Wonderful read, again Tim.

…rgue, essential to our ability to experience and understand the world. We have awe at the numinous. This is what the Bible means when it says “fear God”. It means: have awe at the numinous. We cannot state this factually. We can only talk about it if we have a common frame of reference, if…
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Jun 15, 2023
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Wonderful read, again Tim. Interesting you should bring up awe and the numinous, as I just commented on that here:
https://medium.com/@gerald-baron/sin-awe-and-the-loss-of-meaning-91e61a00caed
Rudolph Otto created the term "numinous" in his profound book The Idea of the Holy, which C.S. Lewis commented was one of the most influential books on his thinking.
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