Reply To: Spiritual atheist.
The sort of feeling you have described is actually fairly common, a combination of awe at the sheer size and scope of existence, a realization of just how small you are in comparison to it, and profound joy at being able to experience it. (This is often felt by scientists and they will try to convey it when they can, Sagan certainly did his best to do so in Cosmos.) What we don’t get, that theists do, is any sense that there is a “god” behind it.
This one is rather popular in some circles, it was posted on the old Think Atheist. I just re-watched it to refresh my memory of it, and I think there’s a good chance you’ll find it to be “spot on”
