about the same … Read more

Allo Vera
Allo Vera voted up Didge Doo's answer

Genuine awe is experienced all too rarely. It's what we feel when we become aware of a numinous presence (a term coined by Rudolf Otto, who died the year I was  born). It's an intensely spiritual feeling.

C.S.Lewis, in his autobiography, Surprised by Joy, gave it a different connotation, but he was talking about the same … Read more