Questions such as: Whether there is a God? Whether we continue to exist after death? And whether any God is active in human history? – are but human need that probably exists for some sort of salvation, liberation, pacification, or whatever it may be called. It seems to be among the main foundations of all religion. This may also be a basic human need for mystery, wonder, fear of the sacred, awe in the presence of the completely different, or emotional response to the “numinous,” which is discussed in The Idea of the Holy by Rudolf Otto...
