@@> From intercept between Bob Sewell and Fredric Rice
 @@> on "ATHEISM v FIDEISM"
 
 BS>   Most, if not all, are born with a sense of the numinous.  As the
 BS> blank mind gets filled with life experiences, even if no religious
 BS> training is part of those experiences, the numinous is expressed in
 BS> the child as awe and wonder of the world and the cosmos.  I believe it
 BS> is this that creates a curiosity about where it all came from, and is
 BS> probably the initial source for religion, thousands of years ago.  It
 BS> also gives the scientist the inspiration to work toward an
 BS> understanding of the cosmos, whether or not there are any religious
 BS> overtones to the feeling.  Regardless of how it is expressed later
 BS> in life, the numinous is an inherent trait of humanity.  The only
 BS> question is that of whether it is instilled by God, or a natural
 BS> biological function instilled by evolution as some necessary survival
 BS> tool.
 
                 .......very fine reasoned options.......
 
                             ...@@...Dave
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