My perspective on this: I am an atheist who did a theology degree and who went on a trip to the holy land with some very religious people (including monks and priests). At the end of each day of visiting religious sites we all sat round and talked about what we'd felt and what the day's sites had meant to us.
I found that a lot of the time we were basically talking about the same thing, but using different words. Where I would talk about finding an experience awe-inspiring, or overwhelming, or moving, they would talk about finding it deeply spiritual. I think we had the same experiences and feelings, but interpreted them differently depending on our religious beliefs or lack of them.
I think my science fictional sensawunda is someone else's spirituality.
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I found that a lot of the time we were basically talking about the same thing, but using different words. Where I would talk about finding an experience awe-inspiring, or overwhelming, or moving, they would talk about finding it deeply spiritual. I think we had the same experiences and feelings, but interpreted them differently depending on our religious beliefs or lack of them.
I think my science fictional sensawunda is someone else's spirituality.