Are you open to religious experiences?

[Jenny A]

The only thing that interests me about religion is the art (and I'm talking old school stuff, like Bach's fugues) and architecture.

The closest I've come to a spiritual experience is looking up at a clear night sky in Yellowstone, free from light pollution. It's awe inspiring and humbling to have a clear glimpse of the scope of the universe. But, even then, I don't ascribe (prescribe? one of the scribes ) actual spirituality to it because I don't believe in spirits.

Hail lover of Bach!

I agree, the church from the late middle ages through the Renaissance produced some very fine things to look at and listen too. But then they almost had a monopoly on funding. As that ended the secular art world rose and Christian one fell.