Have you ever read, and really pondered, Romans 1:19-20?  It's an intriguing set of verses.  It reads,
     "Because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them.  For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes, his eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse."
     Whatever does this mean?  In short, it tells us that although we do not see, visibly, God in this world, we in fact "see" him when we examine and consider the many appearances of the natural world.  In effect, we "see" God in what he has made. The caveat, however, is that unless we already know about the idea of God or believe in the fact of his presence, however we conceive these to be, we may not necessarily affirm his existence in the creation.
     So I now share a quote from a Canadian artist named Lawren Harris.  He observed that there is an "evolution from the love of the outward aspect of Nature and a more or less realistic rendering of her to the sense of the indwelling spirit and a more austere spiritual expression."  In other words, in experiencing the beauty of nature, we come to consider more fully the possibility of spirit, spirituality and, dare I say, God.
     Most of us, including some in my atheist discussion group, will admit to the fact of spirituality, however we picture it to be.  Far more daunting, though, is when we move from spirituality to its source.
     It is then we must ask ourselves this:  can we experience spirituality without experiencing a spiritual presence?
     To wit, apart from the latter, we cannot even define it.